West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 178 - Racing Commission › Title 178 - LEGISLATIVE RULE RACING COMMISSION › Series 178-07 - Simulcast Pari-Mutuel Wagering At Authorized Gaming Facility In Historic Resort Hotel › Section 178-7-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this rule and unless the context clearly requires
				  a different meaning, the following terms have the meaning ascribed in this
				  section.
2.1. "Applicant" means any
				gaming licensee who is licensed under article twenty-five, chapter twenty-nine
				of this code, applying for a license under W. Va. Code §
									19-23-12d
				to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on televised horse and dog races.
2.2. "Commission" or "Racing Commission"
				means the West Virginia Racing Commission created in W. Va. Code
				§19-23.
2.3. "Designated
				pari-mutuel wagering area" means one or more specific areas of an existing
				historic resort hotel within which the Racing Commission has authorized the
				gaming licensee to offer pari-mutuel wagering to patrons of the
				hotel.
2.4. "Gaming facility" means
				a designated area on the premises of an existing historic resort hotel in which
				pari-mutuel wagering is conducted by a gaming licensee.
2.5. "Gaming licensee" means the licensed
				operator of a gaming facility under W. Va. Code §29-25, who is also
				licensed under W. Va. Code §19-23, to offer pari-mutuel wagering on
				simulcast horse or dog races or on both types of races.
2.6. "Handle" means the total amount of all
				pari-mutuel wagering sales less refunds and cancellations.
2.7. "Historic resort hotel" means a historic
				resort hotel as defined in W. Va. Code §
									29-25-2.
2.8. "In-state host track" means a racetrack
				within this state licensed to conduct horse or dog race meetings at which
				pari-mutuel wagering is conducted and which is an in-state sending
				track.
2.9. "In-state sending
				track" means a racetrack in this state licensed under this article to conduct
				horse or dog race meetings at which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted and which
				is equipped to conduct simulcasting of those races and intertrack pari-mutuel
				wagering on those races.
2.10.
				"In-state track" means an in-state host track or an in-state sending
				track.
2.11. "Interstate common
				pool" means a pari-mutuel pool established within this state or in another
				state or foreign nation within which is combined comparable pari-mutuel pools
				of one or more receiving legal wagering entities located in one or more states
				or foreign nations upon a race at a sending track located within or outside of
				this state for the purpose of establishing payoff prices in the various
				jurisdictions.
2.12. "Intertrack
				wagering" means parimutuel wagering on simulcast horse or dog races held at an
				in-state sending track by patrons at a gaming facility licensed under W. Va.
				Code §
									19-23-12d
				and this rule and the electronic transmission of the wagers to the in-state
				sending track.
2.13. "License"
				means a license issued by the Racing Commission pursuant to W. Va. Code §
									19-23-12d
				and this rule, including:
2.13.a. A license
				to operate a gaming facility in which pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast races
				will be available to patrons;
2.13.b. A license to be employed in
				connection with the operation of a gaming facility at which pari-mutuel
				wagering is offered on simulcast races; or
2.13.c. A license to provide management
				services under a contract to a gaming facility licensed under W. Va. Code
				§19-23 and this rule.