La. Admin. Code tit. 35 § XVII-13113

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section XVII-13113 - Operational Requirements for the Conduct of Historical Horse Racing

A. An association may conduct wagering on historical horse races of any horse breed regardless of the type of breed that primarily races in live meets conducted by the association. An association may conduct wagering on historical horse races on any days and hours approved by the commission, and shall not be limited to times during which the association is conducting a live horse race meeting.

B. A mutuel wager on historical horse races may be placed only from a physical facility of a licensee.

C. A mutuel wager on historical horse racing may not be placed using a mobile device unless the system communicating with the mobile device to place the wager is fully controlled and operated by the licensed facility at which the wager is placed. For the purposes of this Section, "fully controlled and operated" means the licensed facility develops, owns, leases, acquires a license for, or otherwise contracts for services to operate and control a mobile historical horse racing wagering system.

D. No licensee may accept a mutuel wager on historical horse racing if the wager is placed via a mobile phone or other personal electronic device, unless the network infrastructure and all pari-mutuel wagering software complies with the relevant technical requirements within these rules.

E. Nothing in this Section independently authorizes wagering or facilitation of wagering on historical horse racing outside of the licensed pari-mutuel wagering operation.

F. Any historical horse racing solution that relies on wireless networked communications, including all mobile historical horse racing systems, shall annually conduct a system integrity and security risk assessment performed by an independent information technology security professional approved by the commission. The system integrity and security risk assessment shall be conducted no later than 90 days after commencing operations and annually thereafter. The scope of the pari-mutuel wagering system integrity and security assessment is subject to the approval of the commission and must include:

1. A vulnerability assessment of digital platforms, mobile applications, internal, external, and wireless networks with the intent of identifying vulnerabilities of all devices, the historical horse racing system, and applications transferring, storing, and/or processing personal identifying information or other sensitive information connected to or present on the networks;

2. A penetration test of all digital platforms, mobile applications, and internal, external, and wireless networks to confirm devices, the historical horse racing wagering systems, and applications are not susceptible to compromise;

3. A review of the firewall rules to verify the operating condition of the firewall and the effectiveness of its security configuration and rule sets that must be performed on all perimeter and internal firewalls;

4. A technical security control assessment against the commission's technical requirements for security and with generally accepted professional standards;

5. An evaluation of information security services, cloud services, payment services, financial institutions, payment processors, location services, and any other services that may be offered directly by the licensee or involve the use of third parties; and

6. At the discretion of the executive director, any additional assessments or specific testing criteria which may be required by internal control procedures.

G. All wagers offered on historical horse races shall incorporate the following elements:

1. A patron may only wager on historical horse races on a terminal approved by the commission;

2. For each different type of exotic wager on historical horse races offered by an association, the association shall at all times maintain at least two terminals offering each such exotic wager;

3. Once a patron deposits an amount in the terminal offering wagering on historical horse races, one or more historical horse races shall be made available for wagering as set forth in the wagering specification rules;

4. Prior to the patron making his or her wager selections, the terminal shall not display any information that would allow the patron to identify the historical horse race or races on which he or she is wagering, including the location of the race or races, the date on which the race or races was run, the names of the horses in the race or races, or the names of the jockeys that rode the horses in the race or races;

5. The terminal shall make available true and accurate past performance information on the historical horse race to the patron prior to making his or her wager selections. The information shall be current as of the day the historical horse race was actually run. The information provided to the patron shall be displayed on the terminal in data or graphical form; and

6. After a patron finalizes his or her wager selections, the terminal shall display the patron's successful selections, the official results of each race, and a replay of the race or races, or a portion thereof, whether by digital or animated depiction or by way of a video recording. The identity of each race shall be revealed or made available to the patron after the patron has placed his or her wager.

La. Admin. Code tit. 35, § XVII-13113

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Racing Commission, LR 481816 (7/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 4:141, R.S. 4:142 and R.S. 4:148.