BOARD OF HORSE RACING

8.22.3811 DISTRIBUTION OF SOURCE MARKET FEE FOR ADVANCE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WAGERING The licensed hub operator shall agree to pay to the board a source market fee in an amount equal to a percentage, as set forth in its hub contract or license agreement, of the total amount wagered by…

8.22.3812 ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR ADVANCE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WAGERING STATUTE OR RULE VIOLATIONS Any violations of board statutes and rules shall be referred to the board. The board may also initiate an investigation on its own or in response to a complaint. The board shall ha…

8.22.3901 DEFINITIONS As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: "Administrative week" means an upcoming identified weekly period of Wednesday through the following Tuesday. "Board" means the Montana Board of Horse Racing provided for in 2-15-3106, MCA. "Breakage" …

8.22.3902 LICENSES ISSUED FOR CONDUCTING PARIMUTUEL WAGERING ON FANTASY SPORTS -- FEES A person or entity shall not conduct, nor accept wagers for parimutuel fantasy sports in Montana unless the person or entity has applied for and been granted a license pursuant to Title 23, cha…

8.22.3903 FANTASY SPORTS PARIMUTUEL NETWORK DUTIES -- LICENSE REQUIREMENTS The board may issue parimutuel network licenses to qualified applicants. A licensed fantasy sports parimutuel network shall perform the following duties: provide the parimutuel fantasy sports system or ser…

8.22.3904 PARIMUTUEL NETWORK DIRECTOR -- LICENSE REQUIREMENTS A licensed parimutuel network shall name a parimutuel network director. It shall be the parimutuel network director's duty to: solicit facility sites for the network; provide equipment to connect to the parimutuel hub;…

8.22.3905 FANTASY SPORTS PARIMUTUEL HUB A licensed parimutuel network shall contract with the parimutuel hub selected and licensed by the board. There shall be only one fantasy sports parimutuel hub in Montana. The parimutuel hub shall perform the following duties: monitor all wa…

8.22.3906 PARIMUTUEL FACILITY -- LICENSE REQUIREMENTS The board or its designee may issue a license to a parimutuel facility at which fantasy sports leagues are to be conducted and wagering on the outcome under a parimutuel system shall be permitted. A license to operate a parimu…

8.22.3907 FANTASY SPORTS COORDINATOR The department shall hire a fantasy sports coordinator recommended to the department by the board to: regulate, audit, and approve network operating plans; approve league rules; receive point totals from network; designate point totals as "off…

8.22.3908 GENERAL CONDUCT OF FANTASY SPORTS PARIMUTUEL WAGERING The network director shall prepare proposed league rules for each sporting event on which the network will offer parimutuel wagering during a designated wagering period. The proposed league rules shall include: a des…

8.22.3909 FANTASY SPORTS PARIMUTUEL OPERATIONS Wagering will only be permitted at a licensed fantasy sports parimutuel facility by means of a parimutuel system that has been approved by the board. No employee of the parimutuel network, parimutuel director, parimutuel facility, or…

8.22.3910 THE PARIMUTUEL SYSTEM Betting shall not commence for the administrative week until the parimutuel hub has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the parimutuel facility, parimutuel network director, and the fantasy sports coordinator that the mutuel system is operating pro…

8.22.3911 IMPROPER OPERATION If an error is made in posting the payoff figures to the public, the error shall be corrected promptly and only the correct amounts shall be used in the payoff, irrespective of the error posted to the public, but no change shall be made in the payoff …

8.22.3912 REVIEW AND AUDIT OF RECORDS -- REPORTING REQUIREMENTS -- ENFORCEMENT The fantasy sports coordinator and the board and its staff will be given unrestricted access, for review and audit, to all records and financial information of the parimutuel network and the parimutuel…

8.22.3913 UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY As set forth in 23-4-301, MCA, it is unlawful to conduct pool selling or bookmaking or to wager on a fantasy sports league other than by the parimutuel system and by being physically present at a licensed parimutuel facility. As set forth in 23-4-301, …

8.22.606 PATROL JUDGE (REPEALED) (REPEALED)