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§3A-205.6a.
§3A-205.6a.
A. Any organization licensee shall file with the Oklahoma Horse Racing
Commission its plan to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a facility or
facilities located outside the organization licensee's racing
enclosure. Such pari-mutuel wagering may be conducted at any time as
authorized by the Commission. The conducting of pari-mutuel wagering
at a facility outside the organization licensee's enclosure is subject
to the following:
1. Pari-mutuel wagering shall be permitted only in a county which
approves or has approved the conducting of pari-mutuel horse racing in
that county pursuant to the provisions of Section 209 of this title;
2. Pari-mutuel wagering conducted by an organization licensee shall
not be permitted within thirty (30) miles of another organization
licensee's racing enclosure without the express permission granted by
the other organization licensee;
3. All pari-mutuel wagering facilities located outside any
organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be operated in
accordance with all applicable rules of the Oklahoma Horse Racing
Commission Rules of Racing (Pari-Mutuel Edition);
4. The organization licensee sending its racing signal to a facility
or facilities outside its racing enclosure may combine the pari-mutuel
pools of all facilities with those of the organization licensee for
the purpose of determining odds and computing payoffs. The amount of
money to be retained and distributed by the organization licensee and
to be remitted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission from money wagered
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be the same as set
forth in paragraph 1 of subsection B, in subsection D, and in
subsection E of Section 205.6 of this title and in Section 208.2 of
this title;
5. One percent (1%) of the total monies wagered at a facility other
than an organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be distributed
from the amount retained pursuant to paragraph 4 of this subsection as
follows:
a. ten percent (10%) to the State Auditor and Inspector for the
purpose of auditing such facilities, and
b. forty-five percent (45%) to the county in which the facility is
located, and
c. forty-five percent (45%) to the city in which the facility is
located, or
d. if the facility is not located within the corporate limits of any
city, ninety percent (90%) to the county in which the facility is
located;
6. The distribution for purses at facilities other than an
organization licensee's racing enclosures shall be:
a. six and one-half percent (6.5%) of total handle during the first
thirty-six (36) months after the opening of a facility in a county,
and
b. seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of total handle thereafter.
Upon completion of three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days since
the opening of a facility in a county, the thirty-six-month period
commences retroactive to the opening of that facility. If the facility
does not operate for three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days, a
new facility may be opened and operated, with the thirty-six-month
period commencing consistent with this paragraph. If a facility
terminates operation after the three-hundred-sixty-fifth calendar day,
all days shall be allotted to subsequent facilities not to exceed one
thousand ninety-five (1,095) calendar days per facility; and
7. The organization licensee, after the distribution to the Oklahoma
Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4 of this
subsection and distributions pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of this
subsection, shall retain the balance of the monies wagered.
B. Notification by an organization licensee to conduct pari-mutuel
wagering at a facility or facilities outside of the organization
licensee's racing enclosure shall be made annually to the Oklahoma
Horse Racing Commission. An organization licensee may make an original
notification to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a facility or
facilities outside of the organization licensee's racing enclosure at
any time.
C. All persons employed in the actual conduct of pari-mutuel wagering
at a facility outside an organization licensee's racing enclosure
shall be licensed by the Commission, consistent with Section 204.2 of
this title.
D. Breakage and unclaimed ticket proceeds shall be distributed in the
manner applicable to the races of the racing program of the
organization licensee sending the racing program.
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