New York Laws
Article 9 - Miscellaneous
901 - Reduction in Retained Commission.

(i) for the New York city region, any facility, located more than five
miles from any thoroughbred racetrack operated by a franchised
corporation, for which the New York city off-track betting corporation
requests such transmissions of such franchised corporation.
(ii) for the Nassau region, one facility located at least ten miles
from any thoroughbred racetrack operated by a franchised corporation.
(iii) for the Suffolk region, one facility.
(iv) for the Catskill and Western regions, six facilities each,
provided, however, that no such transmissions are authorized into the
portion of the Western and Catskill regions in the thoroughbred special
betting district on those days that a thoroughbred track is conducting
racing in such special betting district.
(v) for the Capital District region, six facilities, provided,
however, that no such transmissions are authorized into the Capital
District region on those days that a franchised corporation is
conducting races at a track located within such region. Nothing in this
subparagraph shall prohibit such region and a franchised corporation
from entering into an agreement to provide such transmissions in
additional facilities subject to the restrictions in this subparagraph.
c. The commission shall approve the request of each such regional
off-track betting corporation to transmit the call of the race,
beginning January first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine, into an
additional, like number of facilities as specified in paragraph b of
this subdivision and subject to the conditions in such paragraph.
Provided, however, that nothing shall prohibit such franchised
corporation from entering into agreements with such regional off-track
betting corporations designating additional facilities within the
regions of such regional off-track betting corporations that may offer a
"live call of the race", except that no such transmissions are
authorized into the portion of the Western and Catskill regions in the
thoroughbred special betting district on those days that a thoroughbred
track is conducting racing in such special betting district.
d. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in this subdivision,
during and only during the period that such franchised corporation shall
conduct races at a racetrack not within the counties of Suffolk, Nassau
and the five counties comprising the city of New York, the track
operator for such franchised corporation shall provide direct
transmissions into all of the facilities operated by off-track betting
corporations, except those within the Capital District region and any
facilities within a thoroughbred special betting district, other than
those facilities authorized to accept wagers on races conducted by such
franchised corporation, on those days that a thoroughbred racetrack is
conducting racing in such special betting district, of a current "live
call of the race" as defined, and subject to the conditions provided
for, in paragraph a of this subdivision. Provided, however, nothing
shall prohibit such franchised corporation from entering into an
agreement with the Capital District regional corporation designating
specific facilities within the Capital District region that may offer a
"live call of the race".
3. A franchised corporation shall make available such space and
facilities as may be required to enable regional off-track betting
corporations to obtain the information specified in section two hundred
thirty-four of this chapter for transmission to patrons in the
facilities of such corporations. In addition, such associations shall
cooperate with such corporations in order to develop a system whereby
off-track wagers are combined with on-track wagers in a common pool, and
the odds or potential payoff reflecting or based upon that pool are
displayed at off-track facilities periodically during the time preceding
the race on which such wagers are made. The purpose of the system is to
enable wagers placed off-track to be combined concurrently with wagers
placed on-track until as close to the beginning of the race as is
technically feasible, with due regard for the security and accuracy of
such system. The costs of the changes adopted pursuant to this section
shall be borne by those regional off-track betting corporations electing
to receive such information or to combine the on-track and off-track
pools on a more timely basis.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Western region
off-track betting corporation is hereby authorized to develop a system,
subject to approval of the board, whereby off-track wagers are combined
on a current basis with on-track wagers on races conducted by a

corporation licensed to conduct thoroughbred races at a track located
within the Western region. Such corporation shall cooperate in the
provision of such wagers and shall also provide on such races direct
transmission into the facilities of such regional corporation of a
current "live call of the race" as defined in paragraph a of subdivision
two of this section.

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