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RSA 284:31 · 2024, 17:1, effective January 1, 2027, amends the chapter heading to delete "and Dog". 284:31 Unclaimed Ticket Money

Title
XXIV: GAMES, AMUSEMENTS, AND ATHLETIC EXHIBITIONS
Chapter
284 · HORSE AND DOG RACING
Status
current
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2024, 17:1, effective January 1, 2027, amends the chapter heading to delete "and Dog". 284:31 Unclaimed Ticket Money. – Every person, association, or corporation conducting a race or race meet, whether live racing, simulcast racing, or historic horse racing hereunder shall pay to the state treasurer all moneys collected during the previous year of pari-mutuel pool tickets and vouchers which have not been redeemed. Such moneys shall become a part of the special fund established in RSA 284:21-j. The state treasurer shall pay the amount due on any ticket or voucher to the holder thereof from funds not otherwise appropriated upon an order from the lottery commission. Pari-mutuel tickets and vouchers which remain unclaimed after 12 months shall not be paid. On or before July 1 of every year, said person, association or corporation shall submit to the treasurer a check for any unclaimed money during the previous fiscal year, along with a gaming operator's written report for the previous fiscal year's unclaimed money, which shall itemize both the unclaimed tickets and vouchers and the unclaimed amounts therefrom. A copy of the report shall be forwarded to the lottery commission. For the first biennial year after the effective date of this section, the report shall cover both years of the previous biennium. Source. 1935, 27:17. RL 171:19. RSA 284:31. 1957, 165:1. 1969, 42:1. 1971, 7:1. 1976, 52:3. 1990, 259:2. 1991, 4:13. 1992, 185:2. 2011, 259:1. 2013, 264:7. 2015, 276:127, eff. July 1, 2015. 2021, 66:9, eff. June 8, 2021. 2024, 297:1, eff. Sept. 24, 2024.

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Source. 1935, 27:17. RL 171:19. RSA 284:31. 1957, 165:1. 1969, 42:1. 1971, 7:1. 1976, 52:3. 1990, 259:2. 1991, 4:13. 1992, 185:2. 2011, 259:1. 2013, 264:7. 2015, 276:127, eff. July 1, 2015. 2021, 66:9, eff. June 8, 2021. 2024, 297:1, eff. Sept. 24, 2024.

Source history

  • 1935, 27:17. RL 171:19. RSA 284:31
  • 1957, 165:1
  • 1969, 42:1
  • 1971, 7:1
  • 1976, 52:3
  • 1990, 259:2
  • 1991, 4:13
  • 1992, 185:2
  • 2011, 259:1
  • 2013, 264:7
  • 2015, 276:127, eff. July 1, 2015
  • 2021, 66:9, eff. June 8, 2021
  • 2024, 297:1, eff. Sept. 24, 2024

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  • 2026 HB1584 reference · effective 2027-01-01

    r paragraph II the following new paragraph: III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 percent of all revenues received by the lottery commission under RSA 284, 287-D, 287-E, 287-H, 287-I, 287-J, or pursuant to any other provision of law, shall be distributed to the department of health and human services for the purposes of administering and expanding eligibility for the chil

  • 2026 HB1584-FN reference · effective 2027-01-01

    r paragraph II the following new paragraph: III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 percent of all revenues received by the lottery commission under RSA 284, 287-D, 287-E, 287-H, 287-I, 287-J, or pursuant to any other provision of law, shall be distributed to the department of health and human services for the purposes of administering and expanding eligibility for the chil

  • 2026 HB728 reference · effective 2028-01-01

    machines and other gambling devices which function or are designed to function to emulate a video slot machine. This section shall not be interpreted to prohibit licensees under RSA 284 from replacing equipment used in the conduct of wagering on live or simulcast horse racing, which type of equipment was in service prior to January 1, 2011, with updated or new equipment which are the functional equival

  • 2026 HB728 amend · effective 2028-01-01

    h wagers meet the requirements of this chapter. Historic horse racing machines shall be programmed and operated for pari-mutuel wagering only.] 3 Unclaimed Ticket Money. Amend RSA 284:31 to read as follows: 284:31 Unclaimed Ticket Money. Every person, association, or corporation conducting a race or race meet, whether live racing[,] or simulcast racing[, or historic horse racing] hereunder shall pay

  • 2026 HB728-FN reference · effective 2028-01-01

    machines and other gambling devices which function or are designed to function to emulate a video slot machine. This section shall not be interpreted to prohibit licensees under RSA 284 from replacing equipment used in the conduct of wagering on live or simulcast horse racing, which type of equipment was in service prior to January 1, 2011, with updated or new equipment which are the functional equival

  • 2026 HB728-FN amend · effective 2028-01-01

    h wagers meet the requirements of this chapter. Historic horse racing machines shall be programmed and operated for pari-mutuel wagering only.] 3 Unclaimed Ticket Money. Amend RSA 284:31 to read as follows: 284:31 Unclaimed Ticket Money. Every person, association, or corporation conducting a race or race meet, whether live racing[,] or simulcast racing[, or historic horse racing] hereunder shall pay

  • 2026 SB645 reference

    r paragraph II the following new paragraph: III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 percent of all revenues received by the lottery commission under RSA 284, 287-D, 287-E, 287-H, 287-I, 287-J, or pursuant to any other provision of law, shall be distributed to the department of health and human services for the purposes of administering and expanding eligibility for the chil

  • 2026 SB645-FN reference

    r paragraph II the following new paragraph: III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 percent of all revenues received by the lottery commission under RSA 284, 287-D, 287-E, 287-H, 287-I, 287-J, or pursuant to any other provision of law, shall be distributed to the department of health and human services for the purposes of administering and expanding eligibility for the chil

  • 2025 HB2 add

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  • 2025 HB247 add

    ies to hold a referendum on whether to allow historic horse racing. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 1 New Section; Historic Horse Racing; Local Option. Amend RSA 284 by inserting after section 22-b the following new section: 284:22-c Local Option. I. Any town or city may permit the sale of pari-mutuel pool wagers on historic horse racing according to the provisions of this