Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration [Gaming] › Chapter Game 1 - Definitions › Section Game 1.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The following definitions shall apply in all rules adopted by
						the division of gaming unless otherwise indicated:
(1) "Administrator" means the administrator
					of the division.
(2) "Applicant"
					means a person or entity who files an application for a license from the
					division.
(3) "Association" means
					any corporation, partnership, association, entity or person licensed to sponsor
					or manage races under s.
					562.05(1) (b), (c) or
					(e), Stats.
(4) "Best efforts" means an active and
					serious attempt that is made in good faith, and goes beyond due diligence, to
					provide the information required to be disclosed.
(5) "Board" means the board of
					stewards.
(6) "Breakage" means the
					odd cents that the amount payable on each dollar wagered on a race exceeds a
					multiple of 10 cents.
(7) "Business
					day" has the meaning as defined in s.
					421.301(6),
					Stats.
(8) "Daily race program"
					means the association's printed schedule of races, wagering pools and entries
					for each race performance.
(9)
					"Division" means the division of gaming.
(10) "Greyhound age" means the age of the
					greyhound that begins on the day it was whelped.
(11) "Host track" means a racetrack that
					conducts a race on which intertrack wagering is conducted.
(12) "Immediate family member" means a
					person's parent, spouse, child or sibling or a person's relative by marriage,
					lineal descent or adoption, receives, directly or indirectly, more than
					one-half of his or her support from the individual or from whom the individual
					receives, directly or indirectly, more than one-half of his or her
					support.
(13) "Intertrack wager"
					means a wager that is placed or accepted at a racetrack on a race that is
					conducted at, and simultaneously televised to the racetrack from, another
					racetrack.
(14) "Intertrack
					wagering licensee" means an entity that is licensed under s.
					562.05(1) (e),
					Stats.
(15) "Inquiry" means a board
					of stewards' inquiry.
(16)
					"Multiple pools" means any pool of wagers on one or more races other than a
					pool of wagers in which each wager represents a wager to win, place or
					show.
(17) "Out-of-state legal
					wagering entity" means an entity that owns or operates a place located outside
					this state at which wagering on a race that is conducted in this state is
					authorized under the laws of the state or country in which the place is
					located.
(18) "Out-of-state
					racetrack" means a place outside this state at which a race is authorized by
					law to be held and at which pari-mutuel wagering on the race is authorized by
					law to be conducted.
(19) "Outs
					money" means any unclaimed prize money payable to winning ticket holders or the
					division under s. 562.065(4),
					Stats.
(20) "Paddock" means the
					area racing greyhounds are brought to and kept prior to weigh-in and through
					the conclusion of any post-race testing or veterinary examination. The paddock
					area includes, but is not limited to, the scale, the review area, the lock-out
					kennel, testing areas and adjacent offices.
(21) "Parent corporation" means any
					corporation that has an ownership interest of 25% or more in another
					corporation.
(22) "Pari-mutuel"
					means a wagering system in which all persons who wager on any animal that
					finishes in any position for which wagers are taken in a race share the total
					amount wagered on the race minus any deductions from the wagers on that race
					required under s. 562.065, Stats.
(23) "Presiding officer" means a chief
					steward or presiding steward who conducts a meeting of the board of
					stewards.
(24) "Profit split" means
					the winning distributable pool paid out according to the amount wagered on each
					winning combination when there is more than one winning order of
					finish.
(25) "Race" means any
					animal race licensed under s.
					562.05(1),
					Stats.
(26) "Race day" means a
					24-hour period ending at midnight during a race meet in which races are
					conducted.
(27) "Race meet" means
					that period of time for which the applicant has been issued a license under s.
					562.05(1) (b),
					Stats., by the division to sponsor and manage races on which pari-mutuel
					wagering is conducted including the periods of time during which an association
					has been granted division approval to simulcast races.
(28) "Race performance" means a minimum
					schedule of 13 races of either a matinee or evening program conducted on any
					race day.
(29) "Resident of this
					state" means for purposes of s.
					562.05(3w) (a),
					Stats.:
(a) Any individual who is and has been
					domiciled in this state for at least one year immediately prior to the filing
					of an application for a license under s.
					562.05(1) (a),
					Stats.
(b) Any corporation,
					partnership, association or other entity that is incorporated or otherwise
					formed in this state, has its principal place of business in this state, and is
					and has been actively doing business in this state for at least one year
					immediately prior to the filing of any application for a license under s.
					562.05(1) (a),
					Stats.