OAR 462-210-0020: Authorization for Account Wagering

(1) An advance deposit wagering licensee or race meet licensee who is the holder of or applicant for a license issued under ORS 462.057, 462.062, 462.067, 462.142 or 462.725 may request authorization from the commission to conduct account wagering in accordance with 462.142 and these rules. As part of the request, the advance deposit wagering licensee or race meet licensee shall submit a detailed plan of how its proposed account wagering system would operate; the commission may require changes in a proposed plan of operations as a condition of granting a request. No subsequent changes in the system's operation may occur unless ordered by the commission or until approval is obtained from the commission after it receives a written request. (2) The commission may conduct investigations or inspections or request additional information from the race meet applicant or multi-jurisdictional simulcasting and interactive wagering totalizator hub applicant for a license as it deems appropriate in determining whether to allow account wagering. (3) The race meet licensee or multi-jurisdictional simulcasting and interactive wagering totalizator hub licensee and/or their agents shall establish and manage an account wagering center. (4) The making and/or acceptance of wagers over the communications facility known as the "Internet" is not authorized with the exception of the Multi-Jurisdictional Totalizator Wagering Hubs as authorized in ORS 462.725. However, nothing herein precludes the transmission of handicapping data, race results or other information relating to pari-mutuel racing over the communications facility known as the "Internet."