NRS464.005. Definitions.

  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  “Gross revenue” means the amount of the commission received by a licensee that is deducted from off-track pari-mutuel wagering, plus breakage and the face amount of unpaid winning tickets that remain unpaid for a period specified by the Nevada Gaming Commission.

      2.  “Off-track pari-mutuel system” means a computerized system, or component of such a system, that is used with regard to a pari-mutuel pool to transmit information such as amounts wagered, odds and payoffs on races.

      3.  “Off-track pari-mutuel wagering” means any pari-mutuel system of wagering approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission for the acceptance of wagers on:

      (a) Horse or dog races which take place outside of this state; or

      (b) Sporting events.

      4.  “Operator of a system” means a person engaged in providing an off-track pari-mutuel system.

      5.  “Pari-mutuel system of wagering” means any system whereby wagers with respect to the outcome of a race or sporting event are placed in a wagering pool conducted by a person licensed or otherwise permitted to do so under state law, and in which the participants are wagering with each other and not against that person. The term includes off-track pari-mutuel wagering.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1891; A 1985, 518; 1987, 634; 1991, 1845; 1993, 2049; 1995, 1501; 1997, 3509; 2009, 2429)