Opinion No. (2001)

Dear Representative Stites,

¶ 0 This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask the following question:

Under the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act ("theAct"), 3A O.S. 1991 Supp. 2000, §§ 200-209, is theOklahoma Horse Racing Commission empowered to authorize alicensed racetrack (which the Act refers to as an "organizationlicensee") to accept pari-mutuel wagers on previously run horseraces — races which are neither live races nor races beingtransmitted to the organization licensee at the time the liverace is being run at the host track?

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