CHAPTER 7. PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
IC 4-31-7
Chapter 7. Pari-Mutuel Wagering
IC 4-31-7-1
Designated grounds, enclosures, and facilities
Sec. 1. (a) A person holding a permit to conduct a horse racing
meeting or a license to operate a satellite facility may provide a place
in the racing meeting grounds or enclosure or the satellite facility at
which the person may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel system
of wagering by patrons of legal age on the horse races conducted or
simulcast by the person. The person may not permit or use:
(1) another place other than that provided and designated by the
person; or
(2) another method or system of betting or wagering.
However, a permit holder licensed to conduct gambling games under
IC 4-35 may permit wagering on slot machines at a racetrack as
permitted by IC 4-35.
(b) Except as provided in section 7 of this chapter and
IC 4-31-5.5, the pari-mutuel system of wagering may not be
conducted on any races except the races at the racetrack, grounds, or
enclosure for which the person holds a permit.
As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.2. Amended by P.L.24-1992,
SEC.21; P.L.233-2007, SEC.8.
IC 4-31-7-2
Age restrictions
Sec. 2. (a) A person less than eighteen (18) years of age may not
wager at a horse racing meeting.
(b) A person less than eighteen (18) years of age may not enter the
grandstand, clubhouse, or similar areas of a racetrack at which
wagering is permitted unless accompanied by a person who is at least
twenty-one (21) years of age.
(c) A person less than eighteen (18) years of age may not enter a
satellite facility.
(d) Except as provided by IC 4-35-7-2, a person less than
twenty-one (21) years of age may not enter the area of a racetrack in
which gambling games are conducted under IC 4-35.
As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.2. Amended by P.L.24-1992,
SEC.22; P.L.25-1996, SEC.1; P.L.233-2007, SEC.9.
IC 4-31-7-3
Equipment requirements
Sec. 3. (a) The following equipment must be provided and
maintained in good working order at each permit holder's racetrack
or satellite facility, as applicable:
(1) A totalizator for win, place, and show wagering. The
totalizator must:
(A) be of a design approved by the commission;
(B) be capable of registering by automatic mechanical,
electric, or electronic means on central aggregators all
wagers made on each horse, entry, or the field in each of the
win, place, and show pools;
(C) display the totals wagered in a manner that permits ready
tabulation and recording of those totals by the commission's
representative before they are cleared from the central
aggregators; and
(D) display to the public on a board running totals of
amounts wagered in each of the win, place, and show pools
on each entry in each race.
(2) A telephone system connecting the judges' stand with the
office of the pari-mutuel plant and any other stations considered
necessary by the commission.
(3) A system of bells that shall be rung from the judges' stand
to signal the close of wagering.
(4) A button in the judges' stand that, when pressed, will lock
ticket-issuing machines and close wagering for each race.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), a permit
holder may conduct exotic wagering only by the use of automatic
mechanical, electric, or electronic devices that:
(1) print and issue tickets evidencing individual wagers;
(2) locally print a permanent record of the tickets issued by each
machine or register on central aggregators by automatic
mechanical, electric, or electronic means the total dollar value
of those tickets; and
(3) permit ready tabulation and recording of those figures by the
commission's representative before they are cleared from the
central aggregators.
As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.2. Amended by P.L.24-1992,
SEC.23.
IC 4-31-7-4
Computer system safeguards
Sec. 4. The commission may require safeguards on the
performance of a permit holder's computer systems and may require
the permit holder to install equipment that will provide a complete
analysis of the functioning of those computer systems.
As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.2.
IC 4-31-7-5
Records of wagering
Sec. 5. (a) Each permit holder shall maintain complete records of
all wagering so the commission may ascertain for any race:
(1) the opening line and subsequent odds fluctuations;
(2) the amount of wagers;
(3) at which window wagers were placed on a betting interest;
and
(4) any other information that the commission may require.
(b) A permit holder shall retain the records required by subsection
(a) for at least one (1) year after the close of each horse racing
meeting and may not destroy those records without the permission of
the commission.
As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.2.
IC 4-31-7-6
Security officers
Sec. 6. At all racetracks where the wagering averages fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000) or more each day on which pari-mutuel
wagering is conducted, the permit holder shall employ or engage the
services of at least one (1) security officer in uniform to be on duty
during racing hours and stationed in front of the mutuel department
in close proximity to the information window.
As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.2. Amended by P.L.24-1992,
SEC.24.
IC 4-31-7-7
Televised simulcasts
Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "live racing day" means a day
on which at least eight (8) live horse races are conducted.
(b) Upon request by a permit holder from time to time, the
commission may authorize the permit holder to conduct pari-mutuel
wagering at the permit holder's racetrack on televised simulcasts of
horse races from other racetracks in Indiana or in other states or
countries where horse racing and wagering are permitted by law. The
commission may adopt rules regarding simulcasting. A permit holder
that conducts at least one hundred twenty (120) live racing days
annually may request an unlimited number of days of simulcasting
per year. However, the requirement for one hundred twenty (120)
live racing days does not apply if the commission determines that the
permit holder is prevented from conducting live horse racing as a
result of a natural disaster or other event over which the permit
holder has no control. In addition, if the initial racing meeting
conducted by a permit holder commences at such a time as to make
it impractical to conduct one hundred twenty (120) live racing days
during the permit holder's first year of operations, the commission
may authorize the permit holder to conduct simulcast wagering
during the first year of operations with fewer than one hundred
twenty (120) live racing days. A permit holder that conducts fewer
than one hundred twenty (120) live racing days annually may request
permission to conduct simulcasting only during the hours on a racing
day when racing is being conducted at the permit holder's racetrack.
The televised simulcasts must comply with the Interstate Horse
Racing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).
(c) A permit holder that conducts simulcasts on a day that is not
a live racing day may not simulcast races conducted in other states
unless the permit holder also simulcasts all available races conducted
in Indiana on that day.
As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.2. Amended by P.L.24-1992,
SEC.25.
IC 4-31-7-8
Interstate combined wagering pools
Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "host facility" means:
(1) the racetrack at which the horse race is run; or
(2) the facility that is designated as the host facility if the horse
race is run in a jurisdiction that is not participating in the
interstate combined wagering pool.
(b) As used in this section, "host jurisdiction" means the
jurisdiction in which the host facility is located.
(c) As used in this section, "interstate combined wagering pool"
means a pari-mutuel pool established in one (1) jurisdiction that is
combined with comparable pari-mutuel pools from at least one (1)
other horse racing jurisdiction.
(d) As used in this section, "racing jurisdiction" or "jurisdiction"
means a governmental jurisdiction that is responsible for the
regulation of pari-mutuel wagering in that jurisdiction and is a
member of the Association of Racing Commissioners International.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may authorize
a permit holder to participate in an interstate combined wagering
pool that is established for the purpose of establishing payoff prices
in the various jurisdictions. When such a permit holder participates
in an interstate combined wagering pool, the permit holder may
adopt the take-out of the host jurisdiction or facility.
(f) The commission may approve types of wagering, distribution
of winnings, and rules of racing for interstate combined wagering
pools that are different from those that normally apply in Indiana.
(g) The commission may do the following:
(1) Allow a permit holder to use at least one (1) of the permit
holder's races for an interstate combined wagering pool at
locations outside the commission's jurisdiction.
(2) Allow pari-mutuel pools in other states to be combined with
pari-mutuel pools in Indiana for the purpose of establishing an
interstate combined wagering pool.
(h) A permit holder's participation in a combined interstate
wagering pool does not cause that permit holder to be considered to
be doing business in any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in
which the permit holder is physically located.
(i) Pari-mutuel taxes or commissions may not be imposed on any
amounts wagered in an interstate combined wagering pool other than
amounts wagered in Indiana.
(j) Breakage for interstate combined wagering pools shall be
calculated in accordance with the statutes or rules of the host
jurisdiction and must be distributed among the participating
jurisdictions in a manner agreed to among the jurisdictions.
(k) All wagers accepted by a satellite facility on races originating
from a racetrack in Indiana shall be transmitted to the racetrack for
inclusion in the racetrack's appropriate wagering pool for the purpose
of calculating payoffs to bettors.
As added by P.L.24-1992, SEC.26.