Section 24.14. Duties of a Wisconsin host track in conducting simulcast wagering.

 

(1)  The Wisconsin host track shall do all of the following:

(a) Conduct simulcast wagering via core to core or (TIM) to tote transmissions with the out-of-state guest track.

(b) Be responsible for the content of its broadcast and use all reasonable effort to present a broadcast which offers the viewers an accurate depiction of its race performance, a display of wagering information, and a continuity of programming between racing events. All equipment to be utilized in the generation, transmission, reception, or in any way affecting the audiovisual signal for which ratings are supplied shall be rated as broadcast quality by the federal communications commission.

(c) Provide all the following:

1. An uplink system or other systems or devices approved by the division.

2. A transponder or other systems or devices approved by the division.

3. Security controls over its communication system, as approved by the division, as are necessary to protect the security of the signals, protect the best interests of the public and to maximize revenues to the state as approved by the division.

(d) Encrypt every audiovisual signal transmitted via satellite using a time displacement decoding algorithm encryption system which has been approved by the division or an equivalent encryption system approved by the division. Any method of transmitting audiovisual signals may not be used until approved by the division.

(e) Maintain a facsimile machine utilizing an independent private telephone line located in the vicinity of the mutuel or totalizator room. Except as provided under par. (f) , any changes in the host track race performance shall be transmitted by facsimile machine by the mutuel manager. All information shall be faxed on report forms approved by the division.

(f) Maintain a direct telephone line in the totalizator room. The direct private line telephone communication will be used to relay information during instances when facsimile transmission is not possible, or when facsimile transmission is not timely due to urgency of communication.

(g) Ensure that the primary means of transmitting wagering data is through a dedicated digital data line or a line of sufficient speed as approved in advance by the division. There shall be backup data lines in the event of primary line failure. The backup lines may be dial-up lines. In all circumstances when a dial-up line is used as a backup method of transmission, a report shall be filed with the division within 48 hours. The report shall contain the date and time of the occurrence, the duration, the steps that were taken to correct it, and, if known, the reason for the failure.

(h) Communicate from the host track mutuel manager to all guest track mutuel managers or their designee immediately upon receipt of the information wagering format changes or other information relative to the races or wagering thereon. Host track and guest track mutuel managers shall notify totalizator managers, the public, and division staff where applicable upon receipt of the information.

(i) Not delay post times for purposes of accumulating wagers from guest track locations, with the exception of an emergency which requires a manual merge of wagering data as described in s. Game 24.17 (2) (a) . Post times for a race displayed at host track locations and guest track locations shall be the same, with time zones taken into consideration.

(j) Keep at least one television monitor, in a location to be approved by the division, exclusively for reviewing the outgoing signal being sent to its guest track facilities during a simulcast performance.

(k) Issue the stop bet command at the moment the lure begins its movement.

(2)  The audiovisual contractor or host track shall ensure that every audiovisual signal shall contain the following in its video content:

(a) The date.

(b) A digital display of the actual time of day.

(c) The name of the racetrack from which it emanates.

(d) The minutes to post for each race.

(e) The number of the race being displayed.

(f) An indication that a race being shown is a replay of a previously run race, if it is a replay.

(3)  The audiovisual contractor or host track shall , not earlier than one hour and not later than 15 minutes prior to the commencement of transmission of a race performance, perform a test program of its transmitter, encryption, decoding, data communication, or other systems or devices approved by the division, to assure proper operation of the broadcast system. Any irregularity shall be reported within 24 hours to the division stewards.

Emerg. cr. eff. 8-25-95; cr. Register, January, 1996, No. 481 , eff. 2-1-96.