Off-track betting facilities. Deposit of daily receipts. Distribution of sums in pari-mutuel pool. Contract disputes.

(b) The commissioner may contract with any person or business organization to provide such facilities, components, goods or services as may be necessary for the effective operation of an off-track betting system. Compensation for such facilities, components, goods or services shall be deducted from the moneys retained pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of this section in such amount as the commissioner shall determine. (c) The department or any person or business organization operating an off-track betting system shall distribute all sums deposited in a pari-mutuel pool, to the holders of winning tickets therein, less seventeen per cent of the total deposits of such pool plus the breakage to the dime of the amount so retained, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section. (d) (1) If the multiple forms of wagering known as daily double, exacta and quinella are permitted, the department or any person or business organization operating the off-track betting system shall distribute all sums deposited in the pari-mutuel pool for any such event to the holders of winning tickets therein, less nineteen per cent of the total deposits in such pool plus the breakage to the dime. (2) If multiple forms of wagering on three or more animals are permitted, the department or such person or business organization operating an off-track betting system shall retain twenty-four and one-half per cent of the total sums deposited in the pool for such event, plus the breakage to the dime. (e) The department or any person or business organization operating an off-track betting system and conducting wagering on racing events or jai alai games held in this state and licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall distribute all sums deposited in a pari-mutuel pool to the holders of winning tickets therein, less the same percentage of the total deposits of such pool applicable to such racing events or jai alai games plus the breakage to the dime of the amount retained by each licensee conducting the racing events or jai alai games. (f) Any person or business organization which has entered into a contract with the state, acting through the commissioner under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, except a contract with an individual for personal services, may, in the event of any disputed claims under such contract, bring an action against the state to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford for the purpose of having such claims determined, provided notice of the general nature of such claims shall have been given in writing to the department not later than one year after the termination of such contract. No action shall be brought under this section later than three years from the date of termination of the contract. Such action shall be tried to the court without a jury. Damages recoverable in such action shall not include any amount attributable to anticipated profits but shall be limited to the recovery of actual damages sustained arising out of such contract. All legal defenses except governmental immunity shall be reserved to the state. (g) The department or any person or business organization operating an off-track betting system may combine wagers placed within such off-track betting system with similar wagering pools at the facility where a racing program is being conducted, regardless of whether such facility is located within or without the state. Such pari-mutuel wagers shall be combined in such form and manner as the commissioner may determine to be in the best interests of the off-track betting system established pursuant to the provisions of section 12-571 . Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) or (d) of this section, the department or any person or business organization operating an off-track betting system and conducting wagering on racing events held without this state, may distribute to the holders of winning tickets who have placed wagers in said combined pools such sums as may be deposited in said combined pari-mutuel pools, less the same percentage of the total deposits of such combined pools as is established at the facility where such racing program is conducted plus the breakage to the dime, as shall be determined by the commissioner. Cited. 35 CS 522.