{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-205.6a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-205.6a","heading":"Offtrack wagering plans - Conditions - Notification -","body":"Licensing - Breakage and unclaimed ticket proceeds.\n\nA. Any organization licensee shall file with the Oklahoma Horse\n\nRacing Commission its plan to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a\n\nfacility or facilities located outside the organization licensee's\n\nracing enclosure. Such pari-mutuel wagering may be conducted at any\n\ntime as authorized by the Commission. The conducting of pari-mutuel\n\nwagering at a facility outside the organization licensee's enclosure\n\nis subject to the following:\n\n1. Pari-mutuel wagering shall be permitted only in a county\n\nwhich approves or has approved the conducting of pari-mutuel horse\n\nracing in that county pursuant to the provisions of Section 209 of\n\nthis title;\n\n2. Pari-mutuel wagering conducted by an organization licensee\n\nshall not be permitted within thirty (30) miles of another\n\norganization licensee's racing enclosure without the express\n\npermission granted by the other organization licensee;\n\n3. All pari-mutuel wagering facilities located outside any\n\norganization licensee's racing enclosure shall be operated in\n\naccordance with all applicable rules of the Oklahoma Horse Racing\n\nCommission Rules of Racing (Pari-Mutuel Edition);\n\n4. The organization licensee sending its racing signal to a\n\nfacility or facilities outside its racing enclosure may combine the\n\npari-mutuel pools of all facilities with those of the organization\n\nlicensee for the purpose of determining odds and computing payoffs.\n\nThe amount of money to be retained and distributed by the\n\norganization licensee and to be remitted to the Oklahoma Tax\n\nCommission from money wagered pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsection shall be the same as set forth in paragraph 1 of subsection\n\nB, in subsection D, and in subsection E of Section 205.6 of this\n\ntitle and in Section 208.2 of this title;\n\n5. One percent (1%) of the total monies wagered at a facility\n\nother than an organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be\n\ndistributed from the amount retained pursuant to paragraph 4 of this\n\nsubsection as follows:\n\na. ten percent (10%) to the State Auditor and Inspector\n\nfor the purpose of auditing such facilities, and\n\nb. forty-five percent (45%) to the county in which the\n\nfacility is located, and\n\nc. forty-five percent (45%) to the city in which the\n\nfacility is located, or\n\nd. if the facility is not located within the corporate\n\nlimits of any city, ninety percent (90%) to the county\n\nin which the facility is located;\n\n6. The distribution for purses at facilities other than an\n\norganization licensee's racing enclosures shall be:\n\na. six and one-half percent (6.5%) of total handle during\n\nthe first thirty-six (36) months after the opening of\n\na facility in a county, and\n\nb. seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of total handle\n\nthereafter.\n\nUpon completion of three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days\n\nsince the opening of a facility in a county, the thirty-six-month\n\nperiod commences retroactive to the opening of that facility. If\n\nthe facility does not operate for three hundred sixty-five (365)\n\ncalendar days, a new facility may be opened and operated, with the\n\nthirty-six-month period commencing consistent with this paragraph.\n\nIf a facility terminates operation after the three-hundred-sixty-\n\nfifth calendar day, all days shall be allotted to subsequent\n\nfacilities not to exceed one thousand ninety-five (1,095) calendar\n\ndays per facility; and\n\n7. The organization licensee, after the distribution to the\n\nOklahoma Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4 of\n\nthis subsection and distributions pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of\n\nthis subsection, shall retain the balance of the monies wagered.\n\nB. Notification by an organization licensee to conduct pari-\n\nmutuel wagering at a facility or facilities outside of the\n\norganization licensee's racing enclosure shall be made annually to\n\nthe Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission. An organization licensee may\nph 4 of\n\nthis subsection and distributions pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of\n\nthis subsection, shall retain the balance of the monies wagered.\n\nB. Notification by an organization licensee to conduct pari-\n\nmutuel wagering at a facility or facilities outside of the\n\norganization licensee's racing enclosure shall be made annually to\n\nthe Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission. An organization licensee may\n\nmake an original notification to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a\n\nfacility or facilities outside of the organization licensee's racing\n\nenclosure at any time.\n\nC. All persons employed in the actual conduct of pari-mutuel\n\nwagering at a facility outside an organization licensee's racing\n\nenclosure shall be licensed by the Commission, consistent with\n\nSection 204.2 of this title.\n\nD. Breakage and unclaimed ticket proceeds shall be distributed\n\nin the manner applicable to the races of the racing program of the\n\norganization licensee sending the racing program.\n\nE. All monies retained or to be distributed for purses shall be\n\nheld in trust by the Horsemen’s Bookkeeper pursuant to Section 5 of\n\nthis act for the duly designated horsemen’s organization for purses.","path":["OK Code","Title 3A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os3A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"2187deb9a627ab22e35fcceb61b7f9aba9a2069fa78b5e3c88e693a04cc59ce5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-205.6","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-205.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}