Section 24.17. Simulcast wagering - emergency procedures.

  The following emergency procedures are established:

(1)  Prior to the commencement of wagering on the first race on a simulcast wagering program, either the audio or video signals must be present at the Wisconsin guest track in order for simulcast wagering at the Wisconsin guest track to be conducted. If both the audio and visual signals are lost, wagering may continue only until the scheduled post time of the current race at the out-of-state host track and may not resume until either the audio or visual signal is restored. Any advance bets made, provided there has not been an accompanying data transmission failure, must be treated as valid bets and paid out accordingly. Wagers that encompass more than one race shall be unaffected by signal problems encountered in any race of the sequence other than the first.

(2)  If there is an impairment of the ability of a totalizator to record, classify, or accumulate wagering data or to do calculations, or if wagering data is lost, the following procedures shall apply:

(a) If the Wisconsin guest track's totalizator system fails, all money wagered on the race that was entered into the host track's pools from that guest track's totalizator system prior to the time of failure shall remain in the host track's pools only if the guest track's totalizator system is reestablished by the start of the race. If the guest track's totalizator system is not reestablished by the start of the race, all money wagered on the race at that guest track shall be distributed pursuant to s. Game 24.21 (3) . If money wagered on the race did not enter into the host track's pools and the pool data is available in the guest track's totalizator system, a manual merge with the host track's pools shall be performed.

(b) If the host track's totalizator system fails, all wagering at the Wisconsin guest track and all transmission of data from the guest track to the host track's totalizator system shall cease until the host track system is fully operational.

1. If the host track's totalizator system becomes operational before the start of the race and wagering data is available, transmission of data from Wisconsin guest tracks and wagering shall resume at the Wisconsin guest tracks until the stop bet command is issued by the host or guest track.

2. If the host track's totalizator system is not operational before the start of the race and wagering data is lost, all wagers at all Wisconsin guest tracks on the affected races shall be refunded.

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