Section 39: Authorisation for combination of totalisator pool

39. Authorisation for combination of totalisator pool (1) No totalisator operator shall combine any of its pools with the corresponding pool of another totalisator operator unless it obtains a written authorisation of the Board to that effect. (2) The Board may, on application made in writting, authorise a totalisator operator to combine any of its pools with the corresponding pool of another totalisator operator on such terms and conditions as the Board may approve. (3) A totalisator operator shall, in an application made under subsection (2)— (a) provide evidence of an agreement between the totalisator operator and the other totalisator operator for the combination of any pool; and (b) state the types of bets and submit the rules of betting in respect of which pools are to be combined. (4) Where an authorisation is given under subsection (2), the money bet on each pool of a totalisator operator shall be combined with the money bet on the corresponding pool of the other totalisator operator to form one pool from which the dividends are uniformly calculated, declared and paid. (S. 39 came into operation on 6 December 2007.) [Issue 2] G2 – 22 Revised Laws of Mauritius PART IX – LOCAL RACE INTER-TOTALISATOR BETTING (Part IX not in operation.)