Section Game 1.01 - DefinitionsThe following definitions shall apply in all rules adopted by the division of gaming unless otherwise indicated:
(1) "Administrator" means the administrator of the division.(2) "Applicant" means a person or entity who files an application for a license from the division.(3) "Association" means any corporation, partnership, association, entity or person licensed to sponsor or manage races under s. 562.05(1) (b), (c) or (e), Stats.(4) "Best efforts" means an active and serious attempt that is made in good faith, and goes beyond due diligence, to provide the information required to be disclosed.(5) "Board" means the board of stewards.(6) "Breakage" means the odd cents that the amount payable on each dollar wagered on a race exceeds a multiple of 10 cents.(7) "Business day" has the meaning as defined in s. 421.301(6), Stats.(8) "Daily race program" means the association's printed schedule of races, wagering pools and entries for each race performance.(9) "Division" means the division of gaming.(10) "Greyhound age" means the age of the greyhound that begins on the day it was whelped.(11) "Host track" means a racetrack that conducts a race on which intertrack wagering is conducted.(12) "Immediate family member" means a person's parent, spouse, child or sibling or a person's relative by marriage, lineal descent or adoption, receives, directly or indirectly, more than one-half of his or her support from the individual or from whom the individual receives, directly or indirectly, more than one-half of his or her support.(13) "Intertrack wager" means a wager that is placed or accepted at a racetrack on a race that is conducted at, and simultaneously televised to the racetrack from, another racetrack.(14) "Intertrack wagering licensee" means an entity that is licensed under s. 562.05(1) (e), Stats.(15) "Inquiry" means a board of stewards' inquiry.(16) "Multiple pools" means any pool of wagers on one or more races other than a pool of wagers in which each wager represents a wager to win, place or show.(17) "Out-of-state legal wagering entity" means an entity that owns or operates a place located outside this state at which wagering on a race that is conducted in this state is authorized under the laws of the state or country in which the place is located.(18) "Out-of-state racetrack" means a place outside this state at which a race is authorized by law to be held and at which pari-mutuel wagering on the race is authorized by law to be conducted.(19) "Outs money" means any unclaimed prize money payable to winning ticket holders or the division under s. 562.065(4), Stats.(20) "Paddock" means the area racing greyhounds are brought to and kept prior to weigh-in and through the conclusion of any post-race testing or veterinary examination. The paddock area includes, but is not limited to, the scale, the review area, the lock-out kennel, testing areas and adjacent offices.(21) "Parent corporation" means any corporation that has an ownership interest of 25% or more in another corporation.(22) "Pari-mutuel" means a wagering system in which all persons who wager on any animal that finishes in any position for which wagers are taken in a race share the total amount wagered on the race minus any deductions from the wagers on that race required under s. 562.065, Stats.(23) "Presiding officer" means a chief steward or presiding steward who conducts a meeting of the board of stewards.(24) "Profit split" means the winning distributable pool paid out according to the amount wagered on each winning combination when there is more than one winning order of finish.(25) "Race" means any animal race licensed under s. 562.05(1), Stats.(26) "Race day" means a 24-hour period ending at midnight during a race meet in which races are conducted.(27) "Race meet" means that period of time for which the applicant has been issued a license under s. 562.05(1) (b), Stats., by the division to sponsor and manage races on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted including the periods of time during which an association has been granted division approval to simulcast races.(28) "Race performance" means a minimum schedule of 13 races of either a matinee or evening program conducted on any race day.(29) "Resident of this state" means for purposes of s. 562.05(3w) (a), Stats.:(a) Any individual who is and has been domiciled in this state for at least one year immediately prior to the filing of an application for a license under s. 562.05(1) (a), Stats.(b) Any corporation, partnership, association or other entity that is incorporated or otherwise formed in this state, has its principal place of business in this state, and is and has been actively doing business in this state for at least one year immediately prior to the filing of any application for a license under s. 562.05(1) (a), Stats.(30) "Serious violation" means for purposes of s. 562.05(5) (a)5, Stats., any violation that resulted in a sentence of a fine of $10,000 or more or imprisonment for 9 months or more, or both.(31) "Single price pool" means the winning distributable pool paid out equally with respect to one winning order of finish.(32) "Wagering revenue" means the total amount of money wagered minus the following deductions: (a) Money returned to patrons.(b) Taxes and fees paid to the division.(c) Payments to host sites in exchange for the authorization to conduct simulcast wagering.(d) Payments to providers of satellite decoders for the purpose of viewing simulcast races conducted at a host site.(e) Purse payments made to kennel and greyhound owners.(33) "Weight loser" means a greyhound identified by the division veterinarian that loses weight in excess of one and one-half pounds, while in the lock-out kennel.(34) "Whelped" means the birth of the greyhound.(35) "Working day" means a day in which the members of the board of stewards are regularly scheduled to work.(36) "Year" means a calendar year.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Administration [Gaming] Game 1.01
CR 03-070: cr. Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 12-1-03.