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N.Y. PML Law § 423

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County, town and agricultural fairs and quarter horse race meetings not licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting

Official statutory text

§ 423. County, town and agricultural fairs and quarter horse race\nmeetings not licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting. Pari-mutuel\nbetting on quarter horse races at any county, town, agricultural or\nother fair held within the state, shall not be authorized and no\nlottery, pool-selling, bookmaking or any other kind of gambling upon the\nresult of races, heats or contests of speed of quarter horses allowed at\nsuch fair or at any quarter horse race meeting conducted in the state,\nexcept such as may be licensed to operate pari-mutuel betting pursuant\nto the provisions of sections two hundred twenty-two through seven\nhundred five of this chapter which said form of betting as herein\nprovided shall alone be legalized and allowed.\n Every corporation, society or association conducting quarter horse\nracing without license for pari-mutuel betting shall cause to be posted\nconspicuously upon the grounds whereon such races or racing is held,\nprinted notices or placards in legible type to the effect that all\ndisorderly conduct, pool-selling, bookmaking or any other kind of\ngambling upon the result of heats or races or contests of speed of\nquarter horses is prohibited.\n In the event that the officers or directors of any corporation,\nassociation or society conducting a quarter horse race meeting without\npari-mutuel betting, including the officers and directors of county,\ntown and agricultural fairs shall comply with the foregoing provisions\ncontained in this section regarding the posting of notices then no\ndirector or officer thereof shall be personally liable for the\nimposition of any fine or to prosecution, or in any manner held liable\nfor any violation, by a person other than himself, of the provisions of\nlaw relative to bookmaking or other gambling unless knowingly permitted\nby him, nor shall the maintaining of a racetrack or the holding or\nconducting of quarter horse races thereon be construed or held to be a\nviolation of any of the provisions of any general or special law, penal\nor otherwise.\n

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