Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, March 26, 2025
(a) Wager
defined. The jackpot super high five is a pari-mutuel wager in which the bettor
selects five betting interests in the exact order of the first-through
fifth-place finishers for a single race.
(b) Distribution of Winnings.
(1) The net jackpot super high five pool
shall be distributed to winning wagers as follows, based on the official order
of finish:
(i) as a single-price pool,
including any applicable carryover, to the holder of a unique winning ticket
whose selections finished in correct sequence of the first five finishers, but
if there is no such unique winning ticket, then
(ii) the net pool shall be divided into two
separate pools, a major pool and a minor pool. The major pool shall be paid as
a carryover pool into the next regularly scheduled jackpot super high five
race. The remaining minor pool shall be paid as a jackpot super high five
consolation pool, which shall be divided equally among those bettors who
correctly selected the first five betting interests in the required order, but
if there are no such wagers, then
(iii) the entire net pool (including the
major and minor pools, as defined in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph) shall
become a carryover pool into the next regularly scheduled jackpot super high
five race.
(2) Unique
winning ticket, as used in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (1) of this
subdivision, means one and only one winning ticket whose selections finished in
correct sequence as the first five betting interests in the race, as verified
by the unique serial number assigned by the totalisator company that issued the
winning ticket. There is no unique winning ticket if there is more than one
winning ticket whose selections finished in correct sequence as the first five
betting interests.
(3) The
racetrack shall specify a minimum monetary amount of a unique winning ticket
wager, subject to the approval of the Commission.
(4) Unless otherwise stated in writing by the
Commission, on the last jackpot super high five race on the final day of a race
meeting, the net pool, including any applicable carryover, shall be distributed
equally among all bettors who correctly selected the first five betting
interests in the required order, so long as there is at least one such winning
ticket.
(c) If there is
no winning jackpot super high five ticket for the last race of a race meeting
for which such wager is offered, the carryover pool shall be held on deposit in
an interest-bearing account approved by the commission and resume at the next
race meeting at that track. The jackpot super high five carryover plus accrued
interest shall then be added to the net jackpot super high five pool of the
following meet on a date and performance so designated by the
commission.
(d) Fewer than five
betting interests. If fewer than five betting interests finish a race and the
race is declared official, payoffs shall be made based upon the order of finish
of those betting interests completing the race. The balance of any selection on
any ticket beyond the number of betting interests completing the race shall be
ignored. The jackpot super high five contest's carryover shall not be included
in the payoff and shall be retained for the next contest's carryover. The
jackpot super high five pool for the contest to be settled according to whether
there is a unique winning ticket for the betting interests that finished the
race.
(e) Dead heat for first. If
there is a dead heat for first involving:
(1)
contestants representing five or more betting interests, all of the wagering
combinations selecting the five betting interests, without regard to order of
finish, shall share in a profit split;
(2) contestants representing four betting
interests, all of the wagering combinations selecting the four dead-heated
betting interests, without regard to order of finish, along with the
fifth-place betting interest shall share in a profit split;
(3) contestants representing three betting
interests, all of the wagering combinations selecting the three dead-heated
betting interests, without regard to order of finish, along with the
fourth-place and fifth-place betting interests, in correct order, shall share
in a profit split; and
(4)
contestants representing two betting interests, both of the wagering
combinations selecting the two dead-heated betting interests, without regard to
order, along with the third-place, fourth-place and fifth-place betting
interests, in correct order, shall share in a profit split.
(f) Dead heat for second. If there
is a dead heat for second involving:
(1)
contestants representing four or more betting interests, all of the wagering
combinations correctly selecting the winner along with the four-dead heated
betting interests, without regard to order of finish of the dead-heated
contestants, shall share in a profit split;
(2) contestants representing three betting
interests, all of the wagering combinations correctly selecting the winner, the
three-dead heated betting interests, without regard to the order of finish of
the dead-heated contestants, and the fifth-place betting interests shall share
in a profit split; and
(3)
contestants representing two betting interests, all of the wagering
combinations correctly selecting the winner, the two dead-heated betting
interests, without regard to the order of finish of the dead-heated
contestants, and the fourth-place and fifth-place betting interests, in correct
order, shall share in a profit split.
(g) Dead heat for third. If there is a dead
heat for third involving:
(1) contestants
representing three or more betting interests, all of the wagering combinations
correctly selecting the first two betting interest finishers, in correct order,
and the three dead-heated betting interests, without regard to the order of
finish of the dead-heated contestants, shall share in a profit split;
and
(2) contestants representing
two betting interests, both of the wagering combinations selecting the first
two betting interest finishers, in correct order, and the two dead-heated
betting interests, without regard to the order of finish of the dead-heated
contestants, along with the fifth-place betting interest shall share in a
profit split.
(h) Dead
heat for fourth. If there is a dead heat for fourth, all wagering combinations
correctly selecting the first three betting interest finishers, in correct
order, along with any two of the betting interests involved in the dead heat
for fourth, without regard to the order of finish of the dead-heated
contestants, shall share in a profit split.
(i) Dead heat for fifth. If there is a dead
heat for fifth, all wagering combinations correctly selecting the first four
betting interest finishers, in correct order, along with any of the betting
interests involved in the dead heat for fifth shall share in a profit
split.
(j) Coupled entry and field.
The numbers of the first five horses as made official shall constitute the
winning combination, except that where two or more such horses are part of the
same coupled entry or field only the best finishing position attained by such
coupled entry or field horses shall be considered for pay-off purposes and the
next best finishing horses not part of such coupled entry or field shall be
selected to determine the winning jackpot super high five
combination.
(k) No changes without
approval. No change shall be made to the jackpot super high five wager format
without the prior approval of the commission.
