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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 15 - Humane treatment of racing animals › Section Game 15.04 - Live lure prohibition

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No animal that participates in races upon
					which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted in this state, and no animals which are
					whelped or trained in this state for racing, shall be trained on a live lure or
					bait.
(2) No person shall enter or
					permit a dog to be entered in a race if that person knows that the dog was
					trained in a state that does not specifically prohibit the use of live lures or
					bait in a race or training for entry in a race.
(3) Any occupation licensee who violates this
					section shall have his or her occupation license revoked for life.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 15 - Humane treatment of racing animals › Section Game 15.05 - General humane rules

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Greyhounds shall not be muzzled in their
					crates while housed in kennels on the grounds of a licensed association, unless
					permission is obtained by the division's veterinarian, which shall be granted
					only for valid veterinary medical concerns.
(2) No greyhounds shall be removed from the
					grounds of the racetrack unless prior approval from a division steward or
					designee has been obtained, unless the greyhound is being removed for the
					purpose of receiving veterinary care and the greyhound is returning to the
					kennel compound or the greyhound is housed in the association's adoption
					kennel.
(a) Approval may include inspection
					and identification of the greyhound.
(b) The destination of the greyhound shall be
					submitted to the division stewards or division veterinarian on a form supplied
					by the division. The form shall be completed and submitted by the trainer,
					kennel owner, or greyhound owner prior to the greyhound's removal from the
					grounds of the racetrack.
Note: Related forms are available free of charge at Division of
						Gaming offices located at each racetrack or by calling (608) 270-2555.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 15 - Humane treatment of racing animals › Section Game 15.06 - Scientific research

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No licensee, except the greyhound's
					owner, may directly or indirectly transport or arrange transportation of a
					greyhound that has raced in the state of Wisconsin to a facility licensed by
					the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of the greyhound
					participating in animal research or blood donation.
(2) No licensee shall directly or indirectly
					remove a greyhound from the grounds of the racetrack without the owner's
					consent, except in removals of greyhounds for the purpose of obtaining
					veterinary care.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 15 - Humane treatment of racing animals › Section Game 15.07 - Kennel standards

Current through June 24, 2024
Kennels and the kennel compound shall be maintained by the
						association and kennel owners in the following manner to promote the health,
						safety, and welfare of racing greyhounds and humans:
(1) Kennel facilities shall be structurally
					sound, maintained in good repair, and protect animals housed in the facilities
					from injury.
(2) All kennel
					facilities and other buildings comprising the kennel compound shall have locks
					on all outside doors to protect against illegal entry. When kennel facilities
					and buildings used for the purposes of storage or maintenance are unattended by
					authorized personnel, all doors and gates must be secure and locked. One copy
					of the key for the lock shall be maintained by the kennel compound security
					officer for the purpose of accessing the building in the event of an
					emergency.
(3) All kennel
					facilities shall have a functional climate control system to regulate the air
					temperature in the kennel to a minimum of 60 degrees during the winter heating
					season and 78 degrees during the summer cooling season.
(4) Kennel personnel shall inspect the kennel
					and turn-out pens before leaving the kennel and immediately upon return to
					determine if unauthorized persons or unattended greyhounds are present. The
					presence of unattended greyhounds or unauthorized persons shall be immediately
					reported to the on-duty kennel compound security officer. The following shall
					constitute a violation of this section:
(a)
					The presence of 2 or more greyhounds in a turn-out pen when no person
					representing the kennel is present within 20 feet of the kennel.
(b) The presence of one or more greyhounds in
					a turn-out pen when no person representing the kennel is present on the grounds
					of the racetrack.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 15 - Humane treatment of racing animals › Section Game 15.08 - Rodent and insect control

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All racing
					associations and kennel owners shall provide systematic and effective insect
					and rodent control, including control of flies, mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, and
					mice, to all areas on association grounds under the association's or kennel
					owner's control.
(2) No kennel
					owner or trainer shall present a greyhound for weigh-in if that greyhound is
					infested with fleas or ticks. Greyhounds observed by the division veterinarian
					or steward during weigh-in or weigh-out to be infested with fleas or ticks
					shall be scratched.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 16 - Prohibited activities of employees of licensees › Section Game 16.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) "Touting" means the act of soliciting
					anything of value in exchange for information regarding the outcome of a race
					conducted at a pari-mutuel race meeting under the jurisdiction of the
					division.
(2) "Bookmaking" means
					the act of accepting a wager from a patron of a pari-mutuel race meeting with
					the intent to withhold the wager from the pari-mutuel pool.
(3) "Theft" means the act of knowingly
					exerting control over state revenue or the revenue of a racing association or,
					by deception, obtaining control over patron dollars.
(4) "Wagering" means the act of placing a
					wager or accepting a payout on a wager or both.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 16 - Prohibited activities of employees of licensees › Section Game 16.03 - Wagering

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No employee of any person licensed
					pursuant to s. 562.05(1) (a), (b),
					(c), Stats., shall place any wagers, or cause
					any wager to be placed, directly or indirectly, on any race during the time he
					or she is working. Any employee shall be deemed to be working from the start of
					their shift until the end of the shift and may not wager during breaks, lunch,
					or any other time before they are discharged from their duties that day. No
					employee may wager while wearing any clothing or other identification that
					indicates they are an employee of a licensee.
(2) No person licensed pursuant to s.
					562.05(1) (a), (b), or
					(c), Stats., as a racing official may place
					any wager, directly or indirectly, at any track under the jurisdiction of the
					division.
(3) An occupational
					licensee having immediate care and custody of more than one animal entered in a
					particular race shall not wager on that race.
(4) An occupational licensee may wager on a
					race in which no animal in the licensee's immediate care is entered in that
					race.
(5) An occupational licensee
					having immediate care and custody of one animal entered in a particular race
					may cash a winning pari-mutuel ticket for a race only if the animal in the
					licensee's care and custody is one of the greyhounds comprising the official
					order of finish for the pool in which the licensee is cashing the pari-mutuel
					ticket.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 19 - Schedule of suspensions, revocations and forfeitures › Section Game 19.02 - Scope

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter shall apply to all violations of ch. 562, Stats.,
						or the division's regulations for which either a listing of factors to be
						considered or a specification of penalties is not contained elsewhere in ch.
						562, Stats., or the division's rules.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 19 - Schedule of suspensions, revocations and forfeitures › Section Game 19.03 - Factors in aggravation and mitigation

Current through June 24, 2024
In assessing a penalty the following factors shall be
						considered:
(1) The age and experience
					of the violator;
(2) The number of
					previous rule violations for the same or related offense;
(3) The total number of racing rule or
					statute violations assessed against the violator;
(4) Actions taken by the violator to avoid
					the violations;
(5) The extent of
					the violator's direct involvement in the violation;
(6) The effect of the violation on innocent
					third parties;
(7) The extent the
					violator would profit from the misconduct;
(8) The effect on revenue to units of
					government, or other state interests including, but not limited to, the
					public's perception of the integrity of racing and wagering thereon;
(9) Whether the violator acted negligently,
					willfully or recklessly; and
(10)
					Any other factor which is material and relevant to the case.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 20 - Concessionaires › Section Game 20.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) "Food service concessionaire" means any
					person who provides for sale to the general public or occupational licensees,
					prepared foodstuff including both food and beverages for human
					consumption.
(2) "Concessionaire"
					means any vendor selling a product other than food or beverages.
(3) "Substantial owner" means any person
					owning 5% or more interest in a food service concessionaire or
					concessionaire.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 20 - Concessionaires › Section Game 20.04 - License application

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An application for a license to operate
					as a food service concessionaire or concessionaire shall be made on forms
					furnished by the division.
(2) One
					original and 10 executed copies of the application shall be filed with the
					division for food service concessionaire licenses.
(3) An applicant for a license as a food
					service concessionaire shall submit with the application all relevant contracts
					including but not limited to contracts with suppliers, contracts with any and
					all racing associations, and instruments evidencing any indebtedness between
					the applicant and any and all racing associations.
(4) If circumstances change or events occur
					after the application is filed so that the application no longer presents the
					correct facts the applicant shall submit an amendment to the section of the
					application form so affected.
(5)
					The division shall require a fee for licenses to cover background
					investigations and general operations. The fee for the first year of operation
					shall be $1,500 for food service concessionaires. Subsequent license fees for
					food service concessionaires shall be $10.00 per performance granted to the
					track at which the licensee operates. All other concessionaires will be
					required to pay an annual $ 75.00 license fee. Charitable organizations,
					community organizations, and promotional event organizers may be exempt from
					obtaining a concessionaire's license. Any request for exemption must be made by
					the participating racetrack three days prior to the event. An entity is
					eligible for such an exemption only if it will not operate as a concessionaire
					at more than 10 race days during a race meet.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 20 - Concessionaires › Section Game 20.05 - Time of filing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Application for a license as a food
					service concessionaire shall be filed with the division at least 60 days prior
					to the opening of the racing meet at the race track at which the food service
					concession is to be operated.
(2)
					The division may for good cause waive the time limitation set forth in sub.
					(1).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 20 - Concessionaires › Section Game 20.08 - Food service concessionaire

Current through June 24, 2024
Any person seeking a license shall, on or before the date of
						application, disclose on forms prescribed by the division, all officers,
						directors, owners and creditors of 5% or more of any interest in the applicant.
						The forms shall be submitted sworn to oath as prescribed in the form and shall
						be considered as part of the application for a license to operate as a food
						service concessionaire.
A person extending credit for one year or more or extending
							credit in excess of $10,000 for less than one year but more than 30 days shall
							be considered a creditor for the purposes of this rule.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 20 - Concessionaires › Section Game 20.10 - Financial statements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) At the end of each race meeting each food
					service concessionaire shall prepare and submit to the division a record of its
					operations at the track. The report shall include verified financial statements
					including:
(a) Balance sheet; and
(b) A statement of profit and loss showing
					the food service concessionaire's combined operations for that year;
					and
(c) The results of such
					operations for each specified racing meet at which the food service
					concessionaire conducted business during the year.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 20 - Concessionaires › Section Game 20.11 - License deemed personal

Current through June 24, 2024
Licenses to operate as a food service concessionaire and
						concessionaire are non-transferable and will terminate upon a substantial
						change of ownership unless the division has granted prior approval. The sale or
						transfer of 25% or more of the ownership of a food service concessionaire or
						concessionaire shall be considered a substantial change of ownership. In acting
						upon a request for approval of a substantial change in ownership, the division
						shall consider the same factors as it considered in the initial grant of a
						license to a food service concessionaire or concessionaire.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 23 - Wisconsin whelped program › Section Game 23.02 - Wisconsin owned program

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each association shall make a good faith
					effort to ensure that at least 2 kennels, whether sole proprietorships,
					corporations, or any other form of business entity or association, with whom
					the association contracts are wholly owned by Wisconsin residents. All kennel
					operators that the association extends a contract to shall be properly
					qualified in the raising, racing, and training of greyhounds.
(4) Wisconsin owned greyhounds shall be
					designated in the program with a symbol approved by the division.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 23 - Wisconsin whelped program › Section Game 23.03 - Annual report

Current through June 24, 2024
The division shall require each association holding a license
						in Wisconsin to report annually on the participation of Wisconsin residents in
						the racing of greyhounds in the state. The report must be submitted each year
						within 90 days after the last day of the race meet. The report shall include
						statistics on the number of Wisconsin residents who own contract kennels at the
						track and the number of Wisconsin owned greyhounds which have raced at the
						track in the past year. Each association must report on how any kennel opening
						occurred in the past year was filled. If a kennel opening has occurred,
						qualified Wisconsin residents must have been considered. The qualifications a
						Wisconsin resident must demonstrate in order to be considered include but are
						not limited to: residency in Wisconsin; an established history in the greyhound
						industry; a breeding program - including ownership of a farm or brood stock
						and/or relationships with breeders; the percentage of greyhounds owned vs.
						leased by the applicant; and financial responsibility. The division shall
						review each association's report and may make recommendations or may impose
						requirements relative to promoting participation of Wisconsin residents in
						greyhound racing at its track.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter II - In-State Intertrack Wagering › Section Game 24.03 - Application for intertrack wagering license and fees

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An applicant
						for an intertrack wagering license under s.
						562.05(1) (e),
						Stats., shall file with the division, at a time determined by the division, an
						application in the form and manner prescribed by the division, and any exhibits
						required by the division.
Note: The forms may be obtained at the division's office at
							150 E. Gilman, Room 1000, Madison WI 53703.
(2) The applicant shall submit with the
						application a cashier's check or certified check in the amount as set forth in
						sub. (3), payable to the division, as a non- refundable application
						fee.
(3) The application fee for an
						intertrack license shall be $2,500.00.
(4) A license fee of $50.00 shall be assessed
						for each race performance on which intertrack wagering is not offered as an
						adjunct to a live on-track performance. There shall be no fee when intertrack
						wagering is offered as an adjunct to a live on-track performance. This fee
						shall be paid within 10 days after receipt of approval by the
						division.
(5) The division shall
						grant a license for intertrack wagering under s.
						562.05(1) (a) or
						(b), Stats., only when intertrack wagering is
						offered as an adjunct to, and not in a manner that will supplant wagering on
						live on-track racing at that racetrack, and intertrack wagering will not be the
						primary source of wagering revenue at that racetrack.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter II - In-State Intertrack Wagering › Section Game 24.05 - Duties of host licensee in accounting and reporting

Current through June 24, 2024
The host licensee shall do all of the following:
(1) For purposes of distribution of the
						wagering pools: breakage pools and minus pools shall be allocated pro-rata
						based on the percentage of winning dollars wagered at each location for each
						entry, pool and race, pursuant to s.
						562.065(3) (e),
						Stats., and s.
						Game
						8.07.
(2)
						In order to facilitate the transfer of money between host licensees and guest
						licensees, each host track shall perform a daily reconciliation of their racing
						accounts and all amounts due to or from guest tracks. The frequency of transfer
						of monies between host tracks and guest tracks shall be as specified by
						contract, but shall occur at least weekly. A weekly report of the accounts
						payable and receivable incurred from intertrack pari-mutuel activity shall be
						submitted to the division auditor by the host track listing the balance of the
						host track and all guest tracks that are commingling pools with the host track.
						The forms used to keep a running balance for each racetrack shall be approved
						by the division.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter II - In-State Intertrack Wagering › Section Game 24.07 - Intertrack wagering - emergency procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
The following emergency procedures are established:
(1) Prior to the commencement of wagering on
						the first race on an intertrack wagering program, both the audio and video
						signals must be present at the guest track in order for intertrack wagering at
						the guest track to be conducted. In the event of a loss of either the audio or
						visual signal , during the race performance, wagering may continue only until
						the scheduled post-time of the current race at the host track. If both the
						audio and visual signals are lost, wagering shall immediately cease at the
						guest track and may not resume until both the audio and visual signal are
						restored. Any advance bets made, provided there has not been an accompanying
						data transmission failure, must be treated as valid bets and paid out
						accordingly.
(2) In the event of an
						impairment of the ability of a totalizator to record, classify, or accumulate
						wagering data or to do calculations, or if wagering data is lost, the following
						procedures shall apply:
(a) In the event the
						guest licensee's totalizator system fails, all money wagered on the race that
						was entered into the host track's pools from that guest licensee's totalizator
						system prior to the time of failure shall remain in the host track's pools only
						if the guest licensee's totalizator system is reestablished by the start of the
						race. If the guest licensee's totalizator system is not reestablished by the
						start of the race, then all money wagered on the race at that guest licensee
						shall be refunded. In the event money wagered on the race did not enter into
						the host track's pools and such pool data is available in the guest track
						totalizator system, a manual merge with the host track's pools shall be
						performed.
(b) In the event the
						host track's totalizator system fails, all wagering at the host track and guest
						track and all transmission of data from the guest track to the host track's
						totalizator system shall cease until the host track system is fully
						operational.
1. If the host track's
						totalizator system becomes operational before the start of the race and
						wagering data is available, transmission of data from guest tracks and wagering
						shall resume at all racetracks until the stop bet command is issued by the host
						track.
2. If the host track's
						totalizator system is not operational before the start of the race and wagering
						data is lost, all wagers at all racetracks on the affected races shall be
						refunded.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter II - In-State Intertrack Wagering › Section Game 24.08 - Intertrack wagering - ticket cashing requirements and procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
Each guest licensee shall do all of the following:
(1) Tickets issued for intertrack wagers
						shall be honored in conformity with requirements of ch. Game 10. In addition to
						the specifications of that chapter, the following requirements shall apply:
(a) In core to core transmission tickets
						purchased at a guest track shall be cashed by the guest track only.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter II - In-State Intertrack Wagering › Section Game 24.095 - Termination of license

Current through June 24, 2024
Any license issued under this chapter shall terminate if the
							holder of the license is no longer licensed under s.
							562.05(1) (b),
							Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.11 - Interstate broadcasts - Wisconsin racetrack as host track

Current through June 24, 2024
The following shall apply when a Wisconsin racetrack is the
							host track:
(1) A Wisconsin racetrack
						proposing to be a host track for simulcasting purposes shall provide written
						notification to the division at least 10 days prior to sending its races to
						out-of-state guest track locations. Notification to the division shall include
						the identification and location of the out-of-state guest tracks, the manner in
						which the pools will be formed at the guest track, and copies of all simulcast
						contracts with each out-of-state guest track.
(2) Wisconsin host tracks shall include as
						part of their contracts with out-of-state guest tracks all requirements of ch.
						Game,24 applicable to host tracks.
(3) Wisconsin host tracks shall not delay
						post times for purposes of accumulating wagers from out-of-state guest tracks,
						with the exception of an emergency which requires a manual merge of wagering
						data or emergencies beyond the control of the Wisconsin host track. No delay
						may occur without informing the stewards, prior to the next race.
(4) All contracts entered into by a Wisconsin
						host track with an out-of-state guest track shall include a provision to the
						effect that the guest track shall provide any and all information necessary for
						the host track's accounting of its pari-mutuel activities and any information
						required by the division in Wisconsin for auditing purposes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.13 - Approval for simulcast wagering, fees, and charges

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A licensee
						under s. 562.05(1) (b),
						Stats., prior to receiving simulcast races from out-of-state racetracks and
						acting as a guest track to conduct pari-mutuel wagering, must comply with the
						following:
(a) Notify its tote company 7 days
						prior to accepting commingled wagers.
(b) Receive prior division approval and
						comply with the following:
(c) File
						an application in the form and manner prescribed by the division and submit any
						exhibits required by the division for each host track in which simulcast races
						are to be received by the Wisconsin guest track.
(d) Submit a minimum simulcast fee of $20 for
						each race performance received from an out-of-state host track. In the event
						the regulatory costs of simulcasting incurred by the division exceeds the
						assessed fee, the division shall increase the simulcast fee equally to each
						association conducting simulcasting to ensure simulcast fees equal the expenses
						of regulating simulcasting. The fee shall be paid no later than 48 hours after
						the conclusion of the race day in which the simulcast performance started or,
						if the 48-hour period does not include a business day, on the first business
						day immediately following the close of the race day. This provision regarding
						the payment of fees shall be applicable if the guest track accepts wagers on
						any race of a race performance from an out-of-state host track.
(e) For a Wisconsin guest track at which
						$25,000,000 or more was wagered during the calendar year immediately preceding
						the year in which the Wisconsin guest track proposes to conduct wagering on
						simulcast races, at least 250 live race performances were conducted at the
						racetrack during that period.
(f)
						For a Wisconsin guest track at which less than $25,000,000 was wagered during
						the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the Wisconsin guest
						track proposes to conduct wagering on simulcast races, at least 200 live race
						performances were conducted at the racetrack during that period.
(g) For a Wisconsin guest track, wagering on
						simulcast races shall be conducted at the Wisconsin guest track only as an
						adjunct to, and not in a manner that will supplant, wagering on live on-track
						racing at that racetrack, and wagering on simulcast races shall not be the
						primary source of wagering revenue at that racetrack.
(h) For a Wisconsin guest track, the conduct
						of simulcast wagering shall not adversely affect the public health, welfare, or
						safety.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.15 - Duties of Wisconsin host track in accounting and reporting

Current through June 24, 2024
The Wisconsin host track shall do all of the
							following:
(1) For purposes of
						distribution of the wagering pool, breakage pools and minus pools shall be
						allocated pro-rata based on the percentage of winning dollars wagered at each
						location for each entry, pool and race, pursuant to s.
						562.065(3) (e),
						Stats., and s.
						Game
						8.07.
(2)
						In order to facilitate the transfer of money between host tracks and guest
						tracks, each host track shall perform a daily reconciliation of its racing
						accounts and all amounts due to or from guest tracks. The frequency of transfer
						of monies between host tracks and guest tracks shall be as specified by
						contract. A weekly report of the accounts payable and receivable incurred from
						simulcast pari-mutuel activity shall be submitted to the division by the host
						track listing the balance of the host track and all guest tracks that are
						commingling pools with the host track. The forms used to monitor the accounts
						payable and receivable for each racetrack shall be approved by the
						division.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.17 - Simulcast wagering - emergency procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
The following emergency procedures are established:
(1) Prior to the commencement of wagering on
						the first race on a simulcast wagering program, either the audio or video
						signals must be present at the Wisconsin guest track in order for simulcast
						wagering at the Wisconsin guest track to be conducted. If both the audio and
						visual signals are lost, wagering may continue only until the scheduled post
						time of the current race at the out-of-state host track and may not resume
						until either the audio or visual signal is restored. Any advance bets made,
						provided there has not been an accompanying data transmission failure, must be
						treated as valid bets and paid out accordingly. Wagers that encompass more than
						one race shall be unaffected by signal problems encountered in any race of the
						sequence other than the first.
(2)
						If there is an impairment of the ability of a totalizator to record, classify,
						or accumulate wagering data or to do calculations, or if wagering data is lost,
						the following procedures shall apply:
(a) If
						the Wisconsin guest track's totalizator system fails, all money wagered on the
						race that was entered into the host track's pools from that guest track's
						totalizator system prior to the time of failure shall remain in the host
						track's pools only if the guest track's totalizator system is reestablished by
						the start of the race. If the guest track's totalizator system is not
						reestablished by the start of the race, all money wagered on the race at that
						guest track shall be distributed pursuant to s.
						Game
						24.21(3). If money wagered on the
						race did not enter into the host track's pools and the pool data is available
						in the guest track's totalizator system, a manual merge with the host track's
						pools shall be performed.
(b) If
						the host track's totalizator system fails, all wagering at the Wisconsin guest
						track and all transmission of data from the guest track to the host track's
						totalizator system shall cease until the host track system is fully
						operational.
1. If the host track's
						totalizator system becomes operational before the start of the race and
						wagering data is available, transmission of data from Wisconsin guest tracks
						and wagering shall resume at the Wisconsin guest tracks until the stop bet
						command is issued by the host or guest track.
2. If the host track's totalizator system is
						not operational before the start of the race and wagering data is lost, all
						wagers at all Wisconsin guest tracks on the affected races shall be
						refunded.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.18 - Simulcast wagering - ticket cashing requirements and procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each
						Wisconsin guest track shall do all of the following:
(a) Honor tickets issued for simulcast wagers
						shall be honored in conformity with requirements of ch. Game 10.
(b) Publicly display or explain in the
						official daily race program information regarding the amount of time patrons
						have to cash simulcast winning tickets at the guest track location, and the
						location and method of remitting winning tickets for cashing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.19 - Termination of approval

Current through June 24, 2024
Any approval issued under this chapter shall terminate if the
							entity approved to offer simulcast wagering is no longer licensed under s.
							562.05(1) (b),
							Stats. If the holder of the license issued under s.
							562.05(1) (b),
							Stats., is also the holder of the license issued under s.
							562.05(1) (a),
							Stats., and the s. 562.05(1) (a),
							Stats., license is revoked or suspended by the division, all prior simulcast
							approvals shall be terminated on the effective date of the revocation or
							suspension.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.20 - Duration

Current through June 24, 2024
Approval to offer simulcast wagering shall expire on the t
							expiration date of a license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering under s.
							562.05(1) (b),
							Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.21 - Interstate broadcasts - emergency procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) When a
						Wisconsin licensee is acting as a host track, in the event of a failure in the
						totalizator system of any component of a commingled pool network, no decision
						to terminate the participation of any guest track facility in the commingled
						pool, or to conduct a manual merge of wagering information, shall be made
						without prior consultation between a division representative, the mutuel
						manager of the host track or designee, and the mutuel manager of the affected
						guest track facility or designee.
(2) Any contract for interstate common pools
						entered into by a Wisconsin host track shall contain a provision to the effect
						that if, for any reason, it becomes impossible to successfully merge the bets
						placed by another state into the interstate common pool formed by the Wisconsin
						host track, or if, for any reason, the division's or the Wisconsin host track's
						representative determines that attempting to effect transfer of pool data from
						the guest track may endanger the host track's wagering pool, the host track
						shall have no liability for any measures taken which may result in the
						out-of-state guest track's wagers not being accepted into the pool.
(3) If, for any reason, it becomes impossible
						to successfully merge the bets placed into the interstate common pool, and
						after any required refunds provided for by s.
						Game
						24.12(6), the Wisconsin guest track
						shall make payouts in accordance with payout prices that would have been in
						effect if prices for the pool of bets were calculated without regard to wagers
						placed elsewhere; except that, with permission of the division, the Wisconsin
						guest track may alternatively determine to either pay winning tickets at the
						payout prices as determined at the out-of-state host track, or declare the
						accepted bets void and make refunds in accordance with the applicable rules.
						The Wisconsin guest track shall notify the division in writing prior to the
						commencement of simulcasting with an out-of-state host track as to their method
						of payout if their wagers are denied by the out-of-state host track. The method
						shall also be publicly displayed at the Wisconsin guest track. Only one method
						shall be applicable to all simulcasts.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.22 - Off-site totalizator clearance

Current through June 24, 2024
Any association or totalizator company engaged in intertrack
							or simulcast wagering that will be utilizing the equipment, services, or
							property of an association or totalizator company, with which it does not have
							a contractual arrangement for the services, shall provide the division with a
							written agreement which permits the association or totalizator company to
							utilize the equipment, services, or property. This agreement shall be between
							the host track, guest track and all totalizator companies providing services.
							This agreement shall be submitted for approval to the division prior to the
							commencement of intertrack or simulcast wagering.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.01 - Standard set of bingo cards

Current through June 24, 2024
A standard set of bingo cards consists of at least 3,000 cards
						numbered in sequence. Each card in a set differs from all others with respect
						to the distribution of playing numbers. Any number of cards may be supplied to
						a licensed organization and sold or rented to players at any bingo occasion,
						provided that all cards so supplied or sold or rented are drawn from a standard
						set of bingo cards.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.02 - Area of playing surface on bingo cards

Current through June 24, 2024
The 25 playing spaces on a regular bingo card and an extra
						regular card shall be contained within an area not less than 4 inches square.
						The 25 playing spaces on a special bingo card shall be contained within an area
						not less than 3 inches square.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.03 - License number of supplier

Current through June 24, 2024
Before any bingo card becomes the property of a licensed
						organization, the supplier or manufacturer shall print on the playing side of
						the bingo card the license number assigned to the supplier of the card by the
						department.
The treatment of this section by the amendment published in
							May, 2005 first applies to the sale of bingo cards by a licensed bingo supplier
							on January 1, 2006.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.04 - Name of licensed organization

Current through June 24, 2024
On each regular bingo card and extra regular card, and on each
						grouping of regular cards permitted under s.
						Game
						41.07, there shall be printed or otherwise permanently
						marked the name of the licensed organization which owns the card or grouping of
						cards.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.07 - Groupings of bingo cards; fees for groupings

Current through June 24, 2024
Any number of bingo cards in a standard set of bingo cards may
						be printed as a group on a single sheet, or may be manufactured in the form of
						a pad, and may be so supplied to a licensed organization and so sold or rented
						to players, provided that:
(1) No
					person is obliged to pay more than $1 for admission to any bingo
					occasion;
(2) Each person admitted
					to a bingo occasion, other than limited period bingo, is furnished with a
					regular bingo card enabling him to play in all regular bingo games conducted at
					such bingo occasion;
(3) The fee
					charged for a grouping of extra regular cards on a single sheet does not exceed
					$1 multiplied by the number of cards so grouped, at a bingo occasion other than
					limited period bingo, or 50¢ multiplied by the number of cards so
					grouped during limited period bingo;
(4) The fee charged for a grouping of special
					bingo cards on a single sheet or in the form of a pad does not exceed
					25¢ multiplied by the number of cards so grouped.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.09 - Prohibited advertising matter

Current through June 24, 2024
No advertising matter shall be printed or otherwise marked on
						any bingo card or grouping of bingo cards, except the name, mark or symbol of
						its manufacturer or printer, the license number of its licensed supplier, and
						the name of the licensed organization which owns it.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.10 - Exception

Current through June 24, 2024
Braille bingo cards, purchased from a licensed supplier, may be
						sold to players for use as regular, extra regular and special bingo cards. When
						used as a special card, a braille card need not be indelibly marked and may be
						reused. Braille cards need not be printed in a standard set prescribed in s.
						Game
						41.01. All other requirements apply to Braille bingo
						cards.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.11 - Sale of bingo cards to non-licensed organizations

Current through June 24, 2024
All bingo cards sold to any organization using free cards and
						donated prizes, if any, for which no payment of consideration is made by
						participants shall be clearly marked on the face of each card, "Not for use at
						licensed bingo occasion."
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 41 - Bingo cards › Section Game 41.12 - Identification of special bingo paper

Current through June 24, 2024
The color of the paper used in each special game at any bingo
						occasion shall be different from the color of the paper used in any other
						special game at the same bingo occasion, so that no 2 special bingo games at
						any occasion are played on the same color paper.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 42 - Conduct of bingo games › Section Game 42.03 - Treatment of bad debts

Current through June 24, 2024
A bingo licensee accepting payment for any bingo card or bingo
						supply in a form other than United States currency or coin shall reimburse any
						deficit occurring in the bingo account if any instrument received in payment
						for any bingo card or bingo supply is not honored.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 42 - Conduct of bingo games › Section Game 42.05 - Bingo on last number called

Current through June 24, 2024
Only a player with a winning arrangement which results from the
						last number called shall be entitled to a prize or a share of a prize. Every
						organization sponsoring a bingo occasion shall notify all persons in attendance
						at each bingo occasion of this rule before beginning play at any occasion, and
						shall prominently post this rule at the door.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 42 - Conduct of bingo games › Section Game 42.09 - Player completing more than one winning arrangement

Current through June 24, 2024
Except in a progressive bingo game, a player who completes more
						than one winning arrangement on one bingo card in a game receives only one
						share of the prize for that game. A player who completes a winning arrangement
						on each of 2 or more bingo cards in a game receives one share of the prize for
						each winning card.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 42 - Conduct of bingo games › Section Game 42.13 - Condition of equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
Before beginning any bingo occasion, the caller shall make sure
						that all equipment is in good working order by inspecting the equipment, with
						particular attention to the blowers, receptacles, trays and passages within the
						equipment through which the numbered objects must travel. The caller shall also
						make sure that each of the numbered objects to be used in calling the numbers
						for the bingo occasion is in good condition and is clean and dry to sight and
						touch. The caller shall also make sure that all 75 numbered objects to be drawn
						are in the receptacle, and that there are no omissions or duplications in the
						numerical order of the numbered objects. The inspections required under this
						section shall be witnessed and verified by at least 2 players who have paid
						admission to the occasion.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 42 - Conduct of bingo games › Section Game 42.14 - Use of more than one room for one bingo game

Current through June 24, 2024
More than one room may be used by the players in any game only
						if each player in each additional room has immediate access to a method which
						will immediately inform the caller and all other players in all other rooms
						that a bingo has been called.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 42 - Conduct of bingo games › Section Game 42.15 - Bingo occasions co-sponsored by more than one organization

Current through June 24, 2024
A bingo occasion may be co-sponsored by 2 or more
						organizations, but the aggregate value of all prizes awarded at a bingo
						occasion may not exceed $1,000 regardless of the number of organizations
						co-sponsoring the occasion.