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 PUBLIC LAW 95-515—OCT. 25, 1978

92 STAT. 1811

Public Law 95-515 95th Congress An Act To regulate interstate commerce with respect to parimutuel wagering on horseracing, to maintain the stability of the horseracing industry, and for other purposes.

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Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, This Act may be Interstate cited as the "Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978". " 'i^'^f "^'"^ ^*^ of 1978. FINDINGS AND POLICY

15 USC 3001 note.

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds that— _ / 15 USC 3001. (1) the States should have the primary responsibility for determining what forms of gambling may legally take place within their borders; (2) the Federal Government should prevent interference by one State with the gambling policies of another, and should act to protect identifiable national interests; and (3) in the limited area of interstate off-track wagering on horseraces, there is a need for Federal action to ensure States will continue to cooperate with one another in the acceptance of legal interstate wagers. (b) It is the policy of the Congress in this Act to regulate interstate commerce with respect to wagering on horseracing, in order to further the horseracing and legal off-track betting industries in the United States. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act the term— 15 USC 3002. (1) "person" means any individual, association, partnership, joint venture, corporation, State or political subdivision thereof, department, agency, or instrumentality of a State or political subdivision thereof, or any other organization or entity; (2) "State" means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States; (3) "interstate off-track wager" means a legal wager placed or accepted in one State with respect to the outcome of a horserace taking place in another State; (4) "on-track wager" means a wager with respect to the outcome of a horserace which is placed at the racetrack at which such horserace takes place; (5) "host State" means the State in which the horserace subject to the interstate wager takes place; (6) "off-track State" means the State in which an interstate offtrack wager is accepted; (7) "off-track betting system" means any group which is in the business of accepting wagers on horseraces at locations other than the place where the horserace is run, which business is conducted by the State or licensed or otherwise permitted by State law; (8) "off-track betting office" means any location within an offtrack State at which off-track wagers are accepted;

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