Simulcasting

Simulcasting (a) A casino licensee may, with approval from the Executive Director and subject to all applicable state and federal statutes and regulations, conduct casino simulcasting and pari-mutuel wagering on races from an out-of-state sending track which has been approved by the applicable racing regulatory body of those states to participate in casino simulcasting. (b) A sending track which transmits any race to a casino simulcasting facility in this state shall offer to transmit such races to all casino simulcasting facilities in this state. (c) Agreements for casino simulcasting between a casino licensee and a sending track shall be in writing and shall be filed with the Executive Director. Such agreements may be negotiated on behalf of casino licensees by an entity jointly established by casino licensees. (d) Every agreement between a casino licensee and a sending track shall define, and provide for the distribution of, outstanding pari-mutuel tickets, and define, and provide for the allocation of losses in the event of, a minus pari-mutuel pool. Every such agreement shall also provide for manual merging in the event of a systems or communications failure and shall further set forth a procedure, acceptable to the Executive Director, which shall be followed in the event that manual merging is not possible. (e) Except as otherwise provided, sums wagered in a casino simulcasting facility on horse races at an out-of-State sending track shall be combined with comparable pari-mutuel pools at the out- of-State sending track, and the types of wagering, takeout, distribution of winnings, rules of racing and percentage of deposits remaining undistributed from pari-mutuel pools after payment is made to winning ticket holders shall be determined in accordance with the law or policy applicable to the out-of-State sending track. (f) All manufacturers, suppliers and repairers of simulcast wagering equipment, including totalisators, pari-mutuel machines, self-service pari-mutuel machines and credit voucher machines, to casino licensees shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of the Gaming Control Act and the Mississippi Gaming Commission regulations.