Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §271, sub-§§10 and 11 are enacted to read:

10.__On-track telephone account wagering allowed.__A commercial track may engage in telephone account wagering on races conducted at that track, if all money used to place telephone account wagers is on deposit with the commercial track in an amount sufficient to cover the wagers.__Money is deemed to be on deposit at a commercial track only if that deposit has been effected by cash, check or a confirmed credit card transaction.__ All money wagered by telephone account wagering is subject to the same commissions and distributions as wagers placed directly at the track.

11.__Improper telephone account wagering prohibited.__A commercial track shall accept a telephone account wagers only from the holder of the telephone wagering account.__A person may not directly or indirectly act as an intermediary, transmitter or agent in the placing of wagers for a holder of a telephone wagering account.__Only the holder of a telephone wagering account may place a telephone wager.__A person violating this subsection is guilty of a Class E crime.

SUMMARY

This bill allows commercial tracks to accept over-the- telephone wagers on races conducted at that track, but only from individuals with prefunded accounts established at the track.