Connie Winn, the Oregon Racing Commission’s Supervisor of Account Wagering Hubs
has been appointed by ARCI Chairman Jeff Colliton to Chair the Pari-Mutuel
Auditors Committee. Sylvie Dubreuil of the Canadian Pari-Mutuel
Agency (CPMA) has been designated as Vice-Chair.
The ARCI Pari-Mutuel Auditors
Committee provides the racing regulatory network with essential input
concerning wagering system security, accountability, and the propriety of new
wagers. The committee was largely responsible for the creation of the
ARCI Tote Standards relied upon by most regulatory entities in assessing
totalizator companies. The committee also analyzes and reviews new
wagers.
The ARCI Model Rules concerning
wagering have, in some jurisdictions, the force of law as they have been
incorporated by reference. In Canada, a change to certain sections of the
ARCI Model Rules document becomes the public policy in that jurisdiction.
In California, the creation of a new wager on horse racing requires state
Legislative approval unless there is an ARCI Model Rule governing the wager,
which would still need to be authorized by the California Horse Racing Board
(CHRB).
Last October, the ARCI Pari-Mutuel
Auditors Committee and the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau conducted a
continuing education briefing for regulatory staff in conjunction with the
Thoroughbred Racing Association’s 20/20 committee dealing with the technology
aspects of processing the myriad of individual financial transactions taking
place each day throughout the pari-mutuel system.
“Most fans don’t pay attention to
all this,” said ARCI President Ed Martin. “They just assume everything
will work and the integrity of their bets will be protected. They never
see all the work that goes into making that the reality.”
Winn takes over the committee at a
time when regulatory policy needs to be revisited to adapt to advances in
technology and a changing industry.
At the Oregon Racing Commission
Winn manages the multi-jurisdictional licensing of ten Advanced Depositing
Wagering (ADW) Hubs and twenty-two white label affiliates, as well as the
regulating and auditing of on site and remote ADW's including operations,
information technology, finance and security. She is also responsible for
the Pari-Mutuels Auditing Department which manages simulcasting, historical and
live racing in the state of Oregon.
Previously Winn served as the Vice
President of Career Services with Education Management Corporation, responsible
for the selection, customization and implementation of information systems,
including data tracking, metrics monitoring, design, usability, training, &
implementation.
Ms. Dubreuil is the Director of
Operations for the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency and plays a critical role in the
regulation of wagering across all the Canadian Provinces.
