Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION
Chapter 15 - OFF-TRACK BETTING
Section 017-15-7 - Simulcast requirements

1. The organization licensee conducting the horse race upon which off-track betting is being conducted is responsible for the content of its simulcast and shall use all reasonable effort to present a simulcast which offers the viewers an exemplary depiction of its racing program.

2. Every simulcast shall be encrypted using a time displacement decoding algorithm.

3. Every simulcast will contain in its video content a digital display of the actual time of day, the name of the race track from where it emanates, and the number of the race being displayed, a periodic display of wagering information, and continuity programming between horse racing events.

4. In the event that one instate live racing facility is simulcasting its live racing program every licensed off-track betting facility shall have at least one monitor in each bank of monitors carrying that instate signal. In the event that more than one instate live racing facility is simulcasting its live racing program every licensed off-track betting facility shall have at least one monitor in each bank of monitors carrying each instate signal.

5. In the event that the signal for instate live racing is being sent out, the off-track betting facility shall remain open until the final race has been declared official.