[Text of section added by 2022, 128, Sec. A1 effective August 1, 2023. See 2022, 128, Sec. 18. See also, Section 9 added by 2022, 173, Sec. 27 effective August 10, 2023, below.]

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Section 9. Notwithstanding sections 1 to 8, inclusive, or any other general or special law to the contrary, no racing meeting licensee, including a licensee holding racing meetings in connection with a state or county fair, as defined in section 1 of chapter 128A, shall simulcast or accept a simulcast wager on greyhound dog racing.

[Text of section added by 2022, 173, Sec. 6 effective August 10, 2023. See 2022, 173, Sec. 27. See also, Section 9 added by 2022, 128, Sec. A1 effective August 1. 2023, above.]

Section 9. Notwithstanding sections 1 to 8, inclusive, or any other general or special law to the contrary, no racing meeting licensee, including licensees holding racing meetings in connection with a state or county fair as defined in section 1 of chapter 128A, shall simulcast or accept a wager on greyhound dog racing, and a running horse racing meeting licensee shall conduct not less than 20 live racing days at a thoroughbred horse racing track, provided, the commission may waive this requirement as necessary and appropriate to ensure the financial ability of the licensee to develop and operate a race track.