{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-264","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-264","heading":"Race meetings - Number required","body":"A. The organization licensee that is located in a county with a\n\npopulation of greater than six hundred thousand (600,000) according\n\nto the most recent federal decennial census shall, for each year it\n\nconducts authorized gaming:\n\n1. Conduct annually a race meeting restricted to Thoroughbred\n\nhorses that provides no fewer than six hundred (600) races for\n\nThoroughbred horses; and\n\n2. Conduct annually a race meeting restricted to Quarter Horse,\n\nPaint and Appaloosa horses that provides no fewer than five hundred\n\n(500) races for Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa horses within a\n\nperiod of twelve (12) consecutive weeks.\n\nB. Each organization licensee that is located in a county with\n\na population of fewer than four hundred thousand (400,000) according\n\nto the most recent federal decennial census shall be required, for\n\neach year it conducts authorized gaming, to conduct annually no less\n\nthan two hundred seventy (270) races for Thoroughbred horses, no\n\nfewer than two hundred seventy (270) races for Quarter Horses, and\n\nno fewer than sixty (60) races for Paint and Appaloosa horses.\n\nC. An organization licensed pursuant to Section 208.2 of Title\n\n3A of the Oklahoma Statutes shall in order to be eligible to receive\n\nmoney pursuant to the provision of subsection K in Section 4 of this\n\nact, conduct annually no less than four hundred (400) total races,\n\nwhich shall include conducting no fewer than an average of four (4)\n\nraces per day for Thoroughbred horses.\n\nD. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection H of Section 4\n\nof this act, the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission shall approve,\n\nupon joint application of the organization licensee and the official\n\nhorsemen’s representative organization that represents the horsemen\n\nfor a given breed of horses participating in a given race meeting, a\n\nreduction or increase in the number of races to be conducted as\n\nprescribed in this section. Any agreed-upon change to the number of\n\nraces shall include specifying the number of races to be conducted\n\neach race day and the calendar days that the races will be\n\nconducted. For purposes of any agreement entered into pursuant to\n\nthis section, a race day shall be not less than seven (7) races nor\n\nmore than twelve (12) races unless all of the races on a particular\n\nday are time trial races. The organization licensees and the\n\nelected horsemen’s representative organization shall use their best\n\nefforts to establish race meets with the number of races that is\n\nreasonable in light of the available purse money, the racing\n\ncalendar of all organization licensees operating pursuant to this\n\nact, and the number of races run at similar facilities in\n\nsurrounding markets.\n\nE. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary,\n\nthe requirements set forth in this section shall become effective\n\nwith the first race meeting that commences at each organization\n\nlicensee following the initial six (6) months that the organization\n\nlicensee commences authorized gaming as authorized by this act.","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":"05d5434828a7290a4a377fb1e2ad1456888627939db9fe892d563b69bff80980","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-263","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-3a-3a-265"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}