Title 9 Part 4004

Except as may be permitted by a licensed or franchised track, no person, being upon the premises of a licensed or franchised track, shall transmit therefrom by telephone, telegraph, teletype, semaphore, signal device, radio, television or other method or means of electrical, mechanical, manual or visual communication the result of any race or any information whatsoever with respect to the odds or the wagering pools; or any information dealing with track conditions, jockey changes, changes of equipment, scratches or any other information whatsoever relating to a race.

Each licensed or franchised racing association shall, upon request from the commission, furnish the commission with a written description or blueprint, as requested by the commission, showing the location of all equipment used or permitted to be used for the transmission of information within, to or from the premises, together with all telephone, teletype and telegraph or other electrical wires and radio and television equipment upon or entering the premises of such association.

No telephone shall be installed in the stable area or elsewhere upon its grounds except by permission of the licensed or franchised track.

Each licensed or franchised track shall furnish to the commission a full and complete copy of each and every proposed agreement for radio broadcasts or video telecast of any part of the program or any other incident at such track during the racing season, at least 10 days prior to the execution of any such agreement by such racing association.

Except as otherwise provided in the rules or by statute, information concerning races conducted at all pari-mutuel thoroughbred tracks in New York shall not be transmitted from any such track unless approved by the commission. The term racing information shall be deemed to include live, delayed or simulated descriptions of a race whether by audio or video transmission, the odds resulting from any betting registered before a race and other types of information, including but not limited to entries, program numbers, jockey changes, post positions, scratches, race results and pay-off prices.

Pursuant to section 907 of the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law, New York wagers may be combined with wagers made in other states or foreign countries if proposed pursuant to a written plan describing the method of operation under each of the criteria set forth under such law and evidence of compliance with each of the requirements of such law is furnished by the applicant. Such application shall be approved by the commission if it is satisfied that the statutory criteria have been met and that such operation is consistent with the public interest and the best interests of racing generally.