§ 74-8843 — Historical horse race machines; authorization; requirements; limitations

(a) Wagering on one or more historical horse races is hereby authorized and may be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas parimutuel racing act.
(b) Parimutuel wagering on historical horse races shall only be conducted by an organization licensee at a facility located in Sedgwick county and only through historical horse race machines approved by the commission. Such wagering shall only be permitted in a designated area on the licensed premises of an organization licensee. A licensee shall obtain approval from the commission for any types of wagers on historical horse races prior to conducting such wagering. No historical horse race machines shall be operated at any facility that conducts live greyhound races or displays simulcast greyhound races.
(c) An organization licensee may conduct parimutuel wagering on historical horse races of any horse breed regardless of the type of breed that primarily races in live meets conducted or simulcast races displayed by the licensee. A licensee may conduct parimutuel wagering on historical horse races on any days and hours approved by the commission and shall not be limited to times during which the licensee is conducting a live horse race meeting or displaying simulcast races.
(d) All wagering on historical horse races shall be conducted as follows:
(1) A patron may only wager on historical horse races through an historical horse race machine approved by the commission;
(2) once a patron deposits the wagered amount in the historical horse race machine, one or more historical horse races shall be chosen at random;
(3) prior to the patron making a wager selection, the machine shall not display or otherwise make any information available that would allow the patron to identify a historical horse race on which such patron is wagering, including the location of the race, the date on which the race was run, the names of the horses in the race or the names of the jockeys that rode the horses in the race;
(4) the machine shall make available for viewing by the patron the true and accurate past performance information on a historical horse race prior to such patron making a wager selection. The information shall be current as of the day the historical horse race was run. The information provided to the patron shall be made available on the machine in data or graphical form; and
(5) after a patron finalizes such patron's wager selections and plays such selections, the machine shall make a video replay of a portion of the race or the finish of the race available for the patron to view and the official results of the race. The identity of the race shall only be revealed to the patron after the patron has placed and played such patron's wager.
(e) Not more than 1,000 historical horse race machines shall be placed and operated at a racetrack facility.
(f) No parimutuel wagering or other type of wagering on historical horse races shall be conducted over the internet or a digital cellular network, including through any website or mobile device application.
(g) On or before January 1, 2023, the commission shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of this section.
(h) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas parimutuel racing act.

Legislative History

L. 2022, ch. 91, § 15; July 1.