System failure
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)During a live racing program, if the totalisator system is unable to record wagers received or to guarantee the integrity of the pari-mutuel pools, the totalisator operator shall verbally notify the authorized pari-mutuel wagering entity's mutuel manager. The totalisator operator shall state whether the problem can be corrected and if so, the estimated time needed to correct the problem. The mutuel manager must promptly notify the stewards or racing judges.
(b)If the totalisator operator determines that the problem cannot be corrected before the scheduled end of the racing program, the operator shall verbally notify the mutuel manager. The mutuel manager must promptly notify the stewards or racing judges of that determination.
(c)The stewards or racing judges, after consulting with the authorized pari-mutuel wagering entity and after considering the amount of purses and wagers involved and the time required to repair the totalisator system, may permit any of the remaining races in the program to be run as exhibitions without wagering. If a race is run as an exhibition under this subsection, the authorized pari-mutuel wagering entity shall pay the purses in accordance with the rules.
(d)If the totalisator at the authorized pari-mutuel wagering entity loses communication with one or more sites the totalisator operator shall make an assessment to determine if communication can be reestablished before the start and/or end of the race(s). If the totalisator operator determines communication may not be re-established within these time frames then the totalisator operator must ensure that stop betting has occurred at the start of the race and immediately notify the tote manager and stewards or racing judges. For New York State races, the commission or duly appointed representative(s) shall make a determination of whether to keep the wagering pools open until communication with the affected site(s) can be reestablished.