Horse racing: advance deposit wagering: satellite wagering facilities.

Existing law authorizes advance deposit wagering to be conducted, with the approval of the California Horse Racing Board. Existing law specifies how the amount received as a market access fee from advance deposit wagers shall be distributed, including the distribution of specified amounts as satellite wagering commissions, which are generally provided to satellite wagering facilities in the same relative proportions as those facilities generated the commissions in the previous calendar year. This bill would require the satellite wagering commission to be reduced in proportion to the times that satellite wagering is conducted if a satellite wagering facility is unwilling or unable to accept all of the signals that are available to that facility, and would require the satellite wagering commission to be eliminated entirely if a satellite wagering facility is permanently closed, as specified. The bill would provide that the satellite wagering commissions not paid shall be proportionately redistributed to the other eligible satellite facilities.