Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 038 - Wyoming Gaming Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel
Chapter 2 - COMMISSION RULES
Section 2-2 - Corrupt Practices

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 2-2

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) No licensed person shall commit, conspire to commit, or aid and abet any dishonest or corrupt practice, fraudulent act, conduct detrimental to a pari-mutuel event, including bookmaking or touting, or any act in violation of these rules. Persons committing violations of these rules may be ruled off all grounds under the Commission's jurisdiction, have their license denied, revoked or suspended, and be fined.

(b) No licensed person shall participate in any unsanctioned or otherwise illegal live flat track racing events.

(c) No owner or trainer shall harbor on the grounds of a Permittee, engage or retain in his employ any unlicensed person unless that unlicensed person has been issued a badge by the Commission to allow entrance onto the grounds of the Permittee. In addition, any such unlicensed person may be required to sign a waiver of liability as a condition to receiving the badge.

(d) No licensed person shall use obscene, profane or indecent language to a racing or pari-mutuel event official, or any employee or representative of the Commission.

(e) No person shall commit an act on the grounds of any pari-mutuel facility which is contrary to the best interest of racing or pari-mutuel events.

(f) No person shall give, offer, or promise directly or indirectly, either on his own behalf or on behalf of another, any bribe, gift or gratuity in any form to any other person which is intended to influence the outcome of a pari-mutuel event.

(g) No person shall accept or offer to accept on his own behalf or on behalf of another, any bribe, gift, or gratuity in any form which is intended to influence the outcome of a pari-mutuel event.

(h) No person shall offer or receive money or any other benefit for declaring an entry from a race, or for not entering a race.

(i) No person shall make a bet for the account of any jockey except the owner or trainer of the horse the jockey is riding, and then only on said horse.

(j) No person shall offer or give a jockey any money or other benefit in relation to a race, unless the person is the owner or trainer of the horse the jockey is riding in the race.

(k) No electrical or mechanical device or other expedient designed to increase or decrease the speed of a horse (or that would tend to do so) other than the ordinary whip, shall be possessed by anyone or applied by anyone to a horse at any time on the grounds of a Permittee, during an event, whether in a race or otherwise. The owner and trainer of a horse upon which such device was used may be subject to penalties of fine, suspension and loss of purse.

(l) Any person, other than a veterinarian licensed by the Commission, who administers any drug or allows any other person to administer any drugs to a horse within 24 hours prior to the horse participating in a pari-mutuel event, must give notice to the Stewards of the use of the drugs prior to the running of the race or go-round.

(m) No person, while on the grounds of a permitted pari-mutuel event, shall have in his possession any drugs, hypodermic syringes, needles or similar instruments which may be used for injection, or any electrical, mechanical, or other appliance or thing which might affect the speed or actions of any animal except:

(i) A veterinarian authorized to practice at the permitted event or a person other than a veterinarian who possesses the above mentioned items for an existing emergency and as prescribed by a veterinarian;

(ii) Any licensed person may have in his possession on the grounds any chemical substance for use on his own person, provided that, if the chemical substance is prohibited from being dispensed by any federal law or law of this state without a prescription, he is in possession of documentary evidence that a valid prescription for such chemical substance has been issued to him;

(iii) Any licensed person may have in his possession on the grounds any hypodermic syringe or needle for the purpose of administering a chemical substance to himself, provided that he has notified the State Steward:
(1) of his possession of such device,

(2) of the size of such device, and

(3) of the chemical substance to be administered by such device; or

(iv) As permitted by the Stewards or the authorized representative of the Commission in writing.

(n) With reasonable suspicion, the Commission through its employees, agents or authorized employees of the permittee may search and inspect for any item prohibited by these rules. Prohibited items include, but are not limited to, prohibited medication, drugs, drug paraphernalia, or any electrical or mechanical equipment usable to affect the condition of any animal on permitted event grounds. Searches and inspections may include:

(i) Association stables, receiving barns, the paddock, jockey's room, supply rooms, blacksmith and similar service shops or areas, including living quarters, or private vehicles located within enclosures of the Permittee grounds, and

(ii) The person of any licensee while upon the Permittee's grounds in the prescribed areas described in the preceding subparagraph.

(o) No person shall take any action or substance, drugs or otherwise, that may interfere with any drug testing procedure under these rules.

(p) A trainer shall be the absolute insurer of and responsible for the condition of the horses entered in a race or permitted event, regardless of the acts of third parties. Should the chemical or other analysis of blood or urine sample, or other tests show a presence of any narcotic stimulant, depressant, foreign substance or drug of any kind or description, the trainer of the horse may, in the discretion of the Commission, be subject to discipline under these rules. In addition, the owner of the horse and any other person shown to have had the care or attendance of the horse, may in the discretion of the Commission, be subject to discipline under these rules. The owner of any horse disqualified shall be denied and shall promptly return any part of the purse or sweepstakes, or any trophy or prize received, which shall be redistributed by order of the Stewards.

(q) If a jockey is penalized for possession or use of an electrical or mechanical device during a race, the owner of the horse may be denied any purse or award won in that race.

(r) No person shall tamper with, attempt to tamper with, or abet any attempt to tamper with, any animal in such a way as to affect its performance in a permitted event.

(s) No person shall assume or pay, directly or indirectly, a fine imposed upon another without consent of the Commission.

(t) No jockey's attendant (valet) shall make a bet on any race nor shall he place a bet for anyone else.

(u) No person shall make a hand book of any kind on the grounds of a Permittee.

(v) No person shall solicit for or bet with a hand book of any kind on the grounds of a Permittee.

(w) No person (including licensees) shall refuse to obey reasonable orders of an Official or Security Personnel of the Commission or the Permittee.

(x) No person (including licensees) shall participate in any form of harassment while on the permitted event grounds. Harassment, as defined by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information.

(y) The Commission or its designee may deny granting a license to any applicant, or take disciplinary action on a licensee, who has been convicted of any of the offenses listed below if the Commission determines that the circumstances of the offense giving rise to the conviction make the applicant's presence a hazard to the regulation and conduct of pari-mutuel events or that they may reasonably undermine the public confidence in the integrity of pari-mutuel events:

(i) Offenses related to drugs or narcotics;

(ii) Offenses related to bookmaking;

(iii) Offenses related to arranging the outcome of a race, or to any fraud or deception while participating in pari-mutuel activities;

(iv) Offenses related to representations made about any horse, ownership interest in a horse, or lease or sale of any horse;

(v) Offenses related to cruelty to animals;

(vi) Offenses related to money laundering or fraudulent activities; or

(vii) Offenses that endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the human or equine athletes.

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