Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 038 - Pari-Mutuel Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel Commission › Chapter 2 - COMMISSION RULES › Section 2-2 - Corrupt Practices

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any licensed
						person found guilty of any dishonest or corrupt practice, fraudulent act, or
						other conduct detrimental to a pari-mutuel event, including bookmaking or
						touting, committed while within or without any Permittee grounds, may be ruled
						off all grounds under the jurisdiction of the Commission, and it shall be the
						duty of the Stewards and those authorized by them to exclude from all places
						under their jurisdiction persons who commit such offenses or are so ruled
						off.
(b) Violators of any Rule
						shall be subject to ejection from the grounds and/or to fine, suspension, or to
						being ruled off.
(c) No owner or
						trainer shall harbor on the grounds of a Permittee, engage or retain in his
						employ any unlicensed person unless that unlicensed person has been issued a
						badge by the Commission to allow entrance onto the grounds of the Permittee. In
						addition, each person may be required to sign a waiver of liability as a
						condition to receiving the badge.
(d) No licensed person shall use obscene,
						profane or indecent language to a racing or pari-mutuel event official, or any
						employee or representative of the Commission.
(e) Any person who commits an act on the
						grounds of any pari-mutuel facility which is patently contrary to the best
						interest of racing or pari-mutuel events which is in violation of a criminal
						statute of the United States of America or this state, and classified as a
						felony shall be subject to administrative action including license revocation,
						fine or deprivation of patron privileges.
(f) No person shall give, offer, or promise
						directly or indirectly, either on his own behalf or on behalf of another, any
						bribe, gift or gratuity in any form to any other person which is intended to
						influence the outcome of a pari-mutuel event.
(g) No official or his assistant, no owner,
						trainer, jockey, agent, roper, no person having charge of or access to any
						event animal, nor any other person shall accept or offer to accept on his own
						behalf or on behalf of another, any bribe, gift, or gratuity in any form which
						is intended to influence the outcome of a pari-mutuel event.
(h) No person shall offer or receive money or
						any other benefit for declaring an entry from a race, or for not entering a
						race.
(i) No person shall conspire
						with any other person for the Commission of any corrupt or fraudulent practice
						in relation to pari-mutuel events nor shall he commit such an act on his own
						account.
(j) No person shall make a
						bet for the account of any jockey except the owner or trainer of the horse the
						jockey is riding, and then only on said horse.
(k) No person shall offer or give a jockey
						any money or other benefit in relation to a race, unless the person is the
						owner or trainer of the horse ridden in the race by the jockey.
(l) No electrical or mechanical device or
						other expedient designed to increase or decrease the speed of a horse (or that
						would tend to do so) other than the ordinary whip, shall be possessed by anyone
						or applied by anyone to a horse at any time on the grounds of a Permittee,
						during an event whether in a race or otherwise. The owner and trainer of a
						horse upon which such device was used may be subject to penalties of fine,
						suspension and loss of purse.
(m)
						Any person other than a veterinarian licensed by the Commission who administers
						any drug or allows any other person to administer any drugs to a horse within
						24 hours prior to the horse participating in a pari-mutuel event , must give
						notice to the Stewards of the use of the drugs prior to the running of the race
						or go-round. Any person failing to give notice shall be fined and/or suspended
						and/or his license revoked.
(n) No
						person shall, while on the grounds where horse or cattle which are eligible for
						a pari-mutuel event given by a Permittee, have in his possession any drugs;
						hypodermic syringes, needles or similar instruments which may be used for
						injection; or any electrical, mechanical, or other appliance or thing which
						might affect the speed or actions of horses or cattle except:
(i) A veterinarian authorized to practice at
						the permitted event or a person other than a veterinarian who possesses the
						above mentioned items for an existing emergency and as prescribed by a
						veterinarian, or
(ii) Any licensed
						person may have in his possession on the grounds any chemical substance for use
						on his own person, provided that, if the chemical substance is prohibited from
						being dispensed by any Federal law or law of this state without a prescription,
						he is in possession of documentary evidence that a valid prescription for such
						chemical substance has been issued to him, or
(iii) Any licensed person may have in his
						possession on the grounds any hypodermic syringe or needle for the purpose of
						administering a chemical substance to himself, provided that he has notified
						the State Steward:
(1) of his possession of
						such device,
(2) of the size of
						such device, and
(3) of the
						chemical substance to be administered by such device, or
(iv) As permitted by the Stewards or the
						authorized representative of the Commission in writing.
Any licensed person so offending shall be fined and/or
							suspended and/or ruled off and/or his license revoked.