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

34 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

35 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

36 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

37 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

38 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

39 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

40 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

41 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

42 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 19]

Communication System

43 An association shall provide, at every race-course, a telephone or similar device for an officer to communicate with

• (a) the judges’ stand;

• (b) the pari-mutuel department; and

• (c) if applicable, the facilities of the equine drug control program.

44 [Repealed, SOR/2011-158, s. 4]

45 [Repealed, SOR/2011-158, s. 4]

46 [Repealed, SOR/2011-158, s. 4]

47 [Repealed, SOR/2011-158, s. 4]

48 [Repealed, SOR/2011-158, s. 4]

49 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 20]

Access

50 An association shall permit an officer unrestricted access at all times to its facilities and equipment and to all books, ledgers, accounts, documents and records of the association that relate to pari-mutuel betting.

PART IIIPari-mutuel Betting Operations

Requirements Respecting Pari-mutuel Betting Operations

• 51 (1) No association shall conduct pari-mutuel betting on races that are not held in accordance with the applicable rules of racing.

• (2) No association shall offer a type of bet that is not expressly authorized under its permit.

• (3) The Executive Director may set out terms and conditions in the association’s permit governing each type of bet.

• (4) If a bet is made in foreign currency, the value of the bet for the purposes of calculating the applicable deductions and pay-out prices shall be determined by converting the foreign currency into Canadian currency at one of the following rates, as applicable:

  • (a) if the foreign currency is one for which the Bank of Canada quotes a rate of exchange with Canadian currency, the rate of exchange quoted by the Bank on the day before the day on which the post time of the first race of the racing card is scheduled or, if there is no rate quoted for that day, the most recent rate of exchange quoted by the Bank between those currencies on a day before the day on which the post time of the first race of the racing card is scheduled;

  • (b) if the foreign currency is not one for which the Bank of Canada quotes a rate of exchange with Canadian currency, the rate of exchange quoted between those currencies on the Internet at www.xe.com at 16:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on the day before the day on which the post time of the first race of the racing card is scheduled or, if that rate is not available, the midpoint rate of exchange quoted between those currencies on the Internet at www.oanda.com at 22:00 Eastern Time on the day before the day on which the post time of the first race of the racing card is scheduled.

• 52 (1) An officer or an association may cancel a type of bet on a race, or on a horse, entry or mutuel field in the race, before betting begins on that race.

• (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), no association shall, after betting has begun on a race, refuse to accept bets on a horse, entry or mutuel field in the race.

• (3) No association shall conduct pari-mutuel betting on a horse, entry or mutuel field that is

  • (a) a late scratch;

  • (b) added to a race after betting has begun; or

  • (c) removed from the pari-mutuel system for any period of time during which the betting has been opened for that race.

• (4) No association shall conduct pari-mutuel betting on a race or on a horse, entry or mutuel field in a race if an officer has ordered that betting be stopped.

• 53 (1) Except as provided in sections 76 to 99, no association shall accept bets or instructions to bet on a race from any person by telephone or by any other means of communication that originates from outside the race-course at which the race is taking place.

• (2) Except as provided in sections 76 to 84.9, no association shall accept bets or instructions to bet on a race from any person unless that person tenders to the association, for each bet, cash or a voucher issued by the association in exchange for cash.

• 54 (1) Subject to subsections (3), 81(2) and 84.6(2), a bet is made when a ticket is issued.

• (2) Where a person makes a tender in accordance with subsection 53(2), the association shall immediately

  • (a) issue a ticket to the person; or

  • (b) where, for any reason, a ticket cannot be issued, return the cash or voucher to the person.

• (3) A bet made at a self-service terminal is made when the pari-mutuel system creates an electronic record of the bet.

• 55 (1) If betting has begun on a race and a type of bet cannot be issued because of a defective totalizator, an association shall close betting on that type of bet and shall not resume offering that type of bet unless, prior to the race, the defect in the totalizator is rectified.

• (2) Where, pursuant to subsection (1), a type of bet on a race is closed until such time as the race is run, all bets of that type that were made before betting was closed shall constitute the pool.

56 Where an association proposes to cancel or cancels any race on a racing card, the association shall immediately notify an officer.

• 57 (1) No association shall, on request of a person, cancel a bet and provide a refund to that person except in accordance with this section.

• (2) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), where a person requests the cancellation of a bet, the association shall cancel the bet and provide a refund to the person if the request and cancellation take place before the betting on the race has closed.

• (3) Where a person who makes a bet claims immediately upon receiving a ticket that the ticket is incorrect, the association shall cancel the bet and provide a refund to the person.

• (4) Where an officer has reasonable grounds to believe that, on request of a person, the cancellation and refund of a bet made to that person may impact negatively on the integrity of the betting, the officer shall order the association to refuse to cancel and refund the bet.

• (5) No association shall, on request of a person, cancel a bet and provide a refund to that person where

  • (a) that association has reasonable grounds to believe that the cancellation and refund of the bet may impact negatively on the integrity of the betting; or

  • (b) an officer orders the association to refuse to cancel and refund the bet under subsection (4).

• (6) In order to prevent the cancellation of a bet from distorting or manipulating information displayed to the public in respect of a pool, a permit issued under subsection 6(1) shall contain the following conditions based on an historical record of the relevant betting patterns of an association and the horse racing industry:

  • (a) a threshold monetary amount of a bet above which an association may not, on request of a person, cancel the bet unless the person provides satisfactory proof of the person’s identity; and

  • (b) time limits, in reference to the betting on a race, outside of which an association may not, on request of a person, cancel a bet.

• (7) An association shall notify the public of the terms on which a bet may, on request of a person, be cancelled.

58 No association shall refuse a claim for payment or a refund on a mutilated or torn ticket where the ticket can be identified to the satisfaction of an officer as a winning ticket.

59 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 25]

• 60 (1) Where a person makes a complaint respecting pari-mutuel betting to an association, the association shall immediately make out a complaint report, setting out

  • (a) the name of the complainant;

  • (b) the nature of the complaint;

  • (c) the name of the person, if any, against whom the complaint is made;

  • (d) the date of the complaint; and

  • (e) the action taken or proposed to be taken, if any, by the association.

• (2) An association shall give every complaint report to an officer within forty-eight hours after the complaint has been made.

Pari-mutuel Department

61 [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 26]

62 An association shall maintain a current list of the names of all personnel with access to the pari-mutuel department and shall provide the list to an officer on request.

• 63 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person on the list referred to in section 62 shall, while that person is inside the pari-mutuel department,

  • (a) place a bet or come into possession of a ticket; or

  • (b) sell a ticket to or cash a ticket from a person who is not on the public side of the betting window.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an on-track messenger employed by an association to place bets on behalf of persons attending at the race-course.

• (3) No association shall open an account for a person who is assigned to the association’s telephone account betting system.

• 64 (1) An association shall determine shortages and overages by comparing the actual amount of money turned in by each teller or terminal, as the case may be, with receipts in respect of cash draws and returns and records of the value of all bets made, cancelled, cashed and refunded and vouchers sold and cashed.

• (2) Subject to section 65, no association shall offset a shortage by an overage.

• (3) [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 28]

• 65 (1) At the end of each period of operation of its pari-mutuel system, the association shall add together any overages occurring in races held during that period of operation and the resulting sum shall then be added to a future pool.

• (2) Where overages are to be added to a pool, they shall be added to the net pool.

• (3) An association shall add all money resulting from an overage to a pari-mutuel pool, not later than one year after the day on which the overage was incurred.