Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 5-115 — Violation; classification; civil penalties

ARS § 5-115Title 5. Amusements and Sports · Ch. 1. HORSE AND DOG RACING · Art. 1. General Provisions

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5-115. Violation; classification; civil penalties A. At any racing meeting conducted under this article, a person is guilty of a class 4 felony, if the person: 1. Knowingly influences or has any understanding or connivance with any official, owner, jockey, trainer, groom, starter, assistant starter or other person associated with a stable, kennel or race in which any horse or dog participates to predetermine the result of a race. 2. Knowingly gives or offers a bribe in any form to any official, owner, trainer, jockey, driver or groom, starter or assistant starter or any other person licensed by the department or accepts or solicits a bribe in any form. 3. Knowingly has in the person's possession or in use, while riding or driving in any horse race, any mechanical or electric device capable of affecting a horse's performance other than an ordinary whip. 4. Knowingly commits any other corrupt or fraudulent practice in relation to racing that affects or may affect the result of a race. 5. For the purpose of selling or offering to sell predictions on horse races, harness races or dog races, advertises that he has predicted the outcome of any race that has been run in this state, unless the person has notified in writing the department or a representative of the department of his predictions at least three hours before the race involved on forms prescribed by the department. A person shall not advertise the fact that he has notified the department or use the name of the department in any way whatsoever to promote the activities described in this section. For the purposes of this paragraph, "advertise" means the use of any newspaper, magazine or other publication, book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, tip sheet, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, tag window display, store sign, radio or television announcement, or other means or methods now or hereafter employed to bring to the attention of the public information concerning the outcome of horse or dog races. Nothing contained in this paragraph applies to any daily newspaper of general circulation that is regularly entered in the United States mail, or any other daily publication carrying complete past performances of horses or dogs entered in races, or to any regularly published magazine or periodical devoted to racing news, that has been published for at least two years. B. It is a class 4 felony for: 1. A trainer or owner to enter a horse in a race if the trainer or owner knows that the horse is drugged or desensitized and that the racing performance of the animal is affected. 2. A person to perform the drugging or desensitizing of a horse if the person knows that the horse will compete in a race while so drugged or desensitized and knows that the racing performance of the animal is affected. 3. A person to intentionally fail to notify a steward as soon as reasonably possible that a horse entered in a race is drugged or desensitized or that a horse was not properly made available for the required tests or inspections and knows that the racing performance of the animal may be affected. 4. A person to intentionally impair or alter the normal performance of a pari-mutuel wagering system with the intent to defraud or injure the state or a permittee. Alteration of the normal performance of a pari-mutuel system includes:

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