{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-230.260","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 230.260","heading":"Authority and jurisdiction of Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming","body":"Corporation -- Administrative regulations -- Problem or compulsive gamblers\n-- Conduct of sports wagering and charitable gaming.\nThe corporation shall have all powers necessary and proper to carry out and effectuate the\npurposes and provisions of this chapter on and after July 1, 2024, and the purposes and\nprovisions of KRS Chapter 238 on and after July 1, 2025, including but not limited to the\nfollowing:\n(1) The corporat ion is vested with jurisdiction and supervision over all live horse\nracing, pari -mutuel wagering, sports wagering, fantasy contests, fixed -odds\nwagering, breed integrity and development, and on and after July 1, 2025,\ncharitable gaming, except for lottery games authorized under KRS Chapter 154A,\nin this Commonwealth and over all associations and all persons on association\ngrounds and may eject or exclude therefrom or any part thereof, any person,\nlicensed or unlicensed, whose conduct or reputation is such t hat the person's\npresence on association grounds may, in the opinion of the corporation, negatively\nreflect on the honesty and integrity of horse racing, or on sporting events upon\nwhich sports wagers may be placed, or interfere with the orderly conduct of  horse\nracing or racing at horse race meetings, but no persons shall be excluded or ejected\nfrom association grounds solely on the ground of race, color, creed, national origin,\nancestry, or sex;\n(2) The corporation is vested with jurisdiction over any per son or entity that offers\nadvance deposit account wagering to Kentucky residents. Any such person or entity\nunder the jurisdiction of the corporation shall be licensed by the corporation, and\nthe corporation may impose a license fee not to exceed ten thous and dollars\n($10,000) annually. The corporation may, by administrative regulation promulgated\nin accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, establish conditions and procedures for the\nlicensing of advance deposit account wagering providers to include but not be\nlimited to:\n(a) A fee schedule for applications for licensure; and\n(b) Reporting requirements to include quarterly reporting on:\n1. The amount wagered on Kentucky races; and\n2. The total amount wagered by Kentuckians;\n(3) The corporation is vested with jurisdi ction over any totalizator company that\nprovides totalizator services to a racing association located in the Commonwealth.\nA totalizator company under the jurisdiction of the corporation shall be licensed by\nthe corporation, regardless of whether a totaliz ator company is located in the\nCommonwealth or operates from a location or locations outside of the\nCommonwealth, and the corporation may impose a license fee on a totalizator\ncompany. The corporation may, by administrative regulation promulgated in\naccordance with KRS Chapter 13A, establish conditions and procedures for the\nlicensing of totalizator companies, and a fee schedule for applications for licensure;\n(4) The corporation is vested with jurisdiction over any manufacturer, wholesaler,\ndistributor, or vendor of any equine drug, medication, therapeutic substance, or\nmetabolic derivative which is purchased by or delivered to a licensee or other\nperson participat ing in Kentucky horse racing by means of the internet, mail\ndelivery, in-person delivery, or other means;\n(5) The corporation is vested with jurisdiction over any horse training center or facility\nin the Commonwealth that records official timed workouts for publication;\n(6) The corporation may require an applicant for a license under subsection (2) or (3) of\nthis section to submit to a background check of the applicant, or of any individual\nor organization associated with the applicant. An applicant shall b e required to\nreimburse the corporation for the cost of any background check conducted;\n(7) The corporation, its representatives and employees, may visit, investigate, and have\nfree access to the office, track, facilities, or other places of business of an y licensee,\nor any person owning a horse or performing services regulated by this chapter on a\nhorse registered to participate in a breeders incentive fund under the jurisdiction of\nthe corporation;\n(8) The corporation may prescribe necessary and reasonabl e administrative regulations\nand conditions under which horse racing at a horse race meeting shall be conducted\nin this state and to fix and regulate the minimum amount of purses, stakes, or\nawards to be offered for the conduct of any horse race meeting;\n(9) Applications for licenses may be made in the form and manner and contain\ninformation as required by the corporation through the promulgation of\nadministrative regulations. Fees for all licenses issued under KRS 230.310 shall be\nprescribed by and paid to the corporation;\n(10) The corporation may establish by administrative regulation minimum fees for\njockeys to be effective in the absence of a contract between an employing owner or\ntrainer and a jockey. The minimum fees shall be no less than those of July 1, 1985;\n(11) The corporation may refuse to issue or renew a license, revoke or suspend a license,\nimpose probationary conditions on a license, issue a written reprimand or\nadmonishment, impose fines or penalties, deny purse money, require the forfeiture\nof purse money, or any combination thereof with regard to a licensee or other\nperson participating in Kentucky horse racing for violation of any federal or state\nstatute, regulation, or steward's or corporation's directive, ruling, or order to\npreserve the integrity of Kentucky horse racing or to protect the racing public. The\ncorporation may, by administrative regulation, establish the criteria for taking the\nactions described in this subsection;\n(12) The corporation may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses before it and\nfor the production of documents, records, papers, books, supplies, devices,\nequipment, and all other instrumentalities related to live horse racing, pari -mutuel\nwagering, sports wagering, fantasy contests, fixed -odds wagering, br eed integrity\nand development, and on and after July 1, 2025, charitable gaming, within the\nCommonwealth. The corporation may administer oaths to witnesses and require\nwitnesses to testify under oath whenever, in the judgment of the corporation, it is\nnecessary to do so for the effectual discharge of its duties;\n(13) The corporation shall have authority to compel any racing association licensed\nunder this chapter to file with the corporation at the end of its fiscal year, a balance\nsheet, showing assets and  liabilities, and an earnings statement, together with a list\nof its stockholders or other persons holding a beneficial interest in the association;\n(14) The corporation may promulgate administrative regulations establishing safety\nstandards for jockeys, w hich shall include the use of rib protection equipment. Rib\nprotection equipment shall not be included in a jockey's weight;\n(15) (a) The corporation shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance\nwith KRS Chapter 13A to establish:\n1. A self-exclusion list for individuals who self -identify as being problem\nor compulsive gamblers;\n2. A process for compilation and maintenance of the self-exclusion list;\n3. A process for dissemination of the self-exclusion list; and\n4. A process for notifying the pu blic of the methods an individual may use\nto self-identify.\n(b) Self-exclusion information collected by each required licensee shall be\nforwarded to the corporation.\n(c) Pursuant to KRS 61.878(1)(a), information collected under this subsection\nshall be excluded from the application of KRS 61.870 to 61.884;\n(16) (a) The corporation may promulgate administrative regulations to establish\nstandards for the conduct of sports wagering, including standards for\nreceiving and paying out wagers, offering sports wager ing through a website\nor mobile application, maintaining and auditing books and financial records,\nsecurely maintaining records of bets and wagers, integrity requirements for\nsports wagering and related data, suitability requirements for providers of\nassociated equipment, geofence standards for wager placement, designated\nareas for sports wagering, surveillance and monitoring systems, and other\nreasonable technical criteria related to conducting sports wagering.\n(b) The corporation may promulgate administra tive regulations related to age\nrequirements for placing sports wagers, availability of information related to\nsports wagers, and licensing requirements, including temporary\nauthorizations, for service providers, vendors, and suppliers; and\n(17) (a) On and  after July 1, 2025, the corporation is vested with jurisdiction and\nsupervision over all charitable gaming and may promulgate administrative\nregulations to establish standards for the conduct of charitable gaming\nconsistent with the guidelines established  in this chapter and KRS Chapter\n238. The corporation may eject or exclude therefrom or any part thereof, any\nperson, licensed or unlicensed, whose conduct or reputation is such that the\nperson's presence at a charitable gaming facility may, in the opinion  of the\ncorporation, negatively reflect on the honesty and integrity of charitable\ngaming, or interfere with the orderly conduct of charitable gaming at a\ncharitable gaming facility, but no persons shall be excluded or ejected from a\ncharitable gaming faci lity solely on the ground of race, color, creed, national\norigin, ancestry, or sex.\n(b) The administrative regulations of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission\nthat are in effect on July 1, 2024, shall remain in effect as the initial\nadministrative regulations of the corporation until the corporation amends or\nrepeals the administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, except\nas provided by KRS 13A.3102, 13A.3104, and 13A.330.\n(c) The administrative regulations of the Department of Charitable Gaming that\nare in effect on July 1, 2025, shall remain in effect as the initial administrative\nregulations of the corporation until the corporation amends or repeals the\nadministrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, except as provided\nby KRS 13A.3102, 13A.3104, and 13A.330.","path":["KRS Chapter 230"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58106","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:46Z","sha256":"ed9e9610ef2e08bd547d03337017c67601def3ccb8797d2d39793d49cd1a67ac","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-230.250","next":"us-ky/krs-230.262"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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