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§149.  Wagering; rules and regulations

The commission may prescribe rules and regulations under which shall be conducted all horse races upon the results of which there is wagering.  The commission shall, as may be necessary, prescribe additional special rules and regulations applicable separately to thoroughbreds and quarter horses.  The commission shall make rules governing, permitting, and regulating the wagering on horse races under the form of mutuel wagering by patrons, known as pari-mutuel wagering.  Only those persons receiving a license from the commission may conduct this type of wagering, and shall restrict this form of wagering to a space within the race meeting grounds.  All other forms of wagering on the result of horse races are illegal, and all wagering on horse races outside the enclosure where horse races have been licensed by the commission is illegal.

Acts 1968, No. 554, §1.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 626, §1.