Section 24.21. Interstate broadcasts - emergency procedures.

 

(1)  When a Wisconsin licensee is acting as a host track, in the event of a failure in the totalizator system of any component of a commingled pool network, no decision to terminate the participation of any guest track facility in the commingled pool, or to conduct a manual merge of wagering information, shall be made without prior consultation between a division representative, the mutuel manager of the host track or designee, and the mutuel manager of the affected guest track facility or designee.

(2)  Any contract for interstate common pools entered into by a Wisconsin host track shall contain a provision to the effect that if, for any reason, it becomes impossible to successfully merge the bets placed by another state into the interstate common pool formed by the Wisconsin host track, or if, for any reason, the division's or the Wisconsin host track's representative determines that attempting to effect transfer of pool data from the guest track may endanger the host track's wagering pool, the host track shall have no liability for any measures taken which may result in the out-of-state guest track's wagers not being accepted into the pool.

(3)  If, for any reason, it becomes impossible to successfully merge the bets placed into the interstate common pool, and after any required refunds provided for by s. Game 24.12 (6) , the Wisconsin guest track shall make payouts in accordance with payout prices that would have been in effect if prices for the pool of bets were calculated without regard to wagers placed elsewhere; except that, with permission of the division, the Wisconsin guest track may alternatively determine to either pay winning tickets at the payout prices as determined at the out-of-state host track, or declare the accepted bets void and make refunds in accordance with the applicable rules. The Wisconsin guest track shall notify the division in writing prior to the commencement of simulcasting with an out-of-state host track as to their method of payout if their wagers are denied by the out-of-state host track. The method shall also be publicly displayed at the Wisconsin guest track. Only one method shall be applicable to all simulcasts.

Cr. Register, April, 1994, No. 460 , eff. 5-1-94; emerg. renum. from WGC 24.14 and am. (1), eff. 8-25-95; renum. from WGC 24.14 and am. (1), Register, January, 1996, No. 481 , eff. 2-1-96.