§ 180.35 Sports bribery and tampering; definitions of terms. As used in this article: 1.  "Sports  contest"  means  any  professional  or  amateur  sport or  athletic game or contest viewed by the public. 2. "Sports participant" means any person who participates  or  expects  to  participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant or member of  a team, or as  a  coach,  manager,  trainer  or  other  person  directly  associated with a player, contestant or team. 3.  "Sports official" means any person who acts or expects to act in a  sports contest as an umpire, referee, judge or otherwise to officiate at  a sports contest. 4. "Pari-mutuel betting" is such betting as is  authorized  under  the  provisions of the pari-mutuel revenue law as set forth in chapter 254 of  the laws of 1940 with amendments. 5. "Pari-mutuel horse race" means any horse race upon which betting is  conducted  under  the  provisions  of the pari-mutuel revenue law as set  forth in chapter 254 of the laws of 1940.