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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 45 - ADVANCE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WAGERING › Section 11VAC10-45-60 - Enforcement and penalties

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A.
				The commission shall have all of the rights, powers and remedies provided for
				in the Act to ensure compliance with these regulations, including, but not
				limited to, injunctive relief and the imposition of fines and
				suspensions.
B. Additionally, with
				respect to any entity that engages in account wagering in Virginia without a
				license issued by the commission, the commission may take such measures as it
				deems necessary, including referral to the appropriate regulatory and
				law-enforcement authorities for civil action or criminal prosecution.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 45 - ADVANCE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WAGERING › Section 11VAC10-45-70 - Use of certain Commonwealth computers prohibited

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No pari-mutuel wager may be made on or with any computer
				  owned or leased by the Commonwealth, or any of its subdivisions, or at any
				  public elementary or secondary school, or any public college or
				  university.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-10 - Definitions

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The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings when used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Act" means Chapter 29 (§
									59.1-364
				  et seq.) of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia.
"Applicant" means an individual who has submitted an
				  application to obtain a license to offer pari-mutuel wagering on historical
				  horse racing from the commission.
"Commission" means the Virginia Racing Commission.
"Historical horse racing" means a form of horse racing that
				  creates pari-mutuel pools from wagers placed on previously conducted horse
				  races and is hosted at (i) a racetrack owned or operated by a significant
				  infrastructure limited licensee or (ii) a satellite facility that is owned or
				  operated by (a) a significant infrastructure limited licensee or (b) the
				  nonprofit industry stakeholder organization recognized by the commission and
				  licensed to own or operate such satellite facility.
"Independent testing laboratory" means a laboratory with a
				  national reputation for honesty, independence, and timeliness that is
				  demonstrably competent and qualified to scientifically test and evaluate
				  devices for compliance with this chapter and to otherwise perform the functions
				  assigned to it by this chapter. An independent testing laboratory shall not be
				  owned or controlled by a licensee, the state, or any manufacturer, supplier, or
				  operator of historical horse racing terminals.
"Integrity auditor" means a company that conducts periodic
				  and regular tests on the validity of pari-mutuel wagering, deductions, and
				  payouts for the applicable historical horse racing event, including the
				  legitimacy of the event itself, and tests that the order of finish of the race
				  selected in the game is valid, match to the order of finish that occurred
				  empirically, and that all runners that were listed as entered into the race for
				  the purposes of the game, legitimately ran in the race.
"Licensee" means any person holding an owner's or operator's
				  license under Article 2 (§
									59.1-375
				  et seq.) of Chapter 29 of the Code of Virginia who is granted a license by the
				  commission under this chapter to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on historical
				  horse racing.
"Satellite facility" means all areas of the property at which
				  simulcast horse racing is received for the purposes of pari-mutuel wagering and
				  any additional areas designated by the commission for conducting pari-mutuel
				  wagering on historical horse racing.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-20 - Pari-mutuel wagering; generally

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The commission is authorized to issue licenses to (i) holders
				  of a significant infrastructure limited license or (ii) holders of a satellite
				  facility license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing for
				  the promotion, sustenance, and growth of a native industry, in a manner
				  consistent with the health, safety, and welfare of the people. Pari-mutuel
				  wagering on historical horse racing shall be conducted so as to maintain horse
				  racing in the Commonwealth of Virginia of the highest quality and free of any
				  corrupt, incompetent, dishonest, or unprincipled practices and to maintain in
				  horse racing complete honesty and integrity. This chapter shall exclusively
				  govern all matters related to pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse
				  racing.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-30 - Observance of regulations

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A licensee shall be charged with the observance and
				  compliance with the act and the regulations of the
				  commission.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-40 - Requirements for wagering on historical horse racing

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A. In accordance with the act, wagering on a
				historical horse race shall only be conducted by:
1. A significant infrastructure limited
				licensee; or
2. A satellite
				facility licensee.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-50 - Location and hours of operation of terminals used for wagering on historical horse racing

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A. Pari-mutuel
				wagering on historical horse races shall only be permitted in designated areas
				that have the prior written approval of the commission and are on the premises
				of a significant infrastructure limited licensee or satellite facility
				licensee.
B. A licensee shall
				request permission from the commission to alter the physical layout of the area
				permitted for historical horse racing.
C. Designated areas shall be established in
				such a way as to control access by the general public and prevent entry by any
				patron who is younger than 18 years of age or is otherwise not permitted to
				place wagers.
D. The designated
				area shall provide terminals that are accessible to handicapped
				persons.
E. A licensee may conduct
				pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse races on days and hours approved by
				the commission.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-60 - Payouts from pari-mutuel pools generated by wagering on historical horse racing

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A. A wager on a
				historical horse race, less deductions permitted by the act, shall be placed in
				pari-mutuel pools approved by the commission.
B. A licensee shall provide guaranteed
				funding for all historical horse race pools offered by the licensee. This
				guarantee shall be in the form of a letter of credit, bond with surety, or
				other instrument of financial security in an amount and form approved by the
				commission sufficient to cover outstanding vouchers together with any
				indebtedness incurred by the licensee to the Commonwealth.
C. A licensee offering wagering on a
				historical horse race shall maintain pari-mutuel pools for each wager in a
				manner and method approved by the commission. The pari-mutuel pools shall be
				maintained and funded in a method approved by the commission to ensure that the
				amount available in the pari-mutuel pools at any given time is sufficient to
				ensure that a patron will be paid the minimum amount required on a winning
				wager.
D. All prizes awarded from a
				historical horse race wager shall be awarded from an existing pari-mutuel pool.
				The money in the pool shall only consist of money wagered by patrons or
				allocated to the pari-mutuel pool. Wagers made on a historical horse race shall
				not constitute a wager against the licensee. Wagers shall not be conducted in a
				manner in which the amount retained by the licensee is dependent upon the
				outcome of any particular race or the success of any particular
				wager.
E. The rules for the
				mathematical model, configuration of pools, and pool payout methodology shall
				be described in game specification documentation, which shall be provided by
				the licensee to the commission.
F.
				Controls shall be in place to ensure that depletion of a pari-mutuel pool below
				an amount required to pay all winning tickets shall be detected at the time of
				depletion, and depletion shall result in the automatic suspension of any
				wagering activity related to that pool. The commission shall be notified
				immediately in the event of the suspension of wagering activity of any
				historical horse racing pool.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-70 - Commission approval of historical horse racing games and displays

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A. A licensee shall
				submit a written request to the commission for permission to offer a multiple
				wager on a historical horse race. The written request shall include a detailed
				description of the rules that apply to the pari-mutuel wager, the method of
				calculating payouts, and the method by which money will be allocated to the
				pari-mutuel pool, if applicable. This documentation shall fully and accurately
				describe:
1. The method of determining a game
				outcome;
2. Available wagering
				denominations;
3. Minimum wager
				amount;
4. Maximum wager
				amount;
5. The allocation of wagers
				into the pari-mutuel pool;
6. The
				amount of takeout for each wager;
7. The method of calculating winning payouts
				and breakage, where applicable;
8.
				Payout calculations set forth in sufficient detail to audit a payout through
				manual calculation;
9. The minimum
				payouts and the method of guaranteeing minimum payouts;
10. The method of mapping payouts to an
				entertaining display on the wagering terminal; and
11. Any other information provided to an
				independent testing laboratory for use in the testing of the pari-mutuel
				wagers.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-90 - Requirements for tickets or vouchers used in historical horse racing

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A. Terminals shall
				not dispense currency. Payment to patrons shall only be accomplished by means
				of a printed voucher.
B. All
				vouchers shall contain the following printed information at a minimum:
1. Licensee name and site identifier, which
				may be contained on the ticket stock itself;
2. Terminal number or cashier booth
				location;
3. Date and time stated
				in a 24-hour format according to the local time zone;
4. Alpha and numeric dollar amount;
5. Ticket or voucher sequence
				number;
6. Validation
				number;
7. Bar code or any
				machine-readable code representing the validation number;
8. Type of transaction or other method of
				differentiating voucher types. If the voucher is a noncashable item, the ticket
				shall explicitly express that it has "no cash value"; and
9. The expiration period from date of issue,
				or date and time the ticket or voucher will expire in a 24-hour format
				according to the local time zone. This information may be contained on the
				ticket stock itself. Payment on valid pari-mutuel tickets, including tickets
				where refunds are ordered, shall be made only upon presentation and surrender
				of valid pari-mutuel tickets to the licensee within 180 days after the purchase
				of the ticket. Failure to present any valid pari-mutuel ticket to the licensee
				within 180 days after the purchase of the ticket shall constitute a waiver of
				the right to payment.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-100 - Accounting and occurrence meter requirements

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A. The required accounting meters are as
				follows:
1. Coin in, which accumulates the
				total value of all wagers, whether the wagered amount results from the
				insertion of bills or vouchers or deduction from a credit meter;
2. Coin out, which accumulates the total
				value of all amounts directly paid by the terminal as a result of winning
				wagers, whether the payback is made to a credit meter or any other
				means;
3. Attendant paid jackpot,
				which accumulates the total value of credits paid by an attendant resulting
				from a single wager, the amount of which is not capable of being paid by the
				wagering terminal itself;
4.
				Attendant paid canceled credit, which accumulates the total value paid by an
				attendant resulting from a patron-initiated cashout that exceeds the physical
				or configured capability of the terminal to make the proper payout
				amount;
5. Bill in, which
				accumulates the total value of currency accepted. Each wagering terminal shall
				have a specific occurrence meter for each denomination of currency accepted
				that records the number of bills accepted of each denomination;
6. Voucher in, which accumulates the total
				value of all wagering terminal vouchers accepted by the device;
7. Voucher out, which accumulates the total
				value of all wagering terminal vouchers issued by the device;
8. Noncashable electronic promotion in, which
				accumulates the total value of noncashable credits from vouchers accepted by
				the terminal;
9. Cashable
				electronic promotion in, which accumulates the total value of cashable credits
				from vouchers accepted by the terminal;
10. Noncashable electronic promotion out,
				which accumulates the total value of noncashable credits issued to vouchers by
				the device; and
11. Cashable
				electronic promotion out, which accumulates the total value of cashable credits
				issued to vouchers by the device.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-110 - Historical horse race specifications and selection requirements

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A. The outcome of
				any historical horse race wager shall be derived from the result of one or more
				historical horse races.
B. All
				historical horse races must be chosen at random from a database of actual
				historical horse races. All races in the database shall have a valid historical
				horse race result with details recorded at the same level as other races in the
				database, and shall include:
1. Horse
				names;
2. Race location;
3. Race date; and
4. Jockey name.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-120 - Wagering terminal historical race display

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A. All wagering terminals shall have video
				displays that clearly identify the entertaining game theme, if any, being used
				to offer pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing. The video display
				shall make available the rules of the historical horse racing wager and the
				award that will be paid to the patron when the patron obtains a specific
				win.
B. All paytable information,
				rules of play, and help screen information shall be available to a patron prior
				to placing a wager.
C. All wagering
				terminals shall have video displays that make available to the patron the rules
				of any features or interactive functions that may occur on the patron interface
				as part of the entertaining display of the wager and its outcome.
D. The video display shall clearly indicate
				whether awards are designated in credits or currency.
E. All wagering terminals shall display the
				following information to the patron at all times the wagering terminal is
				available for patron wager input:
1. The
				patron's current credit balance in currency or credits;
2. The current bet amount;
3. The amount won for the last completed game
				until the next game starts or betting options are modified;
4. The patron options selected for the last
				completed game until the next game starts or a new selection is made;
				and
5. A disclaimer stating
				"Malfunction Voids All Pays" or some equivalent wording approved by the
				commission. This may be presented as a permanent sign on the
				terminal.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-130 - Required reports for wagering on historical horse races; audit and inspection by the commission

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A. All
				systems used for pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse races shall provide
				financial reports for individual approved wager model configurations and total
				pool amounts for each pool. Reports shall be available at the end of the
				wagering day or upon request by the commission with information current since
				the end of the last wagering day. The reports shall include:
1. Current values of each pari-mutuel
				wagering pool;
2. Total amounts
				wagered for all pools;
3. Total
				amounts won by patrons for all pools;
4. Total commission withheld for all
				pools;
5. Total breakage for all
				pools, where applicable;
6. Total
				amount wagered at each terminal;
7.
				Total amount won by patrons at a terminal;
8. The amount wagered on each mathematical
				model configuration and the amount won from each mathematical model
				configuration offered at a terminal;
9. Total amount of each type of financial
				instrument inserted into a terminal;
10. Total amount cashed out in voucher or
				handpays at a terminal; and
11.
				Taxable win events including:
a. Time and
				date of win;
b. Wagering terminal
				identification number;
c. Amount
				wagered resulting in taxable win;
d. Taxable amount won; and
e. Withholding amount.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-140 - Permits required

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All racing officials employed in a satellite facility or at a
				  significant infrastructure facility that offers pari-mutuel wagering on
				  historical horse racing shall apply for permits under the provisions of
				  11VAC10-50. All participants employed in such facilities shall apply for
				  permits under the provisions of 11VAC10-60.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-150 - Filing of application; fee

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An applicant for a license to offer pari-mutuel wagering on
				  historical horse racing shall apply for a license to conduct the same with the
				  commission at its offices, with the application tendered by hand delivery,
				  certified mail, or recognized overnight courier service with delivery
				  confirmation to the attention of the executive secretary of the commission. An
				  application fee of $1,000 shall be paid for each location where the applicant
				  seeks to offer pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse
				  racing.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-160 - Required information

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An application for a license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering
				  on historical horse racing shall contain the materials and information
				  specified in
				  11VAC10-40-130
				  through
				  11VAC10-40-280.
				  The applicant may reference its materials provided for a satellite facility
				  license or significant infrastructure limited license as part of its
				  application for a license to offer pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse
				  racing. The application shall also contain detailed information on the games to
				  be offered by the applicant, including information demonstrating compliance
				  with the requirements of this chapter. After review of the application, the
				  executive secretary may request the applicant provide additional information,
				  which the applicant shall promptly tender to the commission. Failure to provide
				  information contained in this chapter, or as requested by the commission, shall
				  be grounds for the commission to deny the request for a license to conduct
				  pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-170 - Duration of license; transfer

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A license for conducting pari-mutuel wagering on historical
				  horse racing shall be effective for one calendar year or so long as the
				  licensee shall hold a significant infrastructure limited license or satellite
				  facility license for the particular location, whichever is shorter. A licensee
				  may not transfer its license, or assign responsibility for compliance with the
				  conditions of its license, to any party, including, without limitation, a
				  transfer of effective control of the licensee, without commission
				  approval.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-180 - Simulcast operations

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For any satellite facility that offers pari-mutuel wagering
				  on historical horse racing, the following conditions shall apply:
1. A licensee may not reduce, limit, or
				otherwise alter the nature or extent of its simulcast operations if it offers
				pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing without commission
				approval.
2. Any licensee must
				provide the following minimum simulcast offerings:
a. An average daily simulcast schedule of not
				less than 14 racetracks, unless otherwise approved by the commission for a
				specific facility;
b. At least two
				tellers dedicated to simulcast wagering, or one teller for every 200 historical
				horse racing terminals at the satellite facility, whichever number is greater;
				and
c. At least 20 self-service
				tote machines dedicated to simulcast wagering at each satellite facility,
				unless otherwise approved by the commission for a specific facility.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-190 - Significant infrastructure limited licensee operations

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For any significant infrastructure limited licensee that
				  offers pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing, the following
				  conditions shall apply:
1. For each
				calendar year, a licensee in accordance with
				11VAC10-20-200
				shall submit to the commission a request for live racing days at its
				significant infrastructure facility that includes at least:
a. Fifteen days of live racing, consisting of
				not less than six races per day; or
b. One day of live racing, consisting of not
				less than six races per day, for every 100 historical racing terminals
				installed at such facility together with any satellite facility owned,
				operated, controlled, managed, or otherwise affiliated directly or indirectly
				with such licensee, whichever number shall be greater.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING › Section 11VAC10-47-200 - Responsible gaming

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A. A licensee
				shall implement a program to promote responsible gaming by its patrons and
				provide details of the same to the commission. At a minimum, such program shall
				require:
1. Posting in a conspicuous place in
				every place where pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing is conducted
				a sign that bears a toll-free number approved by the Virginia Council on
				Problem Gambling or other organizations that provide assistance to problem
				gamblers;
2. Providing
				informational leaflets or other similar materials at the licensee's facilities
				on the dangers associated with problem gambling;
3. Including in the licensee's promotional
				and marketing materials information on problem gambling and organizations that
				provide assistance to problem gamblers;
4. Routine auditing of patron activity to
				identify patrons who have suffered significant financial losses in repeated
				visits to the licensee's facilities and providing such patrons with information
				on organizations that provide assistance to problem gamblers;
5. If the licensee holds a license from the
				Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Authority to serve alcoholic beverages,
				training for employees to identify patrons who have consumed excessive amounts
				of alcohol to prevent such patrons from continuing to engage in wagering
				activity while impaired;
6.
				Partnership with the Virginia Council on Problem Gambling, the National Council
				on Problem Gambling, or other similar organization to identify and promote best
				practices for preventing problem gambling;
7. Training for all employees who have
				contact with patrons as well as administrative and corporate staff members that
				shall include skills and procedures to respond to situations where a patron
				exhibits warning signs of a gambling problem or where a patron discloses they
				may have a gambling problem. Such employees and staff should be trained
				immediately upon their hiring and retrained and tested regularly; and
8. Ensuring that any request by a patron who
				wishes to self-exclude from the licensee's facilities is honored by the
				licensee.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part I - General › Section 11VAC10-50-10 - Generally

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No racing official shall participate in any horse racing
					 subject to the jurisdiction of the commission or in the conduct of a race
					 meeting or pari-mutuel wagering of the race meeting unless the person possesses
					 a permit from the commission and complies with the provisions of Chapter 29
					 (§
										59.1-364
					 et seq.) of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia and the regulations of the
					 commission. Permits issued by the commission are not transferable.
A. Application for permit. A person desiring
				  to obtain a permit as a racing official shall make an application for a permit
				  on a form prescribed by the commission. The application shall be accompanied by
				  a fee prescribed by the commission and shall include the cost of fingerprinting
				  and a background investigation. The applicant shall be fingerprinted upon
				  making his initial application in the Commonwealth. However, the commission, in
				  its discretion, may require fingerprints from any applicant or holder of a
				  permit at any time. The application shall be verified by the oath or
				  affirmation of the applicant. In addition, the applicant shall demonstrate that
				  he:
1. Is of good moral character and
				  reputation;
2. Is experienced in
				  horse racing;
3. Is familiar with
				  the duties the applicant is applying to do and with the regulations of the
				  commission;
4. Possesses the mental
				  and physical capacity to perform the duties of the position; and
An applicant whose vision is essential to the performance
					 of his duties shall take and satisfactorily pass an optical examination every
					 two years. The eye examination results must show natural or corrected 20-20
					 vision and an ability to distinguish colors correctly.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-20 - General manager

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a qualified person to act as the
					 general manager for any unlimited race meeting. The general manager, and his
					 assistant, if one is appointed, shall oversee the conduct of the race meeting
					 and cooperate with the commission in implementing these regulations. In
					 addition, the general manager's duties include but are not limited to:
1. Providing the procedures, facilities and
				  equipment as set forth in
				  11VAC10-10-10 et seq. that the
				  race meeting shall be free of any incompetent or unprincipled
				  practices;
2. Ensuring the
				  pari-mutuel wagering at the race meeting is conducted in accordance with the
				  provisions as set forth in
				  11VAC10-20-260 et seq.
3. Developing, with the assistance of the
				  licensee's marketing and promotional staff, plans for the education of the
				  public concerning horse racing and the growth of the horse industry in the
				  Commonwealth; and
4. Properly
				  supervising the licensee's employees to assure that they are present in
				  sufficient numbers to provide for the public health, safety and welfare as well
				  as to protect the integrity of horse racing.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-40 - Licensee's veterinarian

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a qualified person to act as the
					 licensee's veterinarian for the race meeting. The licensee's veterinarian shall
					 possess a full and unrestricted license to practice veterinary medicine from
					 the Virginia Board of Veterinary Medicine and shall be present within the
					 enclosure on racing days to perform his duties. The licensee's veterinarian
					 shall be approved by the commission and shall be designated to work under the
					 authority and direction of the commission veterinarian. The duties of the
					 licensee's veterinarian include, but are not limited, to:
1. Performing prerace examinations of horses
				  entered to race on that day's program and recommending to the stewards that
				  horses found to be unfit for racing be scratched;
2. Observing horses in the paddock and being
				  present at the starting gate, where he can recommend to the stewards scratching
				  any horse that he deems to be unfit for racing;
3. Observing horses after the finish of a
				  race and upon their leaving the racing surface for injuries or
				  lameness;
4. Rendering emergency
				  care to horses injured either in workouts or racing when a practicing
				  veterinarian is not readily available to perform these services;
5. Assisting the commission veterinarian in
				  determining horses that are bleeders, either through observing the horse bleed
				  from the nostrils after a workout or a race, by observing a private
				  practitioner's endoscopic examination of a horse following a workout or race,
				  or by retrieving information from other racing jurisdictions;
6. Assisting the commission veterinarian in
				  the supervision and collection of samples in the test barn;
7. Placing horses on the veterinarian's list
				  and observing workouts as needed to remove horses from the veterinarian's list;
				  and
8. Being authorized to humanely
				  destroy any horse deemed to be so seriously injured that it is in the best
				  interests of the horse to so act.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-50 - Paddock judge

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a qualified person to act as the
					 paddock judge for the race meeting. The paddock judge shall have general
					 supervision of the paddock and among the duties of the paddock judge
					 are:
1. Assuring that horses are in
				  the paddock at the time appointed by the stewards and reporting to the stewards
				  those horses which are late to the paddock;
2. Assembling the horses and jockeys in the
				  paddock no later than 15 minutes before the scheduled post time for each
				  race;
3. Keeping a record of all
				  equipment carried by all horses in all races and permitting no change in
				  equipment unless authorized by the stewards;
4. Inspecting the leg bandages worn by horses
				  and ordering the bandages removed or replaced as deemed appropriate;
5. Supervising the schooling of horses in the
				  paddock with the prior permission of the stewards;
6. Supervising the farrier assigned to the
				  paddock to ensure that the plating of each horse in each race is examined,
				  determining whether the horse is properly shod, and making changes deemed
				  necessary;
7. Excluding from the
				  paddock all those persons who have no immediate business with the horses
				  entered in a race and reporting rule violations in the paddock area to the
				  stewards;
8. Taking all measures to
				  ensure that the saddling of all horses is orderly, open to public view unless
				  permission to saddle horses elsewhere has been granted by the stewards, free
				  from interference, and further assuring that the horses are mounted at the same
				  time, and leave the paddock for the post parade in the proper
				  sequence;
9. Permitting a horse to
				  be excused from parading and instead permitting that the horse be led to the
				  post, with the approval of the stewards;
10. Assuring that the horse displays the
				  proper saddle cloth number and the jockey wears the proper number before
				  leaving the paddock for the post parade;
11. Keeping a record of those horses
				  accompanied to the post by pony riders; and
12. Checking out horses and drivers as they
				  leave the paddock for warmups prior to racing and checking in their return to
				  the paddock after the warmups for Standardbred race meetings.
Statutory Authority: § 59.1-369 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-60 - Patrol judge

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a sufficient number of qualified
					 persons to act as patrol judges for the race meeting. For flat and jump race
					 meetings, the licensee shall appoint a sufficient number of patrol judges as
					 approved by the commission, and for Standardbred race meetings, a single patrol
					 judge shall ride in the mobile starting gate. Among the duties of the patrol
					 judge are:
1. Reporting, particularly
				  as to any suspected violation of these regulations, during the running of each
				  race to the stewards through radio or telephone communication;
2. Writing a report of their observations of
				  every race, and documenting all violations of these regulations that they
				  observed during the running of the race. These reports shall be delivered to
				  the stewards at the conclusion of each day of racing;
3. Assisting the stewards in making a
				  determination of an objection, inquiry or protest of the running of a
				  race;
4. Assisting the stewards in
				  making up a list of participants in each race to review the films before the
				  commencement of the next succeeding day of racing; and
5. Notifying the stewards of any objection
				  lodged by a driver after a Standardbred race, and the mobile starting gate
				  shall be positioned so that drivers can promptly lodge objections with the
				  patrol judge.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-70 - Horse identifier

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a qualified person to act as
					 horse identifier for the race meeting. The horse identifier shall be
					 responsible for the proper identification of all horses entered to race. Among
					 the duties of the horse identifier are:
1. Accompanying the commission's or
				  licensee's veterinarian upon request during the prerace examination of all
				  horses entered to race so as to ascertain their identity;
2. Examining every horse entered to race in
				  the paddock for sex, age, color, markings, lip-tattoo, digital tattoo,
				  microchip, or freeze brand number and name for comparison with the information
				  contained on the certificate of registration;
3. Using photographs, if they exist, as an
				  aid in identifying horses entered to race during the prerace examination and in
				  the paddock prior to racing;
4.
				  Notifying both the stewards and paddock judge of any doubts he has concerning
				  the identity of any horse entered to race; and
5. Assisting the racing secretary in the
				  safekeeping of certificates of registration, eligibility certificates, and
				  racing permits and the recording any information required to be entered on
				  these documents.
NOTICE: Forms used in administering the regulation have
					 been filed by the agency. The forms are not being published; however, online
					 users of this issue of the Virginia Register of Regulations may click on the
					 name of a form with a hyperlink to access it. The forms are also available from
					 the agency contact or may be viewed at the Office of the Registrar of
					 Regulations, 900 East Main Street, 11th Floor, Richmond, Virginia
					 23219.
Statutory Authority: §
												59.1-369
						of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-80 - Clerk of scales

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a qualified person to act as
					 clerk of scales for the race meeting. The clerk of scales shall be responsible
					 for the security, regulation and control of the jockeys' room, equipment in the
					 jockeys' room and personnel permitted access to the jockeys' room. Among the
					 duties of the clerk of scales are:
1.
				  Securing the jockeys' room and excluding unauthorized persons, and ensuring
				  that no jockey, valet or other person leaves the jockeys' room or paddock until
				  their participation in the racing day is concluded;
2. Supervising the custodian of the jockeys'
				  room and ensuring that the jockeys' room is properly equipped as provided for
				  in 11VAC10-20-190 and informing the
				  stewards and licensee of any deficiencies;
3. Ascertaining that all of the jockeys, who
				  are programmed to ride on that racing day, are in the jockeys' room at the time
				  appointed by the stewards and are in possession of the proper permit from the
				  commission;
4. Weighing out every
				  jockey no later than 15 minutes prior to the race that the jockey is scheduled
				  to ride and recording all overweights which shall immediately be posted and
				  announced to the public;
5.
				  Weighing in every jockey immediately after the finish of each race and promptly
				  notifying the stewards whether any jockey weighed in more than two pounds
				  underweight or overweight;
6.
				  Providing the horsemen's bookkeeper with an accounting of riding fees due each
				  jockey at the end of each racing day;
7. Safekeeping of all racing
				  colors;
8. Reporting all color
				  changes or jockey changes from that listed in the daily racing program and
				  causing any changes to be immediately posted and announced to the
				  public;
9. Supervising the valets
				  and the issuance of numbered saddle cloths and equipment for each
				  horse;
10. Testing the accuracy of
				  the scales at the beginning of the race meeting and conducting periodic tests
				  of the scales thereafter;
11.
				  Submitting to the racing secretary at the close of each racing day a statement
				  of weight carried in each race by each jockey, noting overweight, if any;
				  and
12. Notifying the stewards
				  immediately of all complaints, protests, objections or disputes submitted to
				  the clerk of scales, and if the stewards are not available, then to the
				  commission.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-90 - Placing judge

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint three qualified persons to act
					 as placing judges for a flat race meeting. The judges shall occupy a stand
					 directly above the finish line during the running of each race. Among the
					 duties of the placing judges are:
1.
				  Placing horses at the finish of race. The placing judges shall only consider
				  the position of the horses' noses and not any other part of the body;
2. Placing the horses in the order of finish
				  and displaying the result on the infield results board;
3. Calling for a photograph from the
				  photo-finish camera when the finish indicates a close finish or when the judges
				  are not in unanimous agreement as to the correct order of finish;
4. Referring photo-finish photographs to the
				  stewards for concurrence before the order of finish is displayed on the infield
				  results board, when the placing judges are not in unanimous agreement or there
				  is an apparent dead heat following the examination of the photograph;
5. Submitting to the stewards and the
				  horsemen's bookkeeper at the conclusion of each racing day a list of the
				  placings of those in each race and those horses which did not finish;
6. Correcting errors in the displaying of the
				  order of finish on the infield results board, with the permission of the
				  stewards, before the race is declared "official" by the stewards; and
7. For Standardbred race meetings, the
				  stewards may act as placing judges; however, all three stewards shall inspect
				  any photo-finish and be in unanimous agreement before posting the order of
				  finish.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-110 - Outriders

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a sufficient number of
					 qualified people to act as outriders for the race meeting. The outriders shall
					 accompany the field of horses from the paddock to the post, assist jockeys with
					 unruly horses, render assistance when requested by the jockey, and be present
					 during morning workouts at flat and jump race meetings to assist exercise
					 riders as required by these regulations.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-120 - Entry clerk

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a sufficient number of
					 qualified people to act as entry clerks for the race meeting. The entry clerks
					 shall assist the racing secretary in the taking of entries for each day's
					 races, verifying the eligibility of the entrants, the accuracy of the
					 information submitted with the entry, the weights claimed for the horses, where
					 appropriate, and assisting the draw for post position. Entry clerks may also
					 serve in other capacities during the race meeting with the approval of the
					 stewards.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-130 - Clocker

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a sufficient number of
					 qualified people to act as clockers for flat race meetings. The clockers shall
					 be present at their assigned locations at the opening of training hours each
					 morning and remain there until training hours are concluded. The clockers shall
					 keep a listing of the name of each horse working out, distance, time, manner in
					 which the workout was accomplished, condition of the racing surface, and any
					 other information deemed appropriate. At the conclusion of training hours, the
					 clocker shall submit the listing to the stewards, racing secretary, media and
					 any other personnel deemed appropriate.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 50 - RACING OFFICIALS › Part II - Personnel › Section 11VAC10-50-140 - Gap attendant

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The licensee shall appoint a sufficient number of
					 qualified people to act as gap attendants for flat race meetings. The gap
					 attendants shall be present at their assigned locations at the opening of
					 training hours each morning and remain there until training hours are
					 concluded. The gap attendant shall obtain the name of each horse working out,
					 distance, and the starting and finishing points of the workout, and report this
					 information to the clocker. The gap attendants shall report to the stewards any
					 exercise rider or trainer who refuses to supply this
					 information.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.