Title 9 Part 4404

Any person:

No person may bring into a branch office any manual, electrical, mechanical or electronic communications equipment capable of transmitting or receiving:

No telephone shall be installed upon the premises of any off-track betting facility except with the permission of the corporation.

A bet may be placed for win, place, or show in each race, or for a daily double, an exacta, a quinella, or a triple. All other types of wagering other than those enumerated in this section are prohibited without the prior written approval of the commission.

Winnings shall be computed on the basis of the odds computed by the track or out-of-state track at which the race is run.

No food or beverages may be sold, served or consumed, nor merchandise of any kind sold by vending machine or otherwise in the public area of any branch office without the prior approval of the commission.

No printed or written material that pertains in whole or in part to horse racing, pari-mutuel wagering or any aspect thereof shall be sold or distributed by any person in any branch office, except that a corporation may, with the prior approval of the commission, distribute such material as is appropriate to the proper conduct of off-track betting, or sell official race track programs for no less than the price charged by the racing association to such racing association’s patrons.

A corporation may furnish its own pari-mutuel pool for wagering on out-of-state races with the prior approval of the commission.

Unless the commission shall approve a branch office otherwise constructed, all such branch offices shall have entrances thereto from the street and shall be constructed so as to afford clear visibility from the exterior and interior of the premises. Window shades or blinds or screens or other materials shall not obstruct the view from the exterior or the interior of the premises. The establishment of temporary sites and/or mobile betting units shall require commission approval.

A bet placed by telephone shall be subject to the rules and regulations that govern the placing of all off-track bets.

If a branch office is closed, a sign to that effect shall be displayed prominently at the branch office.

Each agreement for the combination of all off-track wagers with on-track wagers between a State track or an out-of-state track and a corporation shall be subject to the prior approval of the commission.

Each corporation that maintains a website on the Internet shall post on its home page a message designed to assist compulsive gamblers. Such posting shall include, but not be limited to, a notice of the availability of one or more organizations approved by the Commissioner of Mental Health, pursuant to the provisions of the Mental Hygiene Law, which offer assistance in dealing with problem of compulsive gambling.

Any facility conducting off-track pari-mutuel wagering that cashes or accepts any public assistance check or electronic benefit transfer device issued by a public welfare official or department, or agent thereof, as and for public assistance, as proscribed by section 151 of the Social Services Law, shall be disciplined by the commission. Such discipline may include one or more of the following actions: