Pursuant to section 52 of the Racing Act 2003, the New Zealand Racing Board hereby gives notice of the following amendments to the Betting Rules (Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 25 August 2003, No. 113, page 2981).
The second table in Appendix 1 is now amended as follows with the replacement of the PhoneBet – Totalisator minimum value and the accompanying rider.
CHANNEL TYPE MINIMUM BET VALUE MAXIMUM BET VALUE
PhoneBet - Totalisator* $5 -
*A $2.00 Minimum Bet Value will still be available to Account Holders using the PhoneBet channel in the following circumstances:
(a) Account Holders that use the PhoneBet channel between 10.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. (the “Early Bird Service”) each day on which there is a race meeting, on the condition that:
(i) PhoneBets of a Minimum Bet Value of between $2.00 and $5.00 may not be cancelled outside of the Early Bird Service; and
(ii) Scratchings of selections that have had bets of a Minimum Bet Value of between $2.00 and $5.00 placed via the PhoneBet channel during the Early Bird Service will not be transferable to another selection, but will be refunded.
(b) Account Holders with a disability that are unable to use other betting channels. For the avoidance of doubt, Account Holders with a disability include:
(i) those existing Account Holders known to the Board as having a disability of such a nature that restricts the use of the other channels, as determined by the Board from time to time; and
(ii) all other Account Holders, with a disability of such a nature that restricts the use of the other channels as determined by the Board from time to time, on application to the Board.”
These Rules come into force from 1 August 2006.
Full copies of the Betting Rules may be inspected free of charge at TAB offices or may be purchased from the New Zealand Racing Board, P.O. Box 38-899, Wellington Mail Centre.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of July 2006.
GRAEME HANSEN, Chief Executive, New Zealand Racing Board.