Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations (SOR/91-365)

16 An association shall ensure that every ticket sets out

• (a) the name of the race-course;

• (b) the value of each individual bet;

• (c) the amount of money bet;

• (d) the type of bet;

• (e) the location, number and date of the race;

• (f) a code that uniquely identifies the ticket;

• (g) the date the ticket was issued;

• (h) the number of the horse or horses on which the bet was made; and

• (i) the number of the ticket-issuing machine.

17 Whenever a device referred to in paragraph 13(1)(e) to close betting in a pari-mutuel system has been activated, the association shall record on its pari-mutuel system log file

• (a) the device that was used to close betting; and

• (b) the time of day in hours, minutes and seconds at which betting was closed.

18 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 14]

19 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 14]

Testing and Breakdown of Pari-mutuel Systems

20 An association shall, each day prior to the opening of betting,

• (a) test the operation of the pari-mutuel system; and

• (b) make all the necessary repairs and adjustments to the pari-mutuel system.

• (c) [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 16]

21 An association shall without delay notify an officer in writing if any error or faulty operation of the pari-mutuel system or its related equipment is discovered.

22 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 17]

23 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 17]

24 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 17]

Race information

General

• 25 (1) An association shall provide the public, free of charge and in an easily accessible manner, with the following information:

  • (a) the name of the association conducting the pari-mutuel betting;

  • (b) a statement that the pari-mutuel betting is supervised by the Minister and a statement that all pools are calculated and distributed in accordance with these Regulations;

  • (c) Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency contact information;

  • (d) the terms and conditions of a bet, including the information that a winning ticket is valid indefinitely;

  • (e) a description of how bets are cashed and cancelled, including any limits to the conditions, in accordance with subsection 57(6) and section 117;

  • (f) a statement that bets may be refunded under certain circumstances and a description of how the public will be informed of any refunds;

  • (g) with respect to odds,

    • (i) a description of the ratios that are used by an association to display odds,

    • (ii) the statement that approximate odds represent only the probable pay-out price of the win pool at the time they are posted and have no bearing on the pay-out price for any other pool,

    • (iii) a statement that if approximate odds for any horse are posted as “1:9”, the pay-out price based on a $2 bet on the win pool may be as low as $2.10, and

    • (iv) a statement that if approximate odds for any horse are posted as “99:1”, the pay-out price based on a $2 bet on the win pool may be greater than $200; and

  • (h) the value of outstanding tickets

    • (i) in the case of an association that is authorized to conduct betting under subsection 90(4) or section 95, for each of the preceding quarters ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, as calculated not later than three months after the end of each quarter, and

    • (ii) in any other case, for the preceding year, as calculated not later than three months after the end of that year.

• (2) An association shall, on request, provide an officer in writing with any information set out in sections 25 to 27.

Information on Each Race

• 26 (1) An association shall, in respect of each race, provide the public in an easily accessible manner, by purchase or otherwise, with the following information:

  • (a) the date, number and scheduled post time of the race;

  • (b) the distance of the race;

  • (c) the number worn by each horse in the race and, if that number is different from the post position of a horse, the post position of the horse;

  • (d) the name, sex and age of each horse in the race;

  • (e) the name of the trainer, owner and jockey or driver of each horse in the race;

  • (f) the weight assigned to each horse in a running horse race;

  • (g) the eligibility conditions that have to be met by each horse in the race;

  • (h) the amount of purse money or prizes offered for the race;

  • (i) in the case of a race-course that has more than one type of track, the type of track on which the race will be run;

  • (j) the types of bets offered on the race and the rules by which the pay-out price is calculated and distributed;

  • (k) with respect to odds,

    • (i) the approximate odds and final odds on each horse, entry or mutuel field in the race,

    • (ii) during the five minutes before the close of betting, the approximate odds referred to in subparagraph (i), at intervals not exceeding two minutes,

    • (iii) if the odds are 1 to 10 or less and the association displays the odds in terms of a ratio but is incapable of displaying odds of 1 to 10 or less, those odds displayed as “1:9”, the lower odds not needing to be otherwise displayed,

    • (iv) if the odds are higher than 99 to 1 and if the association displays them in terms of

      • (A) a ratio, those odds displayed as “99:1”, the higher odds not needing to be otherwise displayed, or

      • (B) a pay-out price, those odds displayed as “$99.90”, the higher odds not needing to be otherwise displayed;

  • (l) the legal percentages and breakage rules applicable to each pool;

  • (m) the horses that are on the EIPH list;

  • (n) the official result and the winning combination of horses and pay-out prices for every pool, including refunds;

  • (o) the running time of the race;

  • (p) any entries and mutuel fields, late scratches, unfair starts, declarations of horses as non-contestants and dead heats; and

  • (q) the numbers of any scratched horses and any refunds made in accordance with these Regulations.

• (2) An association that hosts a pool shall make the following information available to each person who requests it:

  • (a) the amount of money bet on each horse and on each winning combination of horses;

  • (b) the total amount of money bet on each pool; and

  • (c) any additional amounts added to the pool, including any overages and underpayments in accordance with sections 65 and 113.

Information on Horse’s Past Performance

27 An association that conducts 10 or more days of pari-mutuel betting during a year shall in respect of every race held at its race-course provide the public in an easily accessible manner, by purchase or otherwise, with the following information at that race-course no later than one hour before post time of the first race:

• (a) for each horse in a race, the chart lines of the last five races of that horse, listing the most recent race first and including, for each race,

  • (i) the date,

  • (ii) the name of the race-course,

  • (iii) the size and type of track,

  • (iv) the track condition,

  • (v) the type of race,

  • (vi) the weight assigned to the horse, if applicable,

  • (vii) the information that the horse competed as a free-legged pacer or a trotter wearing hopples, if applicable,

  • (viii) the distance,

  • (ix) the time of the leading horse as reported by the charter at each measured fraction of the track, including the time of the winning horse,

  • (x) the post position of the horse,

  • (xi) the position of the horse, as reported by the charter, at each measured fraction of the track,

  • (xii) the position of the horse, as reported by the charter, in the home stretch and the number of lengths, if any, behind the leading horse,

  • (xiii) the position of the horse in the official result,

  • (xiv) the number of lengths behind the winning horse at the finish of the race as reported by the charter, if applicable,

  • (xv) the time for the horse to complete the race,

  • (xvi) the final odds on the horse, expressed in dollars,

  • (xvii) the name of the jockey or the driver of the horse and, if the surname and initials of two or more of those persons are identical, their full given names,

  • (xviii) the names of the horses that came in first, second and third in the official result,

  • (xix) the reason that the horse was scratched, if applicable,

  • (xx) each instance in which the charter reported that the horse broke gait, was parked-out or was suffering from exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage, and

  • (xxi) the information that the horse was on the EIPH list, if applicable;

• (b) for each horse in a race, a summary for the current year and the preceding year of the horse’s

  • (i) starts in purse races, including the number of times the horse finished first, second and third in the official result, and

  • (ii) amount of earnings from purse races;

• (c) for each horse in a race, the type of licence issued by the appropriate Commission to the jockey or driver of the horse;

• (d) an explanatory note regarding the information referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c);

• (e) if chart lines are required under paragraph (a) and a horse has not raced five times,

  • (i) the chart lines of as many past races as the horse has raced, and

  • (ii) the horse’s running time in its last official work-out or qualifying race, as the case may be; and

• (f) if chart lines are required under paragraph (a) and the horse has raced in a foreign jurisdiction, the chart lines presented in a manner that is in accordance with the applicable rules of the jurisdiction in which the race was held.

28 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

29 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

30 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

31 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

32 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

33 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]