Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations

85 (1) An association that proposes to conduct theatre betting shall apply in writing to the Executive Director each year for a home market area and for a theatre licence for each betting theatre that the association proposes to operate. The association shall include the recommendation of the appropriate Commission with its application.

(2) The Executive Director shall not assign a home market area to an association where the association's permit authorizes it to conduct fewer than 10 days of racing at its race-course.

(3) The Executive Director shall not issue a theatre licence to an association that conducted fewer than 50 days of racing at its race-course during the year preceding its application for the licence, unless a reduced number of days was recommended by the appropriate Commission.

(4) An association making an application for a theatre licence shall

• (a) be in possession of a permit that authorizes the association to conduct a minimum of 50 days of racing at its race-course;

• (b) be in possession of a licence issued by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of the province in which the betting theatre is located, or such other person or authority in the province as may be specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, in accordance with paragraph 204(8)(e) of the Act;

• (c) provide evidence that it owns the betting theatre in respect of which the application is being made, or holds a lease on that betting theatre for the duration of the permit;

• (d) provide evidence that the betting theatre meets all applicable fire and safety requirements;

• (e) submit for approval the details of the betting theatre's

  • (i) systems for the transmission and reception of signals from the race-course at which the race takes place,

  • (ii) systems for the transmission of pari-mutuel data from the betting theatre to the race-course at which the race takes place, and

  • (iii) accommodation, furniture, facilities and equipment, including their location in the betting theatre; and

• (f) at the time the application is made, have executed an agreement with the horsemen under contract to it for the period of the proposed theatre licence, that governs the scheduling of races for, and the sharing of revenues from, the betting at the betting theatre and provide evidence of the agreement.

(5) An association that operates a betting theatre shall, at that betting theatre,

• (a) provide food and beverage services and public washroom facilities;

• (b) display the information set out in sections 31 to 36 in the manner described therein;

• (c) display live, on one or more video screens reserved exclusively for that purpose, each race on which theatre betting is conducted, together with

  • (i) the name of the race-course,

  • (ii) the number of the race, and

  • (iii) except in the case of foreign race separate pool betting, the year, month, day, hour, minutes and seconds during which the race is run; and

• (d) provide the accommodation, furniture, facilities and equipment in the betting theatre set out in its application under subparagraph (4)(e)(iii).

(6) Where an association's permit authorizes the association to conduct 10 or more days of racing at its race-course, the Executive Director, on application by the association in writing, shall assign a home market area referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to that association for the year in respect of which the association's permit has been issued.

(7) Where an association has complied with the provisions of paragraphs (4)(a) to (d) and (f) and where the Executive Director has approved the details set out in paragraph (4)(e) and an officer has inspected and authorized the services, facilities and equipment referred to in subsection (5), the Executive Director shall issue a theatre licence to that association for the year in respect of which the association's permit has been issued.