2014 New York Laws
PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Article 5-A - (518 - 532) OFF-TRACK PARI-MUTUEL BETTING
520 - General jurisdiction.

  520.  General  jurisdiction. 1. The state racing and wagering board
  shall have general jurisdiction over  the  operation  of  all  off-track
  betting facilities within the state, and the board shall issue rules and
  regulations  in  accordance with the provisions of this article in order
  to ensure the accomplishment of the purposes set  out  in  section  five
  hundred eighteen of this article.
2.  The  board  shall  own or lease all communication and transmission
  facilities utilized to transmit wagering information between regions, as
  provided by and subject  to  the  exceptions  in  section  five  hundred
  twenty-five  of this article and may establish a data processing center,
  within the amounts appropriated therefor, and  provide  data  processing
  services to regional corporations, on a transaction fee basis.
3.  Without  limiting the generality of the foregoing, the board shall
  establish such general regulations to  limit  the  access  to  off-track
  betting  establishments  of  persons  not  permitted to bet therein, the
  availability  or  utilization  of  publications,  written  materials  or
  communications  equipment  therein  as the board determines to be in the
  interest of public order and the furtherance of the objectives  of  this
  article  and  shall  prohibit  the  sale  of  food  and beverages in all
  facilities where bets may be placed. The board shall  also  provide  for
  the  methods  for  the  results  of races to be communicated to regional
  corporations and disseminated thereby.