Tex. Occ. Code § 2027.053 · Subchapter B. SIMULCAST WAGERING
COMMISSION APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR PARI-MUTUEL POOL INCLUSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) With commission approval:
(1) wagers accepted on a simulcast race by any out-of-state receiving location may be included in the pari-mutuel pool for the race at the sending in-state racetrack association; and
(2) wagers accepted by an in-state racetrack association on a race simulcast from out-of-state may be included in the pari-mutuel pools for the race at the out-of-state sending track.
(b) The commission may adopt rules necessary to facilitate the interstate commingling of pari-mutuel pools as provided by Subsection (a).
(c) The racetrack where the wager is made is responsible for reporting and remitting this state's share of the pari-mutuel pool.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2027.htm
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