Pennsylvania Code
Title 58 - RECREATION
Part V - Harness Racing Commission
Chapter 185 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
Subchapter H - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
Section 185.173 - Trifecta

(a) No Trifecta wagering shall be conducted without permission of the Commission. The only races in which Trifecta type pari-mutuel wagering shall be permitted are those races designated by the Commission and a separate pool shall be established therefor.

(b) The Trifecta is a form of pari-mutuel wagering in a single race in which the bettor selects a ticket combining in exact order of finish, as officially posted, the first, second and third winners.

(c) The Trifecta is not a parlay and, except as here and after set forth in this section, has no connection with or relation to the Win, Place and Show betting and will be calculated from an entirely separate pool.

(d) Trifecta tickets shall not be sold in less than $1.00 denominations.

(e) If no ticket is sold on the winning combination of a Trifecta Pool, the net pool shall be distributed to the holders of tickets selecting either the Win and Place finishers, the Win and Show finishers or the Place and Show finishers in the exact order as officially posted.

(f) If no ticket is sold that would require distribution of the Trifecta Pool to a winner as above defined, all tickets containing the winner or Place or Show finishers will be aggregated and divided into the net pool and be paid the same payoff price.

(g) If there is a dead heat for first place, the winning combination shall include the first two horses as finishing in either position, and the horse finishing third. If there is a dead heat to Place, the winning combination shall be the horse finishing first and the two horses finishing in a dead heat for Place, as finishing in either position. If there is a dead heat for Show, the winning combination shall be the horse finishing first, the horse finishing second, and the two horses finishing in a dead heat for Show, as finishing in either position. In all of the instances mentioned in subsections (a)-(f), the net pool shall be calculated and distributed in the same manner as a Place Pool.

(h) If less than three horses finish, a payoff shall be made on tickets selecting the actual finishing horses in order, ignoring the balance of the selection.

(i) If a horse is scratched or declared a nonstarter, no further Trifecta shall be issued designating that horse. All tickets previously issued designating that horse shall be refunded and the total amount of such refund deducted from the gross pool.

(j) Coupled entries and fields are prohibited in Trifecta races.