205 C.M.R. 5.08 – Corrupt Practices

(1) (a) If any person found guilty by the Commission or other lawful authority of giving, offering or promising directly or indirectly, any bribe in any form to any person having official duties in relation to any race or racing greyhound, or to any trainer or agent, or to any other person having charge of or access to any racing greyhound; or promising directly or indirectly, any bribe in any form to any person having official duties in relation to any race or racing greyhound, or to any trainer or agent, or to any other person having charge of or access to any racing greyhound; or
1. (b) If any person having officialduties in relation to a race or if any trainer, agent or other person having charge of or access to any racing greyhound accepts, or offers to accept any bribe in any form; or
2. (c) If any person willfully enters, or cause to be entered or start in any race, a greyhound which he knows or believes to be disqualified; or
3. (d) If any person be guilty of or shall conspire with any other person for the commission of or shall connive with any person being guilty of any corrupt or fraudulent practices in relation to racing in this or any other state or country; or
4. (e) If any owner, trainer or authorized agent licensed by the Commission if found to be guilty by the Judges of using live lures in the training of greyhounds whether in Massachusetts or adjacent States for the period while greyhound racing is permitted by law to be conducted in Massachusetts; or
5. (f) If any person fraudulently offers or receives any amount or money or other consideration for declaring an entry out of a purse or stake; or
6. (g) If any person be guilty of any other corrupt or fraudulent practices on any track in Massachusetts, or on any track in this or any other country; or
7. (h) Then such person or persons found guilty by the Commission or other lawfulauthority of any violation of any provision of 205 CMR 5.00 shall be ruled off for a period of time to be determined by the Commission and/or the license of such guilty party revoked.
(2) No electrical or mechanical device or other expedient designated or intended to increase or decrease the speed of a greyhound shall be possessed by any one or applied by any one to a meeting whether in a race or otherwise.
(3) No person shall tamper or attempt to tamper with any greyhound in such a way as to affect his speed in a race, nor shall he counsel or in any way aid or abet such tampering.
(4) Any greyhound that has been the subject of corrupt practices may be disqualified by the Judges of the meeting for no longer period than the duration of the meeting and they shall report the circumstances to the Commission for such action as it may deem proper.
(5) The Judges shall have the power to declare any act which they deem to be an unfair advantage to any or all persons engaged in the sport of racing in any way; or any act which would tend to mislead the betting public; or any act which they deemto be detrimentalto the best interest of racing a corrupt practice and shall have power to impose fitting punitive action and such action shall be referred to the Commission.
(6) If any alleged corrupt act occurs which is not provided for in 205 CMR 5.00 it shall be investigated by the Judges who shall act upon the said investigation in such manner as they find just and conformable to the usage of the sport of greyhound racing.