Licenses required

1. It is unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee or employee, whether for hire or not, to operate, carry on, conduct or maintain in this state, any form of wagering under the pari-mutuel system on any racing, sporting event or other event without having first procured and maintained all required federal, state, county and municipal licenses.

2. It is unlawful for any person to function as an operator of a system without having first obtained a state gaming license.

3. Where any other state license is required to conduct a racing, sporting event or other event, that license must first be procured before the pari-mutuel system of wagering may be licensed in connection therewith.