Section 40: Licensing of local race inter-totalisator betting

40. Licensing of local race inter-totalisator betting (1) No person shall conduct local race inter-totalisator betting unless— (a) the person is a totalisator operator; and (b) it holds a licence to conduct that type of betting. (2) A totalisator operator shall, in its application in respect of each horse race organised in Mauritius on which it proposes to conduct local race intertotalisator betting— (a) submit the name and address of— (i) the organisation outside Mauritius conducting the foreign race betting; and (ii) the governing body that regulates the foreign race betting; and (b) provide the Board with evidence of an agreement between the totalisator operator and the organisation outside Mauritius conducting the foreign race betting for the conduct of local race inter-totalisator betting, and submit the relevant information relating to— (i) the types of bets that are proposed to be offered; (ii) the rules of betting in respect of which pools are to be combined; (iii) the amount to be deducted from each pool in respect of each type of bet that the totalisator operator proposes to offer, including the amount to be paid to the foreign organisation; and (iv) the method of calculation that the totalisator operator and the foreign organisation propose to use for each pool that is combined. (3) The Board may, on receipt of an application under subsection (2), issue to a totalisator operator a licence authorising it to conduct local race intertotalisator betting at such place as may be approved by the Board. (4) No licence under this section shall be issued unless— (a) the services, facilities and equipment for conducting the local race inter-totalisator betting have been— (i) inspected by an inspector or at the expense of the applicant, by some other competent person acceptable to the Board; and (ii) approved by the Board; and (b) the appropriate licence fee specified in the Third Schedule is paid to the Authority. (S. 40 not in operation.) G2 – 23 [Issue 2] Gambling Regulatory Authority Act