Pennsylvania Code
Title 58 - RECREATION
Part V - Harness Racing Commission
Chapter 185 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
Subchapter H - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
Section 185.163 - Sale of pari-mutuel tickets

(a) Only one method of selling pari-mutuel tickets shall be used for the sale of tickets on individual heats or races during any racing day.

(b) No pari-mutuel tickets shall be sold except through regular ticket windows properly designated by signs showing type of tickets sold at that particular window.

(c) No pari-mutuel tickets shall be sold on any heat or dash prior to 30 minutes before scheduled post time of that heat or dash except with the approval of the Commission. The sale of Daily Double tickets may begin one hour and 15 minutes before the post time of the first race of the Daily Double and shall be closed no later than five minutes before post time except with the approval of the Commission.

(d) Bookmaking or wagering other than pari-mutuel wagering is strictly prohibited.

(e) No minor shall be allowed to wager.

(f) All wagering shall stop as soon as the word "go" shall be given either by record or by voice of the starter. Vending machines shall be electrically locked by the Presiding Judge from the Judges' Stand.

(g) When the sale of pari-mutuel tickets has closed, it shall remain closed until after the race or heat has finished.

(h) No pari-mutuel ticket shall be sold for less than $2.00. No pari-mutuel ticket combining Win and Place, Win and Show or Place and Show, shall be sold for less than $4.00. No pari-mutuel ticket combining Win, Place and Show shall be sold for less than $6.00.

(i) The method of selling pari-mutuel tickets shall be approved by the Commission.

(j) The manager of the pari-mutuel department shall be properly and timely advised by the presiding judge prior to the beginning of wagering on each race, of the horses that will compete in the race and any driver changes from those listed in the official program.

(k) If less than six interests qualify horses to start in a race, the manager of the pari-mutuel department, with the consent of the representative of the Commission, shall be permitted to prohibit Show wagering on that race.

(l) If less than five interests qualify horses to start in a race, the said manager, with the consent of the representative of the Commission, shall be permitted to prohibit both place and show wagering on that race.

(m) If less than three interests qualify horses to start in a race, the said manager, with the consent of the representative of the Commission shall be permitted to prohibit wagering on the race.

(n) The said manager, with the consent of the representative of the Commission, may prohibit wagering on any particular horse or entry in any race. Such consent shall be sought by the manager of the pari-mutuel department from the representative of the Commission after the entries are closed on the day previous to that during which the races in which exclusions are desired are to be conducted. Such exclusions, if consented to by the representative of the Commission, shall be clearly indicated on the program or score card and horses excluded shall be numbered so as to in no way infer that they are coupled in the field. Horses once excluded from the wagering shall remain excluded during the day or race in which they are scheduled to start.

(o) When two or more horses which are owned in whole or in part, or trained by the same person or trained in the same stable or by the same mangement, start in a race, they shall be coupled as an entry and a wager on one shall be a wager on all of them except as otherwise provided in § 183.198 (relating to coupled entries).

(p) When more horses representing separate interests are started in a race than the number of post positions on the infield tote board, all horses in excess of a number of interests one less than the total number of post positions on the infield tote board shall be grouped in the wagering as the field.

(q) A refund at cost value shall be made to all holders of a purchased ticket bearing the number of a horse in any race which has been scratched or withdrawn before said horse has become a starter in the race under the provisions of this part.