Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 038 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel › Chapter 10 - SIMULCASTING › Section 10-1 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) ASSOCIATION WHICH ACCEPTS THE WAGER means
				the guest association where the bettor contributes his money to the pari-mutuel
				pool and receives a pari-mutuel ticket.
(b) AUTHORIZED USER means a person authorized
				by the Commission to receive, to decode and to use for legal purposes the
				simulcast signal of pari-mutuel events.
(c) COMBINED PARI-MUTUEL POOLS (combined
				pools) means the pari-mutuel wagers at one or more guest associations being
				contributed into the pari-mutuel pools of a host association or the combined
				pari-mutuel pools of simulcast facilities within the state of
				Wyoming.
(d) COMMISSION means the
				Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission.
(e)
				DECODER means a device and/or means to convert encrypted audiovisual signals
				and/or data into a form recognizable as the original content of the
				signals.
(f) DOWNLINK means a
				receiving antenna coupled with an audio-visual signal receiver compatible with
				and capable of receiving simultaneous audio-visual signals and/or data
				emanating from a host association, and includes the electronic transfer of
				received signals from the receiving antenna to TV monitors within the satellite
				facility.
(g) ENCLOSURE,
				ENCLOSURE-PUBLIC, includes all enclosed areas of the simulcast wagering
				facility.
(h) ENCRYPTION (encrypted
				or encoded) means the scrambling or other manipulation of the audio-visual
				signals to mask the original content of the signal and so cause such signals to
				be indecipherable and unrecognizable to any person receiving such
				signal.
(i) FLAT TRACK HORSE RACING
				means a horse race in which horses mounted by a jockey run over a course on
				which no jumps or other obstacles are placed.
(j) GUEST, GUEST ASSOCIATION or SIMULCAST
				OPERATOR means a permitted simulcast licensee authorized by the Commission to
				offer, sell, cash, redeem or exchange pari-mutuel tickets whether
				electronically generated or otherwise on races being offered live or historic
				at a host association.
(k) HOST or
				HOST ASSOCIATION means the racing association conducting a licensed horse
				racing meeting when it is authorized by the Commission to simulcast its racing
				program. It may also be considered the sending track which means any track from
				which simulcast signals originate.
(l) INTERSTATE SIMULCAST WAGERING means
				wagering conducted by a betting system outside the state of Wyoming on live or
				historic results of one or more races being run at a Wyoming host association
				or wagering conducted by a betting system within the state of Wyoming on live
				or historic results of one or more races being run at a host association
				outside the state of Wyoming.
(m)
				INTRASTATE SIMULCAST WAGERING means pari-mutuel wagering at a Wyoming guest
				association on events live or historic at a Wyoming host association.
(n) OUT-OF-STATE SIMULCAST FACILITY means a
				track or other facility, located within a jurisdiction other than Wyoming, at
				which pari-mutuel wagers are placed, accepted or distributed, either in person
				or electronically, on simulcast races pursuant to proper authorization under
				the laws of that jurisdiction.
(o)
				OUT-OF-STATE WAGERING means acceptance of wagers by a host or guest association
				on the results of live or historic races run at a race meeting outside the
				state of Wyoming.
(p) SATELLITE
				FACILITY, intrastate wagering facility, extended wagering facility means the
				physical premises, structure and equipment utilized by a guest association for
				the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing events being run elsewhere,
				live or historic.
(q) SATELLITE
				TRANSPONDER, transponder means leased space segment time of an earth-orbit
				communication satellite.
(r)
				SIMULCAST means the sale of pari-mutuel pools electronically transmitted of
				live or historic horse races on interstate or intrastate pari-mutuel events as
				prescribed by the commission.
(s)
				SIMULCAST OPERATOR means a person licensed by the Commission to operate a
				simulcast wagering system as provided for by these rules.
(t) SIMULCAST SERVICE SUPPLIER means a person
				engaged in providing service, supplies or equipment necessary to the operation
				of intrastate, interstate or out-of-state simulcast wagering for use by a host
				association, guest association, simulcast operator, or authorized user,
				including but not limited to, pari-mutuel wagering terminals, uplink, downlink,
				television receivers and related equipment; but does not include persons
				authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to provide telephone
				service or space segment time on satellite transponders.
(u) SOURCE MARKET FEE means a license fee,
				assessed by the Commission pursuant to W.S. §
									11-25-105(m),
				payable by the out-of-state simulcast facilities that conduct pari-mutuel
				wagering on simulcast races and that accept wagers from Wyoming residents by
				telephone or other electronic means at those facilities.
(v) UPLINK means an earth station
				broadcasting facility, whether mobile or fixed, which is used to transmit
				audio-visual signals and/or data on FCC-controlled frequencies, and includes
				any electronic transfer of the audio-visual signals from within the racing
				enclosure to the location of the transmitter at the uplink.