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

Current through July 13, 2024
In applying the Rules and all amendments the following
				  definitions, constructions and interpretations shall apply, except where
				  otherwise indicated in the Rules:
(a)
				AGE of a horse is designated as beginning on the first of January in the year
				in which it is foaled.
(b) ARREARS
				include all monies due for entrance forfeits, fees (including jockey fees),
				forfeitures, subscriptions, stake and also any default in money incident to the
				Rules.
(c) ARCI means the
				Association of Racing Commissioners International Inc.
(d) AUTHORIZED AGENT is a person appointed by
				a written instrument signed and acknowledged before a notary public, by the
				owner and filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules.
(e) BOOKMAKER is a person in the business of
				taking bets on pari-mutuel events other than through the totalisator equipment
				approved by the Commission.
(f)
				BREAKAGE is the odd cents on any sum otherwise distributable in a pari-mutuel
				pool. Also the difference between the amount contributed to the pari-mutuel
				pool and the total of the commissions (takeouts) and the sums redistributed to
				the contributors.
(g) BRED - A
				horse is "bred" at the place of its birth.
(h) BREEDER of a horse is the owner of its
				dam at the time of foaling.
(i)
				BREED AWARD means monies collected pursuant to W.S. §
									
										11-25-105(j) and distributed
				by the Commission to promote the improved breeding and development of the horse
				industry in Wyoming. Breeder awards may include purse enhancement of Wyoming
				Bred races.
(j) CALENDAR DAY is
				twenty-four hours ending at midnight.
(k) CONCESSION OPERATOR means a person or
				entity performing a service or selling any articles under a license issued by
				the Commission.
(l) COMMISSION
				shall mean the Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission.
(m) DECLARATION shall mean the act of
				withdrawing an entered horse from a race before the closing of overnight
				entries.
(n) DIRECTLY INVOLVED
				pertains to live racing or pari-mutuel events and means a person who, due to
				his or her employment or status, has access to restricted areas or animals
				housed on permitted event grounds for racing or use in pari-mutuel
				events.
(o) DIGITAL TATTOO is a
				digital certification, which is attached to the horse's registration
				certificate in the breed registry that validates the horse's identification.
				This digital tattoo is accessible through the scan of the horse's microchip or
				other unique identifier as authorized by the appropriate breed
				registry.
(p) DRUG means any
				narcotic, sedative, anesthetic, analgesic, drug or medication of any kind
				intended for the use in any manner for the treatment or prevention of a
				condition which could affect the racing condition or performance of an animal.
				Also included is any substance which, can affect or interfere with the true and
				accurate testing and analysis of blood, urine, saliva, or other samples taken
				from animals.
(q) ENGAGEMENT is the
				obligation of a Jockey or a horse to participate in a race. ENGAGEMENT BOOK is
				a record of engagements kept by a Jockey Agent.
(r) ENTRY MEANS a horse eligible and entered
				in a race. COUPLED ENTRY means two or more horses which are entered in a race
				and are owned in whole or in part by the same owner, or are trained by a
				trainer who owns any interest in any of the other horses in the race and appear
				on the program as a single betting interest, (often referred to as "an
				entry").
(s) EQUIPMENT, as applied
				to a horse, shall mean whips, spurs, blinkers, tongue straps, muzzles, hoods,
				nosebands, bits, shadow rolls, martingales, breast plates, bandages, boots,
				plates and all other paraphernalia which is used on a horse while
				racing.
(t) EVENT means a
				pari-mutuel event per W.S. §
									
										11-25-102(a)(iv).
(u) EXOTIC WAGERING shall mean a bet, which
				is comprised of three or more wagering interests.
(v) FIELD means
(i) The entire group of horses in a
				race.
(ii) The highest numbered
				horse within the capacity of the tote and all other horses of a higher number
				grouped together in wagering.