(1)It is
unlawful for any person to accept or place wagers on any simulcast race within the
state of Colorado except under the provisions of this article 32. It is lawful to
conduct pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast races of horses or that are received by
an in-state simulcast facility authorized and operated pursuant to this article 32.
(3)A race meet of horses that is conducted at an in-state host track may be
received as a simulcast race by any simulcast facility; except that, notwithstanding
any consent granted pursuant to section 44-32-501 (3.5), if an in-state simulcast
facility is located within fifty miles of a horse track that has held within the previous
twelve months, or that is licensed and scheduled to hold within the next twelve
months, a horse race
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(1) It is
unlawful for any person to accept or place wagers on any simulcast race within the
state of Colorado except under the provisions of this article 32. It is lawful to
conduct pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast races of horses or that are received by
an in-state simulcast facility authorized and operated pursuant to this article 32.
(2) Repealed.
(3) A race meet of horses that is conducted at an in-state host track may be
received as a simulcast race by any simulcast facility; except that, notwithstanding
any consent granted pursuant to section 44-32-501 (3.5), if an in-state simulcast
facility is located within fifty miles of a horse track that has held within the previous
twelve months, or that is licensed and scheduled to hold within the next twelve
months, a horse race meet of no less than thirty race days, the in-state simulcast
facility may not receive simulcast races of horses on any day on which the horse
track is running live horse races unless the licensee of the horse track consents to
the in-state simulcast facility's reception of such races.
(4) (a) Repealed.
(b) (I) (A) An in-state simulcast facility that is located on the premises of a
class B track may receive simulcast horse races from an out-of-state host track as
authorized by the commission. The total includes, and is not in addition to, the days
on which live racing is held.
(B) A facility that is reopening as a track may receive three days of simulcast
horse races from an out-of-state host track for each day of live horse racing for
which the commission has granted it a race date for the subsequent year. A day of
simulcast horse races, for the purposes of this subsection (4)(b), shall not include a
day on which live horse races are conducted at the horse track at which the
simulcast facility is located or a day on which the simulcast facility receives only
simulcast races of horses from a race meet conducted at an in-state host track.
(II) An in-state simulcast facility that is not located on the premises of a
horse track that runs a horse race meet of at least thirty live race days may receive
a broadcast signal of a simulcast horse race conducted at an out-of-state host
track only through an in-state simulcast facility that is located on the premises of a
horse track that runs a horse race meet of at least thirty live race days.
(III) On any day on which an in-state simulcast facility receives simulcast
horse races, either directly from an out-of-state host track or through another in-state simulcast facility or facility that is reopening as a track, and on which one or
more in-state host tracks are running live horse races, the in-state simulcast facility
shall receive and conduct pari-mutuel wagering on the broadcast signal of
simulcast horse races from at least one such in-state host track, if the broadcast
signal is made available to it on usual and customary terms and conditions,
including price, as determined by the commission.
(IV) All simulcasting of horse races shall comply with the federal Interstate
Horseracing Act of 1978, 15 U.S.C. secs. 3001-3007, as amended.
(V) For purposes of administering this subsection (4)(b), each operating year
of an in-state simulcast facility located on the premises of a class B track shall be
deemed to begin on April 21 and end on the following April 20. Simulcast days
allotted to such a facility pursuant to this subsection (4)(b) may be used at any time
during the operating year, but unused days remaining as of the end of one
operating year may not be carried forward to the next operating year.
(5) An in-state simulcast facility having a written simulcast racing
agreement with an in-state or out-of-state host track pursuant to section 44-32-503 (2) may receive simulcast races, as specified in subsection (4)(b) of this section,
on any day, including a day not within the race meet of the in-state simulcast
facility that is also a track and a day on which no live race is conducted within the
race meet of the in-state simulcast facility that is also a track.