Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 462 § 462.301 — Definitions for ORS 462.301 to 462.340
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 462 ·
Oregon Code § 462.301·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Definitions for ORS 462.301 to 462.340.
As used in ORS 462.301 to 462.340:
(1) Back means
to wager on a selected outcome occurring in a given market.
(2) Exchange
means a system operated by an exchange wagering licensee in which the exchange
wagering licensee maintains one or more markets in which persons may back or
lay a selected outcome.
(3) Exchange
revenues means all charges and fees assessed or collected by an exchange
wagering licensee in connection with the submission of any exchange wagers to
the exchange wagering licensee.
(4) Exchange
wagering means a form of pari-mutuel wagering in which two or more persons
place identically opposing wagers in a given market.
(5) Exchange
wagering account means an account held by a person participating in exchange
wagering and managed by an exchange wagering licensee, and may include an
account established with a Multi-Jurisdictional Simulcasting and Interactive
Wagering Totalizator Hub pursuant to ORS 462.725.
(6) Exchange
wagering licensee means a person that holds an exchange wagering license
issued under ORS 462.313.
(7) Exchange
wagering system means a system through which exchange wagers are processed.
(8) Exchange
wagers means wagers submitted to an exchange wagering licensee to be posted in
a market on an exchange.
(9) Identically
opposing wagers means wagers that one or more persons offer to lay on a
selected outcome at the same price at which one or more persons offer to back
that same outcome, with the amount subject to the lay being proportionately
commensurate to the amount subject to the back.
(10) Interstate
exchange pool means an exchange wagering system established in this state or
in another jurisdiction and that combines unmatched wagers on one or more horse
races in order to form identically opposing wagers.
(11) Lay means
to wager on a selected outcome not occurring in a given market.
(12) Market
means, in relation to a given horse race or set of horse races, a particular
outcome that is subject to exchange wagering as determined by an exchange
wagering licensee.
(13) Matched
wager means the wager that is formed when two or more persons are confirmed by
an exchange wagering licensee as having placed identically opposing wagers in a
given market on an exchange.
(14) Net
winnings means the aggregate amounts payable to a person as a result of that
persons winning matched wagers in a pool less the aggregate amount paid by
that person as a result of that persons losing matched wagers in that pool.
(15) Pari-mutuel
means any system in which wagers with respect to the outcome of a horse race
are placed with, or in, a wagering pool conducted by an authorized person, and
in which the participants are wagering with each other and not against the
person conducting the wagering pool.
(16) Pool means
the total of all matched wagers in a given market.
(17) Price
means the odds for a given exchange wager.
(18) Unmatched
wager means a wager or portion of a wager placed in a given market on an
exchange that does not become part of a matched wager. [2019 c.313 §2]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 462.301
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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