(a) Any person, association, or corporation holding, conducting, or simulcasting a pari-mutuel horse race or aiding or abetting same, without a license from the Commission, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Any person, association, or corporation violating any rules of the Commission shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(b) No person shall hold, conduct, operate, or simulcast a pari-mutuel dog race for public exhibition. Any person violating this subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (Added 1959, No. 259, § 10; amended 1973, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 3, 1974; 1985, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 30, 1986; 1995, No. 12, § 7, eff. April 5, 1995; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 179; 2019, No. 14, § 70, eff. April 30, 2019.)