Gaming Commission

                    BL 3-2021

The New York State Gaming Commission ("Commission") conducted a hearing in this matter pursuant to Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law (“RWL”) § 220(3), Article 3 of the State Administrative Procedure Act, and 9 NYCRR Part 4550 at the request of Amira Chichakly (“Respondent”), after the Commission fined Respondent $2,000 for her participation in an unauthorized transfer of a horse through the claiming procedure in Thoroughbred racing because the Commission found that Respondent violated 9 NYCRR § 4038.4 when a horse Respondent claimed was transferred to a new trainer within 30 days from the date of the claim.

Respondent received proper notice and appeared at a hearing on November 10, 2021.

The Hearing Officer rendered a Report on January 11, 2022, which is attached and incorporated herein.

The Commission met on February 28, 2022, and after consideration and due deliberation of the entire record, adopted the Hearing Officer’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.

THEREFORE, based upon the entire record (including, without limitation, the evidence specifically relied upon by the Hearing Officer), the report of the Hearing Officer, and the findings and conclusions adopted by the Commission, it is hereby

ORDERED, that Respondent violated 9 NYCRRR § 4038.4; and

ORDERED, that Respondent shall pay a $2,000 fine within 30 days of Respondent’s receipt of this notice, which is deemed to have occurred five days after the date of this notice, pursuant to New York’s State Finance Law § 18. Any failure to make such payment by such date will result in the assessment of interest or a later payment charge and may result in a charge to cover the cost of processing, handling, and collecting such debt.

         FOR THE NEW YORK STATE