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...(A) Any person, association, trust, or corporation owning, leasing, or operating a race track, place, or enclosure which has been damaged by fire or other cause and at which in any year such a person, association, trust, or corporation has held or conducted a horse-racing meeting under a permit issued by the state racing commission, may be issued a permit by said commission to hold or conduct a horse-racing meeting a...

...Notwithstanding sections 3769.07 and 3769.13 of the Revised Code, any person operating or conducting a horse-racing meeting at any race track, place, or enclosure in 1990 under a permit issued by the state racing commission, or the successor in interest to such person, may, with the approval of the commission, consolidate and hold in one entity all permits issued by the commission for horse racing at the same race tr...

...If there is presented to the board of elections of any county a petition, sworn to in the manner provided by section 3513.27 of the Revised Code and signed by thirty-five per cent of the qualified and registered electors, where such qualified electors are required to be registered to enjoy the privilege of suffrage, as shown by the most recent general election, but in no event shall such petition contain less than th...

...The name of a horse, mare, gelding, colt, or filly for entry for competition in a contest of speed shall not be changed after having contested for a prize, purse, premium, stake, or sweepstake, except as provided by the printed rules of the society or association under which such contest is advertised to be conducted.

...The class to which a horse belongs for an entry in a contest of speed shall be determined by its public performance in former contests or trials of speed, as provided by the printed rules of the society or association under which such contest is advertised to be conducted.

...(A) To encourage the renovation of existing racing facilities for the benefit of the public, breeders, and horse owners and to increase the revenue to the state from the increase in pari-mutuel wagering resulting from such improvement, the taxes paid by a permit holder to the state, in excess of the amount paid into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund, shall be reduced by one per cent of the total amount...

...The holder of a permit issued under section 3769.06 of the Revised Code may apply to the state racing commission for the tax reduction available under section 3769.20 of the Revised Code for the cost to the permit holder of any cleanup, repair, or improvement required as a result of damage caused by the 1997 Ohio river flood to the place, track, or enclosure for which the permit is issued. As part of the application...

...(A) A corporation may be formed pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code to establish a thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund and a corporation may be formed pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code to establish a harness horsemen's health and retirement fund to be administered for the benefit of horsemen. As used in this section, "horsemen" includes any person involved in the owning, breeding,...

...(A) The general assembly finds and declares all of the following: (1) A national racing compact, comprised of states that are party to the compact, exists to provide for the licensure and regulation of individuals involved in the horse racing industry. (2) The intent of the compact is to prevent individual owners, trainers, jockeys, drivers, backstretch employees, totalizator employees, farriers, concessionaires, v...

...As used in sections 3769.25 to 3769.27 of the Revised Code, unless the context requires otherwise: (A) "Simulcast" means the telecast, for wagering purposes, of audio and visual signals of live horse races conducted at facilities either inside or outside this state. (B) "Track" means any place, track, or enclosure where a permit holder conducts live horse racing for profit at a race meeting. (C) "Permit holder" me...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, each track in existence on September 27, 1994, regardless of the number of permit holders authorized to conduct race meetings at the track, may establish, with the approval of the state racing commission and the appropriate local legislative authority, not more than two satellite facilities at which it may conduct pari-mutuel wagering on horse...

...(A) If a petition is presented, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of a general or primary election, to the board of elections of any county, signed by qualified electors of the county equal in number to at least ten per cent of the total number of votes cast in the county for the office of governor at the preceding general election for that office, but signed by at least five hundred ...

... Within ten days after the close of a horse-racing meeting, each permit holder who conducts a pari-mutuel system of wagering where the wagering is less than five million dollars shall remit, in the manner prescribed under section 3769.103 of the Revised Code, a sum of money equal to one-tenth of one per cent of the total amount wagered and where the wagering is five million dollars or more a sum of money equal ...

...(A) There is hereby created the state lottery commission consisting of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. No more than five members of the commission shall be members of the same political party. Of the additional and new appointments made to the commission pursuant to the amendment of August 1, 1980, three shall be for terms ending August 1, 1981, three shall be for ter...

... (A) Subject to the advice and consent of the senate, the governor shall appoint a director of the state lottery commission who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The director shall devote full time to the duties of the office and shall hold no other office or employment. The director shall meet all requirements for appointment as a member of the commission and shall, by experience and training, possess man...

... Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall be employed by or continue employment with the state lottery commission who has been convicted in any jurisdiction of a felony, or of a misdemeanor of the first, second, or third degree, involving gambling, fraud or misrepresentation, theft, or any crime of moral turpitude, as long as the record of the conviction has not been sealed or expunged pursuant t...

... (A)(1) The state lottery commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and shall adopt operating procedures, under which a statewide lottery and statewide joint lottery may be conducted, which includes, and since the original enactment of this section has included, the authority for the commission to operate video lottery terminal games and all other lottery games. Any reference in ...

...For the purpose of conducting any study or investigation, the state lottery commission may direct that public hearings be held at a time and place, prescribed by the commission, in accordance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code. Hearings shall be held in Columbus, except that if the commission determines that another location is more convenient for those concerned, it may move the hearing to another location with...

... (A) As used in this section, "person" means any individual, association, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, club, trust, estate, society, receiver, trustee, person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, instrumentality of the state or any of its political subdivisions, or any other business entity or combination of individuals meeting the requirements set forth in this section or establi...

...(A) The director of the state lottery commission may refuse to enter into any contracts or agreements with vendors whose activities on behalf of the commission could potentially affect the integrity of the state lottery's on-line gaming system or instant ticket gaming system, if any principal of the vendor has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or an offense involving illegal gambling or has been fou...

... (A) There is hereby created the state lottery gross revenue fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. All gross revenues received from sales of lottery tickets, fines, fees, and related proceeds in connection with the statewide lottery, all gross proceeds of lottery sports gaming described in sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code, and all gro...

... (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, lottery prize awards shall be claimed by the holder of the winning lottery product, or by the executor or administrator, or the trustee of a trust, of the estate of a deceased holder of a winning lottery product, in a manner to be determined by the state lottery commission, within one hundred eighty days after the date on which the prize award was announc...

... (A) As used in this section, "lottery prize award" does not include a prize award from a video lottery terminal and does not include winnings from lottery sports gaming, except that "lottery prize award" includes winnings from lottery sports gaming wagers placed through a terminal described in division (B)(3) of section 3770.24 of the Revised Code. (B) If the amount of the prize money or the cost of goods or servi...

... (A) As used in this section, "prize winner" and "transferee" have the same meanings as in section 3770.10 of the Revised Code. (B) The state lottery commission shall deduct amounts from lottery prize awards and file returns in accordance with section 5747.062 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted by the tax commissioner pursuant to that section. This division also applies to lottery prize award payments the c...

... (A) As used in this section, "lottery prize award" does not include a prize award from a video lottery terminal and does not include winnings from lottery sports gaming, except that "lottery prize award" includes winnings from lottery sports gaming wagers placed through a terminal described in division (B)(3) of section 3770.24 of the Revised Code. (B) The attorney general shall provide the state lottery commissio...