Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 3769 | Horse Racing
Section 3769.01 | Horse-Racing Permit Required.

Effective: October 30, 1975
Latest Legislation: House Bill 287 - 111th General Assembly
No person, association, corporation, or trust shall hold, conduct, assist, or aid and abet in holding or conducting any meetings, at which horse racing is permitted for any stake, purse, or award unless such person, association, corporation, or trust secures a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting and complies with sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code.
Such sections shall apply only to the racing of horses and do not prevent the use of any grounds, enclosure, or race track, whether or not owned or controlled by a permit holder, for any county or state fair, agricultural or livestock exhibition, horse show, or any horse racing where the pari-mutuel system of wagering upon the result of such horse racing is not permitted or allowed. This section does not permit the pari-mutuel method of wagering upon any race track unless a permit is secured as provided in sections 3769.04 to 3769.06 of the Revised Code.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals

Chapter 3769 | Horse Racing

Section 3769.01 | Horse-Racing Permit Required.

Section 3769.02 | State Racing Commission.

Section 3769.021 | Commission Secretary - Salary - Duties.

Section 3769.03 | Rules and Conditions - Licenses - Operating Fund - Report to Governor.

Section 3769.04 | Application for Permit.

Section 3769.041 | Confidential Information.

Section 3769.05 | Deposit to Be Made - Refund.

Section 3769.06 | Issuance of Permit - Suspension - Revocation.

Section 3769.07 | Permit Restrictions - Display of Permit.

Section 3769.071 | Quarter Horse Racing.

Section 3769.072 | Granting Additional Permits Where Another Track or Enclosure Is Located Within Twenty Miles or in Same County.

Section 3769.08 | Pari-Mutuel System of Wagering.

Section 3769.082 | Ohio Fairs Fund - Distribution of Funds.

Section 3769.083 | Ohio Thoroughbred Race Fund.

Section 3769.084 | Ohio Thoroughbred Racing Advisory Committee.

Section 3769.085 | Ohio Standardbred Development Fund.

Section 3769.086 | Return Money When Races or Fairs Are Not Conducted.

Section 3769.087 | Retaining Additional Tax and Amount From Certain Wagering.

Section 3769.088 | Making Assessment for Failure to Pay Taxes.

Section 3769.089 | Simulcast Horse Racing.

Section 3769.0810 | Collection and Settlement Agent for Simulcast Fees.

Section 3769.0811 | Rescheduling of Dates and Location of Horse Races.

Section 3769.0812 | Fees Paid to Thoroughbred Jockeys.

Section 3769.09 | Commission to Employ Racing Inspectors.

Section 3769.091 | Imposing Fines and Suspensions.

Section 3769.10 | Enforcement of Chapter - Taxes, Fees.

Section 3769.101 | Horse-Racing Tax Revenue Fund.

Section 3769.102 | Horse-Racing Tax Municipality Fund.

Section 3769.103 | Remittance of Tax Due.

Section 3769.12 | Duty of County Sheriffs.

Section 3769.13 | Damaged Track - Permit to Hold Meeting Elsewhere.

Section 3769.131 | Consolidating Permits.

Section 3769.14 | Submission of Question of Prohibiting Horse Racing - Duties of Board of Elections.

Section 3769.17 | Change of Name for Purpose of Entry.

Section 3769.18 | Determination of Class for Purpose of Entry.

Section 3769.20 | Major Capital Improvement Project Tax Reduction.

Section 3769.201 | Cleanup, Repair or Improvement Related to 1997 Ohio River Flood Tax Reduction.

Section 3769.21 | Thoroughbred Horsemen's Health and Retirement Fund.

Section 3769.22 | Participation in National Racing Compact.

Section 3769.25 | Satellite Facility Definitions.

Section 3769.26 | Establishing Satellite Facilities.

Section 3769.27 | Local Option Election.

Section 3769.28 | Collecting Additional Tax for Benefit of Local Subdivisions.