De Kamp, 071483 CAAGO, AGO 83-110
Case Date | July 14, 1983 |
Court | California |
"[T]he Horse Racing Law [Bus. & Prof. Code § 19400 et seq.] regulates in detail horse racing meetings, requires licensing of virtually all individuals and associations who have anything to do with such meetings, and provides for allocation of the 'take out' from parimutuel pools as between license fees, commissions to racing associations conducting the meetings, and purses. Until the enactment of chapter 186, Statutes of 1982 [Bus. & Prof. Code § 19596], parimutuel betting was permitted only with respect to horse races which were run in California, and only within the 'enclosure' or track where the race was conducted." (Fns. omitted.)We then noted that Business and Professions Code section 19596, as enacted in 1982, empowered the California Horse Racing Board (hereafter Board) to authorize an association conducting a racing meeting to accept wagers, within the track inclosure, on the results of certain out-of-state feature races
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