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

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) No licensed person shall commit, or
				conspire to commit, any dishonest or corrupt practice, fraudulent act, conduct
				detrimental to a pari-mutuel event, including bookmaking or touting, or any act
				in violation of these rules. Persons committing violations of these rules may
				be ruled off all grounds under the Commission's jurisdiction, have their
				license denied, revoked or suspended, and be fined.
(b) 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, any such
				unlicensed person may be required to sign a waiver of liability as a condition
				to receiving the badge.
(c) 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.
(d) No person shall
				commit an act on the grounds of any pari-mutuel facility which is contrary to
				the best interest of racing or pari-mutuel events.
(e) 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.
(f) No 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.
(g) No person shall offer or
				receive money or any other benefit for declaring an entry from a race, or for
				not entering a race.
(h) 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.
(i) 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 the jockey is riding in the race.
(j) 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.
(k)
				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.
(l) No
				person, while on the grounds of a permitted pari-mutuel event, shall 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 any animal
				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;
(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;
(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.