Section Game 8.12 - Sale of pari-mutuel tickets(1) TIME OF SALE. (a) Pari-mutuel tickets may not be sold on any race performance more than one hour before post time of the first pari-mutuel race of each performance unless prior approval is obtained from the division. All wagering shall be conducted only within the racetrack facility in which authorized wagering is permitted pursuant to a license issued under s. 562.05(1), Stats.(b) All pari-mutuel tickets shall be purchased with U.S. currency, totalizator generated vouchers, winning pari-mutuel tickets issued by the racetrack or refunded pari-mutuel tickets. No pari-mutuel facility shall extend credit, accept checks, or accept credit cards directly for payment of pari-mutuel tickets.(c) No pari-mutuel facility shall allow wagers to be accepted over the telephone, computer or other device not approved by the division. All wagers shall be made in person at the racetrack.(d) No pari-mutuel facilities shall discount pari-mutuel wagers, award rebates or offer any type of cash incentive as a premium for wagering.(2) TICKET WINDOWS. No pari-mutuel tickets may be issued except through clerk windows clearly designated by number. The association shall prominently display this number to the wagering public. At mutuel windows where special or limited mutuel services are offered, the association shall properly designate those windows by signs. The association shall obtain prior division approval for any alternative method of selling pari-mutuel tickets.(3) MUTUEL PLAN. No method and manner of selling pari-mutuel tickets shall be used unless approved by the division. Such approval shall include but not be limited to the number of windows, distribution of windows, the manner of denomination in which pari-mutuel tickets shall be sold and the mutuel staffing plan. The latter shall be filed by the association with the division 60 days prior to the opening of each race meet. Mutuel department and totalizator licensee employees shall be clearly identified as such, so that easy identification can be made by the public.(4) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MUTUEL TICKETS. Notwithstanding other division rules, the acceptance of a mutuel ticket by taking an issued ticket away from the window or terminal from which it is purchased shall constitute an acknowledgment by the purchaser of the correctness of the ticket, and each purchaser of a mutuel ticket agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this requirement. Neither the association, totalizator company, the division nor the state of Wisconsin shall be liable to any person for any ticket which is not a winning ticket in accordance with the provisions of this rule nor shall they be liable to any person for any mutuel ticket not delivered for any reason, including but not limited to, mechanical malfunction, electrical failure, machine locking, or other cause.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Administration [Gaming] Game 8.12
Cr. Register, March, 1990, No. 411, eff. 4-1-90; CR 03-070: renum. (1) to be (1) (a) and am., cr. (1) (b) to (d) and (4) Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 12-1-03.