Sec. 12-575c. Combination of pari-mutuel betting into single pool. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 12-575c. Combination of pari-mutuel betting into single pool. (a) The executive director, as defined in subsection (b) of section 12-557b, with the approval of the board, as defined in subsection (a) of said section, may require all pari-mutuel betting conducted at any facility conducting betting under a pari-mutuel system within the state which is based on the results of any event which occurs at any place other than the facility conducting such betting, whether such place is within or without the state, to be combined into a single, state-wide pool for each such event, or for any of them, as the executive director may determine.

      (b) The executive director, as defined in subsection (b) of section 12-557b, with the approval of the board, as defined in subsection (a) of said section, may permit all pari-mutuel betting conducted at any facility conducting betting under a pari-mutuel system within the state which is based on the results of any event which occurs at such facility, to be combined with the betting on such event at another facility where pari-mutuel betting is conducted, whether such facility is within or without the state, as a single pool for each event.

      (P.A. 91-309, S. 9, 10; P.A. 94-223, S. 3, 4.)

      History: P.A. 94-223 divided the section into Subsecs., inserting new language as Subsec. (b) permitting combination of pari-mutuel betting conducted at any in-state facility based on results of any event which occurs at such facility with betting on such event at another in-state or out-of-state facility as single pool for each event, effective June 8, 1994.