15 U.S.C. § 3002

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For the purposes of this chapter the term—(1) “person” means any individual, association, partnership, joint venture, corporation, State or political subdivision thereof, department, agency, or instrumentality of a State or political subdivision thereof, or any other organization or entity;(2) “State” means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States;(3) “interstate off-track wager” means a legal wager placed or accepted in one State with respect to the outcome of a horserace taking place in another State and includes pari-mutuel wagers, where lawful in each State involved, placed or transmitted by an individual in one State via telephone or other electronic media and accepted by an off-track betting system in the same or another State, as well as the combination of any pari-mutuel wagering pools;(4) “on-track wager” means a wager with respect to the outcome of a horserace which is placed at the racetrack at which such horse- race takes place;(5) “host State” means the State in which the horserace subject to the interstate wager takes place;(6) “off-track State” means the State in which an interstate off-track wager is accepted;(7) “off-track betting system” means any group which is in the business of accepting wagers on horseraces at locations other than the place where the horserace is run, which business is conducted by the State or licensed or otherwise permitted by State law;(8) “off-track betting office” means any location within an off-track State at which off-track wagers are accepted;(9) “host racing association” means any person who, pursuant to a license or other permission granted by the host State, conducts the horserace subject to the interstate wager;(10) “host racing commission” means that person designated by State statute or, in the absence of statute, by regulation, with jurisdiction to regulate the conduct of racing within the host State;(11) “off-track racing commission” means that person designated by State statute or, in the absence of statute, by regulation, with jurisdiction to regulate off-track betting in that State;(12) “horsemen’s group” means, with reference to the applicable host racing association, the group which represents the majority of owners and trainers racing there, for the races subject to the interstate off-track wager on any racing day;(13) “parimutuel” means any system whereby wagers with respect to the outcome of a horserace are placed with, or in, a wagering pool conducted by a person licensed or otherwise permitted to do so under State law, and in which the participants are wagering with each other and not against the operator;(14) “currently operating tracks” means racing associations conducting parimutuel horseracing at the same time of day (afternoon against afternoon; nighttime against nighttime) as the racing association conducting the horseracing which is the subject of the interstate off-track wager;(15) “race meeting” means those scheduled days during the year a racing association is granted permission by the appropriate State racing commission to conduct horseracing;(16) “racing day” means a full program of races at a specified racing association on a specified day;(17) “special event” means the specific individual horserace which is deemed by the off-track betting system to be of sufficient national significance and interest to warrant interstate off-track wagering on that event or events;(18) “dark days” means those days when racing of the same type does not occur in an off-track State within 60 miles of an off-track betting office during a race meeting, including, but not limited to, a dark weekday when such racing association or associations run on Sunday, and days when a racing program is scheduled but does not take place, or cannot be completed due to weather, strikes and other factors not within the control of the off-track betting system;(19) “year” means calendar year;(20) “takeout” means that portion of a wager which is deducted from or not included in the parimutuel pool, and which is distributed to persons other than those placing wagers;(21) “regular contractual process” means those negotiations by which the applicable horsemen’s group and host racing association reach agreements on issues regarding the conduct of horseracing by the horsemen’s group at that racing association;(22) “terms and conditions” includes, but is not limited to, the percentage which is paid by the off-track betting system to the host racing association, the percentage which is paid by the host racing association to the horsemen’s group, as well as any arrangements as to the exclusivity between the host racing association and the off-track betting system.(Pub. L. 95–515, § 3, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1811; Pub. L. 106–553, § 1(a)(2) [title VI, § 629], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2762, 2762A–108.)Editorial NotesAmendments

2000—Par. (3). Pub. L. 106–553 inserted “and includes pari-mutuel wagers, where lawful in each State involved, placed or transmitted by an individual in one State via telephone or other electronic media and accepted by an off-track betting system in the same or another State, as well as the combination of any pari-mutuel wagering pools” after “another State”.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 23 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1987–2025 · leading case: Sterling Suffolk Racecourse Ltd. P'ship v. Burrillville Racing Ass'n, Inc., 989 F.2d 1266 (1st Cir. 1993).

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Sterling Suffolk Racecourse Ltd. P'ship v. Burrillville Racing Ass'n, Inc., 989 F.2d 1266 (1st Cir. 1993). · cites it 5× “(Lincoln) operates a greyhound track (Lincoln Greyhound Park) and an off-track betting (OTB) office, see 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (8), for, inter alia, accepting interstate off-track wagers, see 15 U.”

Churchill Downs Inc. v. Thoroughbred Horsemen's Grp., LLC, 605 F. Supp. 2d 870 (W.D. Ky. 2009). · cites it 3× “” 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (12). Thus, only the authorized horsemen’s group at the host track can provide the required consent.”

Kentucky Div., Horsemen's Benevolent & Prot. Ass'n v. Turfway Park Racing Ass'n, 20 F.3d 1406 (6th Cir. 1994). · cites it 7× “” 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (12). This definition may be workable in a situation where, as apparently presumed by Congress, a horsemen’s association has reached an agreement with the host track in advance of the racing meet.”

Monarch Content Mgmt. LLC v. Arizona Dep't of Gaming, 971 F.3d 1021 (9th Cir. 2020). · cites it 2× “” 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (7), (8); see also id. § 3002(9) (defining “host racing association”), (10) (“host racing commission”), (11) (“off-track racing commission”), (12) (“horsemen’s group”).”

New Suffolk Downs Corp. v. Rockingham Venture, Inc., 656 F. Supp. 1190 (D.N.H. 1987). · cites it 6× “” 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (9). 4 . The term ‘“host racing commission’ means that person designated by State statute or, in the absence of statute, by regulation, with jurisdiction to regulate the conduct of racing within the host State.”

Lewis Stein Vs. Dep't of Law & Pub. Saf., New Jersey Racing Comm'n (new Jersey Racing Comm'n), 203 A.3d 160 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2019). “] [ 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (3).] Thus, under the IHA, a legal wager may be placed in one state via telephone or other electronic media, and accepted by the off-track betting system in another state if the wagering is "lawful in each [s]tate involved," see ibid.”

New England Horsemen's Benevolent & Prot. Ass'n v. Massachusetts Thoroughbred Horsemen's Ass'n, 210 F. Supp. 3d 270 (D. Mass. 2016). · cites it 4× “” 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (12). B. Factual Background The facts are set forth as alleged in the complaint.”

Rice v. Connolly, 488 N.W.2d 241 (Minn. 1992). “15 U.S.C. § 3002 (1988). On the numerous occasions we have been required to examine constitutional *247 provisions, we have repeatedly observed that it is our task to give effect to the clear, explicit, unambiguous and ordinary meaning of the language.”

United States Ex Rel. Graber v. City of New York, 8 F. Supp. 2d 343 (S.D.N.Y. 1998). “§ 77b(a)(2); 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (1); 15 U.S.C. § 3301 (26); 30 U.”

Kentucky Div., Horsemen's Benevolent & Prot. Ass'n v. Turfway Park Racing, 832 F. Supp. 1097 (E.D. Ky. 1993). · cites it 2× “” 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (12). This definition may be workable in a situation where, as apparently presumed by Congress, a horsemen’s association has reached an agreement with the host track in advance of the racing meet.”

Gulfstream Park Racing Ass'n, Inc. v. Tampa Bay Downs, Inc., 294 F. Supp. 2d 1291 (M.D. Fla. 2003). “See 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (22). *1303 Therefore, this Court grants TBD summary judgment on count 3 of the second amended complaint and count 1 of the counterclaim (subject to the copyright preemption analysis below).”

Sterling Suffolk Racecourse Ltd. P'ship v. Burrillville Racing Ass'n, 802 F. Supp. 662 (D.R.I. 1992). “" 15 U.S.C. § 3002 (14). 3 . The relevant RICO section states, in part: It shall be unlawful for any person who has received any income derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity .”

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