(a) The commissioner 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 commissioner may determine.

(b) The commissioner 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; P.A. 11-51, S. 192; P.A. 13-299, S. 76.)

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; P.A. 11-51 replaced “executive director” with “commissioner” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-299 deleted references to approval of the Gaming Policy Board and references to definitions in Sec. 12-557b, effective July 1, 2013.