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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5080

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senator West

Read first time 1/11/89 and referred to Committee on  Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to parimutuel wagering at satellite locations; and amending RCW 67.16.200.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 347, Laws of 1987 and RCW 67.16.200 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.  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 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 fifty air miles of the licensee's racing facility.

          (c)(i) The commission may allow a licensee to conduct satellite wagering at a satellite location within fifty air 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 of all licensees  within fifty air miles.

          (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 air 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 air 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, 67.16.130, 67.16.170, 67.16.175, 67.16.210, and 67.16.220.  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.

(4) A licensee at a satellite location shall permit other state licensees to conduct satellite wagering at its location.