Operation of the off-track pari-mutuel system
Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 100, sec. 4
- (a) A systems operator operating an interstate common pari-mutuel pool shall immediately notify the pari-mutuel books in the event that it is unable to transmit wagering information to the track and shall cause the system to cease accepting off-track pari-mutuel wagers if it is unable to transmit the wagering information to the track either through the system or through a manual merge.
- (b) A systems operator operating an interstate common pari-mutuel pool may use the information received from a live audio-visual signal furnished by a track to input information regarding winners of or payoffs on off-track pari-mutuel wagers in the event that communications between the track and the systems operator are disrupted.
- (c) A systems operator operating an intrastate common pari-mutuel pool shall immediately notify the pari-mutuel books in the event that it is unable to compile the information necessary to maintain an intrastate common pari-mutuel pool and shall cause the system to cease accepting intrastate pari-mutuel wagers in such an event.
- (d) A systems operator shall cause the system to cease accepting off-track pari-mutuel wagers from the pari-mutuel books at post time.