562.01 Definitions.

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562.01 Definitions. Except as provided in s. 562.124 , in this chapter:

(1)“Administrator” means the administrator of the division of gaming.

(1m)“Animal” means a horse or dog.

(3)“Breakage” means the odd cents by which the amount payable on each dollar wagered on a race exceeds a multiple of 10 cents.

(3m)“Business day” means a business day, as defined in s. 421.301

(6), that is not a legal holiday under s. 995.20 or a federal legal holiday.

(4)“Department” means the department of administration.

(4m)“Division of gaming” means the division of gaming in the department.

(5)“Fair” means any fair conducted by a county or an agricultural society, association or board receiving aid under s. 93.23 .

(5e)“Host track” means a racetrack that conducts a race on which intertrack wagering is conducted.

(5m)“Intertrack wager” means a wager that is placed or accepted at a racetrack on a race that is conducted at, and simultaneously televised to the racetrack from, another racetrack.

(5s)“Intertrack wagering licensee” means a person who is licensed under s. 562.05

(e).

(6)“License” means a license issued under s. 562.05 .

(7)“Licensee” means any person holding a license.

(8)“Multiple pools” means any pool of wagers on one or more races other than a pool of wagers in which each wager represents a wager to win, place or show.

(8g)“Out-of-state legal wagering entity” means a person who owns or operates a place located outside this state at which wagering on a race that is conducted in this state is authorized under the laws of the state or country in which the place is located.

(8m)“Out-of-state racetrack” means a place outside this state at which a race is authorized by law to be held and at which pari-mutuel wagering on the race is authorized by law to be conducted.

(9)“Pari-mutuel” means a wagering system in which all persons who wager on any animal which finishes in any position for which wagers are taken in a race share the total amount wagered on the race minus any deductions from the wagers on that race required under s. 562.065 .

(10)“Race” means any animal race licensed under s. 562.05

(1).

(11)“Race day” means any day on which a race is conducted.

(11g)“Race meeting” means the period during a calendar year for which a person has been issued a license under s. 562.05

(b).

(11r)“Race performance” means a schedule of races of either a matinee or night program that are conducted on a race day.

(12)“Racetrack” means any racetrack licensed under s. 562.05

(1).

(13)“Racing” means the conduct of a race.

(14)“Steward” means any person appointed, contracted for or approved by the department under s. 562.02

(fm).