Virginia Administrative Code
Title 11 - GAMING
Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION
Chapter 47 - HISTORICAL HORSE RACING
Section 11VAC10-47-10 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 1 VA Admin Code 10-47-10
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024

The following words and terms shall have the following meanings when used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means Chapter 29 (§ 59.1-364 et seq.) of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia.

"Applicant" means an individual who has submitted an application to obtain a license to offer pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing from the commission.

"Commission" means the Virginia Racing Commission.

"Historical horse racing" means a form of horse racing that creates pari-mutuel pools from wagers placed on previously conducted horse races and is hosted at (i) a racetrack owned or operated by a significant infrastructure limited licensee or (ii) a satellite facility that is owned or operated by (a) a significant infrastructure limited licensee or (b) the nonprofit industry stakeholder organization recognized by the commission and licensed to own or operate such satellite facility.

"Independent testing laboratory" means a laboratory with a national reputation for honesty, independence, and timeliness that is demonstrably competent and qualified to scientifically test and evaluate devices for compliance with this chapter and to otherwise perform the functions assigned to it by this chapter. An independent testing laboratory shall not be owned or controlled by a licensee, the state, or any manufacturer, supplier, or operator of historical horse racing terminals.

"Integrity auditor" means a company that conducts periodic and regular tests on the validity of pari-mutuel wagering, deductions, and payouts for the applicable historical horse racing event, including the legitimacy of the event itself, and tests that the order of finish of the race selected in the game is valid, match to the order of finish that occurred empirically, and that all runners that were listed as entered into the race for the purposes of the game, legitimately ran in the race.

"Licensee" means any person holding an owner's or operator's license under Article 2 (§ 59.1-375 et seq.) of Chapter 29 of the Code of Virginia who is granted a license by the commission under this chapter to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing.

"Satellite facility" means all areas of the property at which simulcast horse racing is received for the purposes of pari-mutuel wagering and any additional areas designated by the commission for conducting pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing.

Statutory Authority: § 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.

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