Section R19-2-515. Closing of Wagering in a Contest

A.      A Department representative shall close wagering for each contest. After wagering is closed, no pari-mutuel tickets shall be sold for that contest.

B.       The racetrack permittee shall maintain, in good order, a system approved by the Department for closing wagering.

1.        If the totalisator fails mechanically and becomes unreli- able as to the amounts wagered, all money wagered on the contest shall be refunded.

2.        If a breakdown of the totalisator cannot be repaired during wagering on a contest, the wagering for that con- test shall be declared closed. The payoff for a race closed because of totalisator breakdown shall be computed on the sums wagered in each pool before the breakdown.

Historical Note

Adopted effective October 21, 1993, under an exemption from the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1005(A)(18) (Supp. 93-4). R19-2-515 recod-

ified from R4-27-515 (Supp. 95-1). Section amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 2874, effective October 10, 2014 (Supp. 14-4).

The following Section was adopted under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6) pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1005(A)(18). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means that the Arizona Racing Commission did not submit these rules to the Governor’s Regula- tory Review Council for Review; the Commission did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publi- cation in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Commission was not required to hold public hearings on these rules; and the Attorney General did not certify these rules.