{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-262","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-262","heading":"Authorized gaming licenses","body":"A. If at least four Indian tribes enter into the model tribal-\n\nstate compact set forth in Section 281 of this title, and such\n\ncompacts are approved by the Secretary of the Interior and notice of\n\nsuch approval is published in the Federal Register, the Oklahoma\n\nHorse Racing Commission (\"Commission\") shall license organization\n\nlicensees which are licensed pursuant to Section 205.2 of this title\n\nto conduct authorized gaming as that term is defined by this act\n\npursuant to this act utilizing gaming machines or devices authorized\n\nby this act subject to the limitations of subsection C of this\n\nsection. No fair association or organization licensed pursuant to\n\nSection 208.2 of this title or a city, town or municipality\n\nincorporated or otherwise, or an instrumentality thereof, may\n\nconduct authorized gaming as that term is defined by this act.\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of Sections 941 through 988 of\n\nTitle 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the conducting of and\n\nparticipation in gaming in accordance with the provisions of this\n\nact or the model compact set forth in Section 281 of this title is\n\nlawful and shall not be subject to any criminal penalties. Provided\n\nfurther, a licensed manufacturer or distributor licensed pursuant to\n\nthis act may manufacture, exhibit or store as a lawful activity any\n\nmachines or devices which are capable of being used to conduct the\n\nfollowing types of gaming:\n\n1. Gaming authorized by the State-Tribal Gaming Act; or\n\n2. Other gaming which may be lawfully conducted by an Indian\n\ntribe in this state.\n\nB. Except for Christmas Day, authorized gaming may only be\n\nconducted by an organization licensee on days when the licensee is\n\neither conducting live racing or is accepting wagers on simulcast\n\nraces at the licensee's racing facilities. Authorized gaming may\n\nonly be conducted by organization licensees at enclosure locations\n\nwhere live racing is conducted. Under no circumstances shall\n\nauthorized gaming be conducted by an organization licensee at any\n\nfacility outside the organization licensee's racing enclosure. No\n\nperson who would not be eligible to be a patron of a pari-mutuel\n\nsystem of wagering pursuant to the provisions of subsection B of\n\nSection 208.4 of this title shall be admitted into any area of a\n\nfacility when authorized games are played nor be permitted to\n\noperate, or obtain a prize from, or in connection with, the\n\noperation of any authorized game, directly or indirectly.\n\nC. In order to encourage the growth, sustenance and development\n\nof live horse racing in this state and of the state's agriculture\n\nand horse industries, the Commission is hereby authorized to issue\n\nlicenses to conduct authorized gaming to no more than three\n\norganization licensees operating racetrack locations at which horse\n\nrace meetings with pari-mutuel wagering, as authorized by the\n\nCommission pursuant to the provisions of this title, occurred in\n\ncalendar year 2001, as follows:\n\n1. An organization licensee operating a racetrack location at\n\nwhich an organization licensee is licensed to conduct a race meeting\n\npursuant to the provisions of Section 205.2 of this title located in\n\na county with a population exceeding six hundred thousand (600,000)\n\npersons, according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census,\n\nshall be licensed to operate not more than six hundred fifty (650)\n\nplayer terminals in any year. Beginning with the third year after\n\nan organization licensee is licensed pursuant to this paragraph to\n\noperate such player terminals, such licensee may be licensed to\n\noperate an additional fifty (50) player terminals. Beginning with\n\nthe fifth year after an organization licensee is licensed pursuant\n\nto this paragraph to operate such player terminals, such licensee\n\nmay be licensed to operate a further additional fifty (50) player\n\nterminals; and\n\n2. Two organization licensees operating racetrack locations at\nplayer terminals, such licensee may be licensed to\n\noperate an additional fifty (50) player terminals. Beginning with\n\nthe fifth year after an organization licensee is licensed pursuant\n\nto this paragraph to operate such player terminals, such licensee\n\nmay be licensed to operate a further additional fifty (50) player\n\nterminals; and\n\n2. Two organization licensees operating racetrack locations at\n\nwhich the organization licensees are licensed to conduct race\n\nmeetings pursuant to the provisions of Section 205.2 of this title\n\nlocated in counties with populations not exceeding four hundred\n\nthousand (400,000) persons, according to the most recent Federal\n\nDecennial Census, may each be licensed to operate not more than two\n\nhundred fifty (250) player terminals in any year.\n\nSubject to the limitations on the number of player terminals\n\npermitted to each organization licensee, an organization licensee\n\nmay utilize electronic amusement games as defined in this act,\n\nelectronic bonanza-style bingo games as defined in this act and\n\nelectronic instant bingo games as defined in this act, and any type\n\nof gaming machine or device that is specifically allowed by law and\n\nthat an Indian tribe in this state is authorized to utilize pursuant\n\nto a compact entered into between the state and the tribe in\n\naccordance with the provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act\n\nand any other machine or device that an Indian tribe in this state\n\nis lawfully permitted to operate pursuant to the Indian Gaming\n\nRegulatory Act, referred to collectively as \"authorized games\". An\n\norganization licensee's utilization of such machines or devices\n\nshall be subject to the regulatory control and supervision of the\n\nCommission; provided, the Commission shall have no role in oversight\n\nand regulation of gaming conducted by a tribe subject to a compact.\n\nThe Commission shall promulgate rules to regulate the operation and\n\nuse of authorized gaming by organization licensees. In promulgating\n\nsuch rules, the Commission shall consider the provisions of any\n\ncompact which authorizes electronic gaming which is specifically\n\nauthorized by law by an Indian tribe. For the purpose of paragraphs\n\n1 and 2 of this subsection, the number of player terminals in an\n\nauthorized game that permits multiple players shall be determined by\n\nthe maximum number of players that can participate in that game at\n\nany given time; provided, however, that nothing in this act\n\nprohibits the linking of player terminals for progressive jackpots,\n\nso long as the limitations on the number of permitted player\n\nterminals at each organization licensee are not exceeded. Each\n\norganization licensee shall keep a record of, and shall report at\n\nleast quarterly to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, the number\n\nof games authorized by this section utilized in the organization\n\nlicensee's facility, by the name or type of each and its identifying\n\nnumber.\n\nD. No zoning or other local ordinance may be adopted or amended\n\nby a political subdivision where an organization licensee conducts\n\nlive horse racing with the intent to restrict or prohibit an\n\norganization licensee's right to conduct authorized gaming at such\n\nlocation.\n\nE. For purposes of this act, \"adjusted gross revenues\" means\n\nthe total receipts received by an organization licensee from the\n\nplay of all authorized gaming minus all monetary payouts.\n\nF. The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission shall promulgate rules\n\nto regulate, implement and enforce the provisions of this act with\n\nregard to the conduct of authorized gaming by organization\n\nlicensees; provided, regulation and oversight of games covered by a\n\ncompact and operated by an Indian tribe shall be conducted solely\n\npursuant to the requirements of the compact.\n\nG. If an organization licensee operates or attempts to operate\ne the provisions of this act with\n\nregard to the conduct of authorized gaming by organization\n\nlicensees; provided, regulation and oversight of games covered by a\n\ncompact and operated by an Indian tribe shall be conducted solely\n\npursuant to the requirements of the compact.\n\nG. If an organization licensee operates or attempts to operate\n\nmore player terminals which offer authorized games than it is\n\nauthorized to offer to the public by this act or the terms of its\n\nlicense, upon written notice from the Commission, such activity\n\nshall cease forthwith. Such activity shall constitute a basis upon\n\nwhich the Commission may suspend or revoke the licensee's license.\n\nThe Commission shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary\n\nto enforce the provisions of this subsection.\n\nH. This act is game-specific and shall not be construed to\n\nallow the operation of any other form of gaming unless specifically\n\nallowed by this act. This act shall not permit the operation of\n\nslot machines, house-banked card games, house-banked table games\n\ninvolving dice or roulette wheels, or games where winners are\n\ndetermined by the outcome of a sports contest.","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":"cdb090e0ebe38d5b5827c66e3da8faaba76577e4c9769f49759043e1adb6ef24","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-261","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-262.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}