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AN ACT Relating to the conduct of wagering at satellite locations; and amending RCW 67.16.010 and 67.16.200.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 67.16.010 and 1991 c 270 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

Unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases as used ((~~herein shall mean~~)) in this chapter have the following meanings:

"Commission" shall mean the Washington horse racing commission, hereinafter created.

"Operating race tracks" shall mean racing associations conducting parimutuel horse racing at the same time of day, meaning afternoon against afternoon or nighttime against nighttime, as the racing association conducting the horse racing that is the subject of either or both of the in-state or out-of-state satellite wagering.

"Parimutuel machine" shall mean and include both machines at the track and machines at the satellite locations, that record parimutuel bets and compute the payoff.

"Person" shall mean and include individuals, firms, corporations and associations.

"Racing day" shall mean a full program of races at a specified operating race track on a specified day.

"Race meet" shall mean and include any exhibition of thoroughbred, quarter horse, paint horse, appaloosa horse racing, arabian horse racing, or standard bred harness horse racing, where the parimutuel system is used.

Singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular; and words importing one gender shall be regarded as including all other genders.

Sec. 2. RCW 67.16.200 and 1991 c 270 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) A racing association licensed by the commission to conduct a race meet may seek approval from the commission to conduct parimutuel wagering on its program at a satellite location or locations within the state of Washington. The sale of parimutuel pools at satellite locations shall be conducted only during the licensee's race meet and simultaneous to all parimutuel wagering activity conducted at the licensee's racing facility in the state of Washington. An approved satellite location shall permit all racing associations that conduct race meets of thirty days or more licensed by the commission to conduct satellite wagering at each satellite location during the race meet of each licensee. The commission's authority to approve satellite wagering at a particular location is subject to the following limitations:

(a) The commission may approve only one satellite location in each county in the state; however, the commission ((~~may~~)) shall grant approval for more than one licensee to conduct wagering at each satellite location.

(b) The commission shall not allow a licensee to conduct satellite wagering at a satellite location within twenty ground miles of the licensee's racing facility. For purposes of this section, "ground miles" means miles measured from point to point in a straight line.

(c)(i) The commission may allow a licensee to conduct satellite wagering at a satellite location within fifty ground miles of the racing facility of another licensee who conducts race meets of thirty days or more, but only if the satellite location is the racing facility of another licensee who conducts race meets of thirty days or more and only if the licensee seeking to conduct satellite wagering suspends its program during the ((~~conduct of the meets~~)) racing day of all ((~~licensees~~)) operating race tracks within fifty ground miles; except that the commission may allow a licensee that conducts satellite wagering at another track, pursuant to this subsection, to use other satellite locations, used by that track with the approval of the owner of that track, even though those satellite locations are within a fifty ground mile radius.

(ii) Subject to subsection (1)(c)(i) of this section, the commission may allow a licensee to conduct satellite wagering at a satellite location within fifty ground miles of the racing facility of another licensee who conducts race meets of under thirty days, but only if the licensee seeking to conduct satellite wagering suspends its satellite program during the conduct of the meets of all licensees within fifty ground miles.

(2) Subject to local zoning and other land use ordinances, the commission shall be the sole judge of whether approval to conduct wagering at a satellite location shall be granted.

(3) The licensee shall combine the parimutuel pools of the satellite location with those of the racing facility for the purpose of determining odds and computing payoffs. The amount wagered at the satellite location shall be combined with the amount wagered at the racing facility for the application of take out formulas and distribution as provided in RCW 67.16.102, 67.16.105, 67.16.170, and 67.16.175. A satellite extension of the licensee's racing facility shall be subject to the same application of the rules of racing as the licensee's racing facility.