| (a) At the appropriate time before each live race, a steward
or racing judge shall issue the "stop betting" command to activate the locking
control switch and ring the off bell.
(b) The mutuel manager and the totalisator operator shall ensure
all wagering stops when the "stop betting" command is issued.
(c) An association may not permit a wager to be accepted or
a ticket to be cancelled after the "stop betting" command has been issued.
(d) If a wager is accepted after the "stop betting" command
has been issued:
(1) the mutuel manager, before the race is declared official,
shall inform the stewards or racing judges and the pari-mutuel auditor of
the wagers made after the "stop betting" command was issued;
(2) the stewards or racing judges, after consulting with the
mutuel manager and the pari-mutuel auditor, shall order the association:
(A) to refund the wagers made after the stop betting command
was issued; or
(B) to refund all wagers on the race.
(e) A wager accepted after the stop betting command has been
issued is not a valid wager and must be refunded. If the totalisator system
cannot document the time at which the "stop betting" command was issued, the
"stop betting" command is presumed to have been issued at the time the starting
gate opened for the race.
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