Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 24 - Intertrack wagering › Subchapter III - Interstate Broadcasts or Simulcasting › Section Game 24.12 - Interstate broadcasts - commingled pools

Current through June 24, 2024
The following shall apply for interstate broadcasts with
							commingled pools:
(1) All contracts
						governing participation in interstate commingled pools shall be submitted to
						the division for approval prior to commingling pools as a guest or host
						track.
(2) Rules established for
						pari-mutuel pools for the out-of-state host track shall apply to the
						pari-mutuel pools offered at the Wisconsin guest track.
(3) When a Wisconsin racetrack is the host
						track, the wagers received by the out-of-state guest tracks may be transmitted
						to the host track in Wisconsin to form a commingled pool.
(4) Each Wisconsin guest track shall have
						individual contracts with each out-of-state host track and the Wisconsin guest
						tracks' pools shall remain separate for accounting, auditing, reporting, purse
						calculations, tax liability, and all other statutory obligation
						purposes.
(5) When the commingled
						pool or a separate pool is formed in Wisconsin, the odds and the payout prices
						shall be calculated in accordance with the rules in ch. Game 9. In arriving at
						the amount distributable to the bettors, the total take-out being used by the
						Wisconsin host track shall apply.
(6) If any Pick (N) pool, exchange pool or
						any other pari-mutuel pool that is not provided for in ch. Game 9 is rejected
						by an out-of-state host track, then a refund of these pools shall be provided
						by the Wisconsin guest track.
(7)
						If a Wisconsin racetrack is the host track, all applicable provisions contained
						in ch. 562, Stats., regarding breakage shall apply. If a Wisconsin racetrack is
						the guest track, the division shall approve any agreement made between the
						Wisconsin guest track and any out-of-state host track governing the
						distribution of breakage.
(8) Taxes
						and other statutory obligations as required by s.
						562.065(3) (c),
						Stats., shall be applicable to wagers placed at a Wisconsin pari-mutuel
						facility and received by the Wisconsin host and guest tracks only. Any
						surcharges or withholding in addition to the takeout shall only apply in the
						jurisdiction imposing the surcharges or withholdings.
(9) If a Wisconsin guest track commingles its
						wagering pools with the wagering pools of an out-of-state host track and the
						wagering takeout deductions of the host track are outside the deductions set
						forth in s. 562.065(3) (a),
						Stats., the Wisconsin guest track, with the prior approval of the division, may
						adopt the takeout deduction of the out-of-state host track so as to achieve a
						common takeout rate with other participants in the interstate commingled pool
						to produce a standard common payout price.
(10) A Wisconsin guest track proposing to
						participate in an interstate commingled pool may request that the division
						approve a methodology whereby the states of the host and guest tracks with
						different takeout rates for corresponding pari-mutuel pools may effectively and
						equitably combine wagers from the different states into an interstate common
						pool and achieve a net price payout.
(11) A Wisconsin guest track shall allow its
						patrons to wager on a specific race or race performance through more than one
						out-of-state host track.