SECTION 325:65-1-35. Pari-mutuel ticket sales; payments and claims; purchasing restrictions

(a)   Pari-mutuel tickets shall not be sold by anyone other than an organization licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering.

(b)   No pari-mutuel ticket may be sold on a contest for which wagering has already been closed and no organization licensee shall be responsible for ticket sales entered into but not completed by issuance of a ticket before the totalisator is closed for wagering on such contest.

(c)   Claims pertaining to a mistake on an issued ticket, or a mistake involving failure to issue a ticket, must be made by the bettor prior to leaving the seller's window. Cancellation or exchange of tickets issued shall not be permitted after a patron has left a seller's window except in accordance with written policies established by the organization licensee and approved by the Commission.

(d)   Payment on winning pari-mutuel wagers shall be made on the basis of the order of finish as purposely posted and declared "official." Any subsequent change in the order of finish or award of purse money as may result from a subsequent ruling by the Stewards or Commission shall in no way affect the pari-mutuel payoff. If an error in the posted order of finish or payoff figures is discovered, the official order of finish or payoff prices may be corrected and an announcement concerning the change shall be made to the public.

(e)   The organization licensee shall not satisfy claims on lost, mutilated, or altered pari-mutuel tickets without authorization of the Commission.

(f)   The organization licensee shall have no obligation to enter a wager into a betting pool if unable to do so due to equipment failure.

(g)   The organization licensee shall not accept mailed or telephoned wagers, except as provided by law and the rules of this Chapter, nor knowingly accept any wagers made by or for a person who is prohibited from participating in pari-mutuel wagering.

(h)   No minor shall purchase or cash any pari-mutuel ticket. No employee of the organization shall knowingly sell to or cash for a minor any pari-mutuel ticket.

(i)   No racing official or assistant racing official, mutuel department employee, general manager, valet, jockey room custodian, official camera operator, assistant starter, receiving or detention barn staff member, security personnel, track superintendent or track maintenance department employee, member or employee of the Commission shall wager on the result of a race. No employee of the organization shall knowingly sell to or cash any pari-mutuel ticket for any of the categories of license listed in this subsection.

(j)   No jockey shall make any wager, or have any wager made in his/her behalf, in any race in which s/he participates, except through the owner or trainer and on the horse which s/he rides. Any owner or trainer wagering for such jockey shall maintain a record of all such wagers and all other presents or other gratuities s/he has given any jockey. Such records will be furnished to the Stewards or the Commission or its investigators upon demand.

[Source: Added at 9 Ok Reg 3201, eff 6-30-92 (emergency); Added at 10 Ok Reg 3569, eff 7-12-93; Amended at 11 Ok Reg 4203, eff 7-26-94; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2579, eff 6-28-96; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2421, eff 6-26-00; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 516, eff 5-15-13]