Title 41, Title 41 Racing, and Athletics

Boxing or sparring matches or exhibitions shall not exceed twelve (12) rounds in length, and no round shall exceed three (3) minutes. The contestants shall wear, during the contest, gloves weighing ten (10) ounces for contestants one hundred fifty-four pounds (154 lbs.) or greate…

In any boxing or sparring match there shall be not more than three (3) corner persons for each contestant.

No contestant under eighteen (18) years of age shall be permitted to engage in any boxing or sparring match or exhibition.

(a) Any boxer suffering a physical knockout during a boxing or sparring match or exhibition licensed under § 41-5-1 shall, at the request of his or her manager or the division of gaming and athletics licensing, undergo a magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography …

The license under § 41-5-7 of any boxer who suffers a laceration over or about an eye or nose during a boxing or sparring match licensed under § 41-5-1 shall be revoked by operation of law, and the boxer shall not be eligible for future licensing under § 41-5-7 until a duly licen…

No licensee under this chapter shall have, directly or indirectly, any financial interest in a boxer competing on premises owned or leased by the licensee, or in which the licensee is otherwise interested. No contestant in a match or exhibition shall be paid for services before t…

(a) Every licensee holding or conducting any professional boxing or sparring match or exhibition shall, after its conclusion, pay to the general treasurer for the use of the state a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the total gross receipts from the sale of tickets and from admis…

It shall be unlawful for any licensee under this chapter to sell, or cause to be sold or issued, more tickets or invitations purporting to admit to any match or exhibition, or otherwise to admit to any match or exhibition, more persons than are admissible according to the authori…

Any license granted under this chapter may be revoked or suspended by the division of gaming and athletics licensing for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any other law of the state or of any rule or regulation adopted by the division or whenever the lice…

Whoever bets or wagers or sells pools on any boxing or sparring match or exhibition shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not less than three (3) months, or by both a fine and imprisonment.

The division of gaming and athletics licensing shall have power to administer oaths; summon and examine witnesses; and order the production and examination of books, accounts, papers, and records of any club or organization conducting a boxing or sparring match or exhibition.

The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon any information filed by the division of gaming and athletics licensing, the attorney general of the state, the police authorities of the city or town in which the boxing or sparring match or exhibition is held, or is anno…

In the event that a boxing or sparring match or exhibition is not conducted by reason of the revocation of the license issued under § 41-5-1 for the match or exhibition, all persons who paid an admission fee for the match or exhibition are entitled to an immediate refund of the a…

(a) The division of gaming and athletics licensing shall have and exercise the same authority, supervision, and control over wrestling and exhibitions as is conferred upon the division by this chapter over boxing and sparring matches and exhibitions, and the provisions of this ch…

The department of business regulation may make rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter as it may deem necessary. Provided, further, notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, the department of business regulat…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and to compensate members and employees; the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for …

The division of gaming and athletics licensing, in the discretion of its chairperson or other officer charged with the enforcement of this chapter, may require any person applying for a license to furnish such information and references as it may desire. Applications for the lice…

(a) In addition to other information and references as the division of gaming and athletics licensing may require, an application for a license under § 41-5-1 shall include: (1) A card or schedule of all persons who will perform as boxers in the boxing or sparring match or exhibi…

No license shall be issued by the division of gaming and athletics licensing under § 41-5-1 to an applicant unless the applicant is the sole owner of the ring equipment to be used in the conduct of the boxing or sparring match or exhibition for which the license is sought. The di…

No license issued by the division of gaming and athletics licensing under § 41-5-1 shall be valid unless the license holder shall: (1) Within thirty-six (36) hours of the starting time for the first event in the licensed boxing or sparring match or exhibition, have, in force, suc…

(a) No boxing or sparring match for which a license is required under § 41-5-1 shall be advertised, announced, or otherwise publicly promoted until: (1) The license therefor has been issued by the division of gaming and athletics licensing; or (2) The division approves the promot…

(a) No license shall be issued under § 41-5-1 unless the division of gaming and athletics licensing shall have inspected the building where the boxing or sparring match or exhibition is to be conducted and determined that the building is suitable for the proposed boxing or sparri…

(a) No substitution of boxers may be made within twenty-three (23) hours of the starting time for the first event in the boxing or sparring match or exhibition. If one or more of the boxers listed on the licensee’s application fails to appear for his or her examination in the off…

No closed-circuit television shows of matches or exhibitions shall be permitted in the state unless the promoter has first obtained a permit from the division of gaming and athletics licensing. A promoter shall submit the application on a form provided by the division and the app…

Any person holding, conducting, or participating in any match or exhibition held without a license, unless exempted as provided herein, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three (3) months, or by both a …

The division of gaming and athletics licensing shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, issue a separate license for each boxing or sparring match and exhibition; provided, however, that no license shall be issued by the division without the approval of the town council,…

No license as provided in § 41-5-1 shall be granted unless the licensee has executed and filed, with the division of gaming and athletics licensing, a bond, in such penal sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the division, running to the state, conditio…

(a) No person shall act, except at a purely amateur match or exhibition, directly or indirectly, as physician, first-aid instructor, referee, judge, timekeeper, professional boxer, or as manager, trainer, or second of a boxer, at a boxing or sparring match or exhibition unless li…

(a) After a license is granted under § 41-5-1 for a boxing or sparring match or exhibition, no person shall perform as a boxer in the match or exhibition unless he or she shall have been licensed by the division of gaming and athletics licensing at least twenty-four (24) hours pr…

At every boxing or sparring match or exhibition there shall be in attendance a referee, duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter, who shall direct and control the boxing match, sparring match, or exhibition. The referee shall have full power to stop the match whenever h…

The division of gaming and athletics licensing may, in its discretion, require the attendance at any boxing or sparring match or exhibition of three (3) judges licensed by the division whose duty it shall be to render a decision at the termination of the boxing or sparring match …

(a) It shall be the duty of the director of business regulation, or his or her designee, to certify at ringside the results of each event in a match or exhibition licensed under § 41-5-1, and to send an official report of the results to every state boxing authority in the New Eng…

(a) “Amateur athletic game” shall be construed to mean and include any athletic game not included within the meaning of the term “professional athletic game.” (b) “Athletic game” shall be construed to mean and include any game or exhibition of baseball, football, cricket, golf, t…

The licensing authorities of any town or city may authorize amateur athletic games to be played or held in a town or city between the hours of noon and six o’clock (6:00) in the afternoon of the first day of the week upon such premises and subject to such rules and regulations fo…

Professional athletic games, except ice polo and hockey, may be played and held in any city or town on the first day of the week under a license therefor issued by the licensing authorities of the town or city in the manner designated under this chapter; provided, however, that t…

An application for a license for a professional game shall be made to the licensing authorities by the person proposing to manage or conduct the game, or if the game is to be managed or conducted by a corporation or association, then the application shall be made by some duly aut…

Except as provided in this chapter, the licensing authorities may approve or reject any application, and if the licensing authorities shall approve any application, they may issue a license for the playing or holding of professional athletic games in accordance therewith on the f…

No license shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter for athletic games to be played in the open air where the owners of the greater part of the land within two hundred feet (200′) of the area or enclosed ground where athletic games are to be played shall make, in wri…

Any license may be revoked by the licensing authorities if, in their judgment, the revocation is necessary.

Any person desiring to operate a facility for the exhibition of the Spanish sport called jai alai in the city of Newport may do so upon the compliance with the terms and provisions of this chapter.

(a) All persons, firms, partnerships, associations, or corporations desiring to operate any concession allied to any fronton, shall apply for a license to the division of racing and athletics, on such forms and in such a manner as prescribed by regulations. The division by regula…

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 6 of this title, any jai alai game played within the enclosure of any fronton licensed and conducted pursuant to this chapter, commencing on a Saturday evening and not concluded before twelve (12) o’clock midnight, shall not be permitted …

The words “sports facilities” and “fronton” as used in this chapter mean a building or enclosure in which is provided a playing court with three (3) walls so designed and constructed for the playing of that sports game of ball as played in Spanish speaking countries, called jai a…

(a) The division of gaming and athletics licensing is hereby authorized to license jai alai in the city of Newport. The operation of a fronton shall be under the division’s supervision. The division is hereby authorized to issue rules and regulations for the supervision of the op…

In addition to the other powers conferred upon the division of gaming and athletics licensing, the division shall carry out the provisions of this chapter, and to that end, the division may: (1) Personally or by agent, supervise and check the making of pari-mutuel pools and wager…

Within the enclosure of any fronton licensed and conducted under this chapter but not elsewhere, wagering on the respective scores or points of the game of jai alai or pelota and the sale of pari-mutuel pools under such regulation as the division of gaming and athletics licensing…