New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING
Subchapter 29 - MUTUELS
Section 13:70-29.48 - Daily double

(a) Before off-time of the second half of the daily double there shall be posted on the public board, readable from the stands, the pay-off of each combination coupled with the winner of the first half of the daily double.

(b) In the event of a dead heat for the straight pool in the first half of the daily double, in the event of a consolation pool, it shall not be deemed necessary to compute and post the actual pay-off prices on all the various combinations of the daily double before the running of the second half of the double. However, an effort should be made to compute the double prices and to announce them to the public over a loudspeaker system prior to the running of the second half of the double.

(c) The daily double is not a parlay. All tickets on the daily double will be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

(d) The principle of a daily double is in effect a contract by the purchaser of a daily double ticket to pick (select) the winners of each of the two races specified for the daily double.

(e) If the purchaser of a daily double ticket fails to pick the winner of the first half of the daily double, his contract is void, unless circumstances occur as described in (m), (n), (o) and (p) below. If these conditions do not apply, then irrespective of what happens to the horse selected in the second half of the daily double, there is no refund because the patron has failed to fulfill the first half of the contract which is to pick the winner of the first half of the daily double.

(f) If a horse in the first half of the daily double is excused by the stewards before off-time, all money wagered on any horse or horses so excused shall be deducted from the daily double pool and be refunded to the purchaser or purchasers of tickets on the horse or horses so excused.

(g) In the event a horse is excused in the second half of the daily double after the first race is official, all daily double tickets combining the scratched horse with the actual winner of the first race of the daily double shall be paid a price equivalent to that fraction of the net pool derived by dividing the net pool by the total purchase price of all tickets combining the winner of the first race of the daily double with all horses in the second half of the daily double. The total pay-off of all tickets combining the winner of the first race of the daily double with the scratched horse in the second half of the daily double as determined by the method set forth in this rule shall be deducted from the net daily double pool.

(h) After off-time, there shall be no refund in either of the above cases, provided for in (f) and (g) above.

(i) For the purpose of figuring the daily double, when horses are locked in the gate they shall be considered as having been excused by the stewards; and (f) and (g) above shall be enforced.

(j) If, for any reason, the first race of a daily double is canceled or declared a "no contest," a full and complete refund will be made of the daily double pool. If, for any reason, the second race of a daily double is canceled or declared a "no contest," the daily double pool shall be distributed to the holders of the daily double tickets on the winner of the first race in the same manner as the straight pool of the first race is distributed, except as to the amount of distribution, which shall be controlled by the amount bet in the daily double pool.

(k) When the condition of the turf course warrants a change of racing surface and such change has not been made known to the betting public prior to the close of wagering for the daily double pool, the stewards shall declare the race a "no contest" for daily double wagering purposes and the pool shall be distributed in accordance with (j) above.

(l) Except for the contingencies stated below the daily double is calculated in the same general manner as the straight pool.

(m) If no ticket is sold combining both winners of the daily double, the net pool shall then be apportioned between those having tickets including the winner of the first race of the daily double and those having tickets including the winner of the last race of the daily double and shall be calculated and distributed as a place pool.

(n) If no ticket is sold including the winner of the first race of the daily double, then the entire net pool will be paid to the holders of tickets which include the winner of the last race of the daily double.

(o) If no ticket is sold including the winner of the last race of the daily double, the entire net pool will be paid to the holders of tickets which include the winner of the first race of the daily double.

(p) If no ticket is sold including a winner of either race of the daily double, then the entire net pool will be paid to the holders of tickets which include the horses finishing second in the two races of the daily double.

(q) If either race of the daily double results in a dead heat, the pay-off will be figured the same as a place pool, that is: First, the regulation commission is deducted, then the total amount wagered on the winning combination is deducted, leaving the profit which is divided equally between holders of the winning combinations.