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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="11-101" title_number="11" title_name="Horse Racing" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Breakage” means the odd cents that remain after all successful bettors are paid to the next lowest multiple of 10 cents.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Commission” means the State Racing Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Handle” means the gross amount, less refunds, of money bet.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Harness racing” means the racing of horses that trot or pace in harness while pulling drivers in sulkies.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Intertrack betting” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pari-mutuel betting at a receiving track in the State on a race that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>held live or by interstate simulcast at a sending track in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shown simultaneously by video signal at the receiving track; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>transmission of the bets at the receiving track to the sending track.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“License” means a license issued by the Commission to hold a race meeting.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Licensee” means a person who has been awarded racing days for the current calendar year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Mile thoroughbred racing” means thoroughbred horse races at a track that is at least 1 mile long.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Multiple mutuel pool” means a separate pari-mutuel betting pool in which an interest is represented by a single bet on 2 or more horses.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Mutuel pool” includes a multiple mutuel pool and a regular mutuel pool.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Pari-mutuel betting” means the system of betting in which those who successfully bet on horses that finish in specified positions share the mutuel pool, less the takeout and the breakage.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Purse” means the prize money divided among the owners of horses that finish in specified positions in a race.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <text>“Race meeting” means a period of time to hold racing that extends between specific dates over a number of racing days at a single track.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="p">
    <text>“Racing” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>harness racing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>mile thoroughbred racing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>special thoroughbred racing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>steeplechase or hurdle racing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>flat racing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>quarter horse racing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="q">
    <text>“Receiving track” means a track where pari-mutuel betting is done on races held at another track.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="r">
    <text>“Regular mutuel pool” means a separate pari-mutuel betting pool in which an interest is represented by a single bet on 1 horse.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="s">
    <text>“Sending track” means a track where a race is held live or by interstate simulcast and is sent simultaneously by video signal to a receiving track or a satellite simulcast facility under Subtitle 8, Part III of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="t">
    <text>“Special thoroughbred racing” means thoroughbred horse racing held by the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society, Inc., or the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="u">
    <text>“Takeout” means the part of the handle that is not returned to successful bettors but is otherwise allocated under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="v">
    <text>“Track” means a place where racing is held.</text>
  </level>
</section>
