Calder Race Course, Inc., as Petitioner, and Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, Inc. d/b/a Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association and Ocala Breeders's Sales Company, Inc., as Intervenors,; Petitioner, Calder Race Course, Inc....

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Calder Race Course, Inc., as Petitioner, and Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, Inc. d/b/a Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners' Association and Ocala Breeders’s Sales Company, Inc., as Intervenors, on October 23, 2018. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:

Petitioner, Calder Race Course, Inc.’s Petition for Declaratory Statement is granted. Petitioner’s Question 1 is answered in the affirmative. Calder may operate a full schedule of jai alai performances and maintain its “eligible facility” status to operate slot machine gaming. Petitioner’s Question 2 is answered in the negative. Petitioner is not required to conduct summer jai alai performances in the state fiscal year preceding operation of slot machines as a summer jai alai licensee.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Deborah Matthews, Administrative Assistant II, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Office of the General Counsel, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202, [phone].