The Totalizator: Concept and Model
The totalizator belongs to the group of profitable games: under the third article of the law it is a game conducted on the forecasts of players of the course of a competition, a game or the result of some event, by placing bets, while the winnings depend on the size of the bet and the result. The same definition prohibits the organization of a totalizator in cases where the result may be known in advance to one or both parties. A totalizator is conducted in a specially equipped building or part of it, and under the consolidated edition of the law — also in a systemic-electronic form.
This nature of the model — the dependence of winnings on the pool of placed bets — distinguishes the totalizator from casino games and is reflected in the permit logic as well: it has its own permit categories.