Section 24.04. Duties of a host licensee in conducting intertrack wagering.

 

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

(a) Conduct intertrack wagering via core to core or machine (TIM) to tote transmissions with the guest track.

(b) Be responsible for the content of its broadcast and shall use all reasonable effort to present a broadcast which offers the viewers an accurate depiction of its racing program, 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:

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. Such 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 located in the totalizator room. Except as provided under par. (f) , any changes in the host track racing program 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 private line telephone in the totalizator room between each host track and guest track. Such 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. Any direct private line telephone communication shall be confirmed in writing by the mutuel manager or designee within 24 hours of the end of the program. A copy shall be provided to the division auditor, pursuant ss. Game 8.17 and 10.03 . There shall be a recording device installed on the direct private line telephone at the host track.

(g) Ensure that the primary means of wagering data transmission is through a dedicated digital data line or a line of sufficient speed as approved by the division. There shall be backup data lines in the event of primary line failure. Such backup lines may be dial-up lines. In all such circumstances when a dial-up line is used as a backup method of transmission, a report shall be filed with the division auditor within 48 hours. Such 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, division auditors, and the public 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 24.07 (2) (a) . Post times for a race displayed at host track locations and guest track locations shall be the same.

(j) Keep at least one television monitor exclusively for reviewing the signal received by its guest track facilities during an intertrack performance. Said television monitor shall be monitored in a manner which shall be established by guest track facility.

(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; and

(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, 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 immediately to the division auditor, pursuant to ss. Game 8.17 and 10.03 .

Cr. Register, April, 1994, No. 460 , eff. 5-1-94 ; correction in (1) (f), (i) and (3), made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, March, 1995, No. 471 ; emerg. am. (2) (c), eff. 8-25-95; am. (2) (c), Register, January, 1996, No. 481 , eff. 2-1-96; correction in (1) (e) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, July, 1996, No. 487 .