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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Occupations Code § 2027.053: COMMISSION APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR PARI-MUTUEL POOL INCLUSION.

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  1. OCCUPATIONS CODE
  2. TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT
  3. SUBTITLE A-1. TEXAS RACING ACT
  4. CHAPTER 2027. WAGERING
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. SIMULCAST WAGERING

(a) With commission approval:

(1) wagers accepted on a simulcast race by any out-of-state receiving location may be included in the pari-mutuel pool for the race at the sending in-state racetrack association; and

(2) wagers accepted by an in-state racetrack association on a race simulcast from out-of-state may be included in the pari-mutuel pools for the race at the out-of-state sending track.

(b) The commission may adopt rules necessary to facilitate the interstate commingling of pari-mutuel pools as provided by Subsection (a).

(c) The racetrack where the wager is made is responsible for reporting and remitting this state's share of the pari-mutuel pool.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:31Z. Source file · JSON

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