Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-205.6a

Licensing - Breakage and unclaimed ticket proceeds.

A. Any organization licensee shall file with the Oklahoma Horse

Racing Commission its plan to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a

facility or facilities located outside the organization licensee's

racing enclosure. Such pari-mutuel wagering may be conducted at any

time as authorized by the Commission. The conducting of pari-mutuel

wagering at a facility outside the organization licensee's enclosure

is subject to the following:

1. Pari-mutuel wagering shall be permitted only in a county

which approves or has approved the conducting of pari-mutuel horse

racing in that county pursuant to the provisions of Section 209 of

this title;

2. Pari-mutuel wagering conducted by an organization licensee

shall not be permitted within thirty (30) miles of another

organization licensee's racing enclosure without the express

permission granted by the other organization licensee;

3. All pari-mutuel wagering facilities located outside any

organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be operated in

accordance with all applicable rules of the Oklahoma Horse Racing

Commission Rules of Racing (Pari-Mutuel Edition);

4. The organization licensee sending its racing signal to a

facility or facilities outside its racing enclosure may combine the

pari-mutuel pools of all facilities with those of the organization

licensee for the purpose of determining odds and computing payoffs.

The amount of money to be retained and distributed by the

organization licensee and to be remitted to the Oklahoma Tax

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Commission from money wagered pursuant to the provisions of this

section shall be the same as set forth in paragraph 1 of subsection

B, in subsection D, and in subsection E of Section 205.6 of this

title and in Section 208.2 of this title;

5. One percent (1%) of the total monies wagered at a facility

other than an organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be

distributed from the amount retained pursuant to paragraph 4 of this

subsection as follows:

a. ten percent (10%) to the State Auditor and Inspector

for the purpose of auditing such facilities, and

b. forty-five percent (45%) to the county in which the

facility is located, and

c. forty-five percent (45%) to the city in which the

facility is located, or

d. if the facility is not located within the corporate

limits of any city, ninety percent (90%) to the county

in which the facility is located;

6. The distribution for purses at facilities other than an

organization licensee's racing enclosures shall be:

a. six and one-half percent (6.5%) of total handle during

the first thirty-six (36) months after the opening of

a facility in a county, and

b. seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of total handle

thereafter.

Upon completion of three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar days

since the opening of a facility in a county, the thirty-six-month

period commences retroactive to the opening of that facility. If

the facility does not operate for three hundred sixty-five (365)

calendar days, a new facility may be opened and operated, with the

thirty-six-month period commencing consistent with this paragraph.

If a facility terminates operation after the three-hundred-sixty-

fifth calendar day, all days shall be allotted to subsequent

facilities not to exceed one thousand ninety-five (1,095) calendar

days per facility; and

7. The organization licensee, after the distribution to the

Oklahoma Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4 of

this subsection and distributions pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of

this subsection, shall retain the balance of the monies wagered.

B. Notification by an organization licensee to conduct pari-

mutuel wagering at a facility or facilities outside of the

organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be made annually to

the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission. An organization licensee may
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this subsection and distributions pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of

this subsection, shall retain the balance of the monies wagered.

B. Notification by an organization licensee to conduct pari-

mutuel wagering at a facility or facilities outside of the

organization licensee's racing enclosure shall be made annually to

the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission. An organization licensee may

make an original notification to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a

facility or facilities outside of the organization licensee's racing

enclosure at any time.

C. All persons employed in the actual conduct of pari-mutuel

wagering at a facility outside an organization licensee's racing

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enclosure shall be licensed by the Commission, consistent with

Section 204.2 of this title.

D. Breakage and unclaimed ticket proceeds shall be distributed

in the manner applicable to the races of the racing program of the

organization licensee sending the racing program.

E. All monies retained or to be distributed for purses shall be

held in trust by the Horsemen’s Bookkeeper pursuant to Section 5 of

this act for the duly designated horsemen’s organization for purses.