§ 11-808. General provisions

MD Bus Reg Code § 11-808 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    An employee of a receiving track is not considered an employee of the sending track because of this part.

(b)    The Commission has jurisdiction over all intertrack betting and other activities at a receiving track to the same extent as when live racing is held at the track.

(c)    The Commission shall adopt regulations to carry out this part.

(d)    Only a licensee may operate a receiving track or a sending track.

(e)    (1)    A receiving track shall transmit directly to the sending track all pari-mutuel information about the money bet at the receiving track.

(2)    A sending track shall incorporate this information with information on pari-mutuel betting at the sending track.

(f)    Money bet in intertrack betting shall be:

(1)    included in the applicable mutuel pools at the sending track; and

(2)    considered as if bet at the sending track.

(g)    (1)    The breakage, State tax, and takeout on all intertrack betting at a receiving track shall be computed in the way normally applicable to pari-mutuel betting on a race at the sending track.

(2)    The takeout shall be allocated in the same proportions that are normally applicable to racing held at the sending track, after deductions for:

(i)    the State tax;

(ii)    the amount to be kept by the receiving track under the simulcast agreement with the sending track; and

(iii)    the cost to the sending track of the transmission.