New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 1 - GAMES AND GAMING GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 5 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE UNDER THE GAMING CONTROL ACT
Section 15.1.5.13 - SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RACETRACK GAMING OPERATOR LICENSE APPLICANTS

A. To qualify to hold and operate a gaming operator's license, a racetrack shall be licensed by the state racing commission pursuant to the Horse Racing Act to conduct live horse races or simulcast races.

B. The applicant shall submit to the board a copy of the applicant's current license from the horse racing commission to conduct pari-mutuel wagering, its current simulcast license, and its schedule of live race days during its licensed race meets for the current calendar year. Thereafter, a licensee shall submit to the board, within 10 ten days of issuance by the state horse racing commission, a copy of the licensee's current license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering, its current simulcast license, and its schedule of live race days during its licensed race meets for the current calendar year.

C. Racetrack gaming operator licensees may permit the operation of gaming machines on their premises only on days when the racetrack is conducting live horse races or simulcasting horse race meets. The gaming machines may be played for a daily period not to exceed 18 hours and no more than 112 hours in a one-week period, beginning on Tuesday at 8 a.m. and ending at 8 a.m. on the following Tuesday, at the licensee's discretion. "Daily period" means the 24-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 12:00 midnight.