A. A permittee that is authorized to conduct live racing may own or lease new additional wagering facilities.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 5-118

  • Additional wagering facility: means a facility that is not the enclosure in which authorized racing takes place but that meets the requirements of section 5-111, subsection A and is used by a permittee for handling pari-mutuel wagering. See Arizona Laws 5-101
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. A permittee that is authorized to conduct live racing in a county with a population of seven hundred thousand persons or more but less than one million five hundred thousand persons may not own or lease an additional wagering facility within sixty miles of a racetrack enclosure located in a county with a population of two hundred thousand persons or more but less than five hundred thousand persons or in a county with a population of more than three million persons without the prior written consent of the racetrack enclosure.