Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 038 - Pari-Mutuel Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel Commission › Chapter 10 - SIMULCASTING › Section 10-1 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) ASSOCIATION
						WHICH ACCEPTS THE WAGER means the guest association where the bettor
						contributes his money to the pari-mutuel pool and receives a pari-mutuel
						ticket.
(b) AUTHORIZED USER means a
						person authorized by the Commission to receive, to decode and to use for legal
						purposes the simulcast signal of pari-mutuel events.
(c) COMBINED PARI-MUTUEL POOLS (combined
						pools) means the pari-mutuel wagers at one or more guest associations being
						contributed into the pari-mutuel pools of a host association or the combined
						pari-mutuel pools of simulcast facilities within the state of
						Wyoming.
(d) COMMISSION means the
						Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission.
(e)
						DECODER means a device and/or means to convert encrypted audiovisual signals
						and/or data into a form recognizable as the original content of the
						signals.
(f) DOWNLINK means a
						receiving antenna coupled with an audio-visual signal receiver compatible with
						and capable of receiving simultaneous audio-visual signals and/or data
						emanating from a host association, and includes the electronic transfer of
						received signals from the receiving antenna to TV monitors within the satellite
						facility.
(g) ENCLOSURE,
						ENCLOSURE-PUBLIC, includes all enclosed areas of the simulcast wagering
						facility.
(h) ENCRYPTION (encrypted
						or encoded) means the scrambling or other manipulation of the audio-visual
						signals to mask the original content of the signal and so cause such signals to
						be indecipherable and unrecognizable to any person receiving such
						signal.
(i) FLAT TRACK HORSE RACING
						means a horse race in which horses mounted by a jockey run over a course on
						which no jumps or other obstacles are placed.
(j) GUEST, GUEST ASSOCIATION or SIMULCAST
						OPERATOR means a permitted simulcast licensee authorized by the Commission to
						offer, sell, cash, redeem or exchange pari-mutuel tickets whether
						electronically generated or otherwise on races being offered live or historic
						at a host association.
(k) HOST or
						HOST ASSOCIATION means the racing association conducting a licensed horse
						racing meeting when it is authorized by the Commission to simulcast its racing
						program. It may also be considered the sending track which means any track from
						which simulcast signals originate.
(l) INTERSTATE SIMULCAST WAGERING means
						wagering conducted by a betting system outside the state of Wyoming on live or
						historic results of one or more races being run at a Wyoming host association
						or wagering conducted by a betting system within the state of Wyoming on live
						or historic results of one or more races being run at a host association
						outside the state of Wyoming.
(m)
						INTRASTATE SIMULCAST WAGERING means pari-mutuel wagering at a Wyoming guest
						association on events live or historic at a Wyoming host association.
(n) OUT-OF-STATE SIMULCAST FACILITY means a
						track or other facility, located within a jurisdiction other than Wyoming, at
						which pari-mutuel wagers are placed, accepted or distributed, either in person
						or electronically, on simulcast races pursuant to proper authorization under
						the laws of that jurisdiction.
(o)
						OUT-OF-STATE WAGERING means acceptance of wagers by a host or guest association
						on the results of live or historic races run at a race meeting outside the
						state of Wyoming.
(p) SATELLITE
						FACILITY, intrastate wagering facility, extended wagering facility means the
						physical premises, structure and equipment utilized by a guest association for
						the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing events being run elsewhere,
						live or historic.
(q) SATELLITE
						TRANSPONDER, transponder means leased space segment time of an earth-orbit
						communication satellite.
(r)
						SIMULCAST means the sale of pari-mutuel pools electronically transmitted of
						live or historic horse races on interstate or intrastate pari-mutuel events as
						prescribed by the commission.
(s)
						SIMULCAST OPERATOR means a person licensed by the Commission to operate a
						simulcast wagering system as provided for by these rules.
(t) SIMULCAST SERVICE SUPPLIER means a person
						engaged in providing service, supplies or equipment necessary to the operation
						of intrastate, interstate or out-of-state simulcast wagering for use by a host
						association, guest association, simulcast operator, or authorized user,
						including but not limited to, pari-mutuel wagering terminals, uplink, downlink,
						television receivers and related equipment; but does not include persons
						authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to provide telephone
						service or space segment time on satellite transponders.
(u) SOURCE MARKET FEE means a license fee,
						assessed by the Commission pursuant to W.S. §
									
										11-25-105(m), payable by the
						out-of-state simulcast facilities that conduct pari-mutuel wagering on
						simulcast races and that accept wagers from Wyoming residents by telephone or
						other electronic means at those facilities.
(v) UPLINK means an earth station
						broadcasting facility, whether mobile or fixed, which is used to transmit
						audio-visual signals and/or data on FCC-controlled frequencies, and includes
						any electronic transfer of the audio-visual signals from within the racing
						enclosure to the location of the transmitter at the uplink.