2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXIV - GAMES, AMUSEMENTS, AND ATHLETIC EXHIBITIONS
Chapter 284 - HORSE AND DOG RACING
Section 284:6-a - Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission.

    284:6-a Racing and Charitable Gaming Commission. –
    I. There shall be a state racing and charitable gaming commission consisting of 6 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. Each member shall hold office for a term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term. Annually, one member shall be chosen chairperson by the commission, and one shall be chosen as secretary.
    II. The racing and charitable gaming commission shall assume the powers, rights, duties, and responsibilities granted to the state racing commission and the state greyhound racing commission under RSA 284, and any reference to the state racing commission or the state greyhound racing commission in RSA 284 or any other statutory cites shall be deemed to refer to the New Hampshire racing and charitable gaming commission. The New Hampshire racing and charitable gaming commission shall, in carrying out the purpose of this chapter, use the applicable provisions for horse racing independent of the applicable provisions for simulcast dog racing.
    III. The racing and charitable gaming commission shall have all the powers, duties, and rights conferred upon state commissions under the United States Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 as it currently exists and as it may be amended from time to time.
    IV. The racing and charitable gaming commission shall administer RSA 287-E relating to bingo and lucky 7.
    V. The racing and charitable gaming commission shall administer RSA 287-D, relating to games of chance conducted by charitable organizations.
    VI. The racing and charitable gaming commission shall not authorize the use of any electronic gaming device in connection with the acceptance of wagers on running or harness horse racing, whether live or simulcast, or simulcast dog racing, the type of which was not in use prior to January 1, 2011, unless specific authorization for such electronic gaming device is enacted by the general court. Electronic gaming devices shall mean and include all electro-mechanical instruments and devices used for the purposes of gaming, other than wagering on live or simulcast horse racing or simulcast dog racing, whether in physical presence or through the Internet, and such shall include, but not be limited to, video slot machines and other gambling devices which function or are designed to function to emulate a video slot machine or historic racing machine. This section shall not be interpreted to prohibit licensees under RSA 284 from replacing equipment used in the conduct of wagering on live or simulcast horse racing or simulcast dog racing, which type of equipment was in service prior to January 1, 2011, with updated or new equipment which are the functional equivalent of the machines which are being replaced, provided the equipment is not an electronic gaming device as described in the previous sentence. This section shall not be interpreted as prohibiting licensees from accepting account wagers in compliance with applicable rules and regulations.

Source. 1971, 541:18. 1982, 42:140. 1985, 58:1. 1991, 68:5. 1996, 157:2. 2004, 257:3. 2006, 311:2. 2007, 156:9. 2008, 25:1, eff. July 11, 2008. 2010, 272:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. 2011, 259:25, eff. Sept. 11, 2011.