Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter II - In-State Intertrack Wagering › Section Game 24.04 - Duties of a host licensee in conducting intertrack wagering

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The host
						licensee shall do all of the following:
(a)
						Conduct intertrack wagering via core to core or machine (TIM) to tote
						transmissions with the guest track.
(b) Be responsible for the content of its
						broadcast and shall use all reasonable effort to present a broadcast which
						offers the viewers an accurate depiction of its racing program, a display of
						wagering information, and a continuity of programming between racing events.
						All equipment to be utilized in the generation, transmission, reception, or in
						any way affecting the audiovisual signal for which ratings are supplied shall
						be rated as broadcast quality by the federal communications
						commission.
(c) Provide:
1. An uplink system or other systems or
						devices approved by the division;
2. A transponder or other systems or devices
						approved by the division;
3. Such
						security controls over its communication system, as approved by the division,
						as are necessary to protect the security of the signals, protect the best
						interests of the public and to maximize revenues to the state as approved by
						the division;
(d)
						Encrypt every audiovisual signal transmitted via satellite using a time
						displacement decoding algorithm encryption system which has been approved by
						the division or an equivalent encryption system approved by the division. Any
						method of transmitting audiovisual signals may not be used until approved by
						the division.
(e) Maintain a
						facsimile machine located in the totalizator room. Except as provided under
						par. (f), any changes in the host track racing program shall be transmitted by
						facsimile machine, by the mutuel manager. All information shall be faxed on
						report forms approved by the division.
(f) Maintain a direct private line telephone
						in the totalizator room between each host track and guest track. Such direct
						private line telephone communication will be used to relay information during
						instances when facsimile transmission is not possible, or when facsimile
						transmission is not timely due to urgency of communication. Any direct private
						line telephone communication shall be confirmed in writing by the mutuel
						manager or designee within 24 hours of the end of the program. A copy shall be
						provided to the division auditor, pursuant ss.
						Game
						8.17 and
						10.03. There shall be a recording
						device installed on the direct private line telephone at the host
						track.
(g) Ensure that the primary
						means of wagering data transmission is through a dedicated digital data line or
						a line of sufficient speed as approved by the division. There shall be backup
						data lines in the event of primary line failure. Such backup lines may be
						dial-up lines. In all such circumstances when a dial-up line is used as a
						backup method of transmission, a report shall be filed with the division
						auditor within 48 hours. Such report shall contain the date and time of the
						occurrence, the duration, the steps that were taken to correct it, and, if
						known, the reason for the failure.
(h) Communicate from the host track mutuel
						manager to all guest track mutuel managers or their designee immediately upon
						receipt of the information wagering format changes or other information
						relative to the races or wagering thereon. Host track and guest track mutuel
						managers shall notify totalizator managers, division auditors, and the public
						upon receipt of the information.
(i) Not delay post times for purposes of
						accumulating wagers from guest track locations, with the exception of an
						emergency which requires a manual merge of wagering data as described in s.
						Game 24.07(2)
						(a). Post times for a race displayed at host
						track locations and guest track locations shall be the same.
(j) Keep at least one television monitor
						exclusively for reviewing the signal received by its guest track facilities
						during an intertrack performance. Said television monitor shall be monitored in
						a manner which shall be established by guest track facility.
(k) Issue the stop bet command at the moment
						the lure begins its movement.