Current through September 21, 2024
(a) General
Each Permittee shall conduct wagering in accordance with
applicable laws and these rules. Such wagering shall employ a pari-mutuel
system approved by the Commission. The totalisator shall be tested as required
by the Commission.
(b)
Records
(i) The Permittee shall maintain
records of all wagering so the Commission may review such records for any
contest including the opening line, subsequent odds fluctuation, the amount and
at which window wagers were placed on any betting interest and such other
information as may be required. Such wagering records shall be retained by each
Permittee and safeguarded for a period of time specified by the Commission. The
Commission may require that certain records be made available to the wagering
public at the completion of each contest.
(ii) The Permittee shall provide the
Commission with a list of the licensed individuals afforded access to
pari-mutuel records and equipment at the wagering facility.
(c) Pari-Mutuel Tickets
A pari-mutuel ticket is evidence of a contribution to the
pari-mutuel pool operated by the Permittee and is evidence of the obligation of
the Permittee to pay to the holder thereof such portion of the distributable
amount of the pari-mutuel pool as is represented by such valid pari-mutuel
ticket. The Permittee shall cash all valid winning tickets when such are
presented for payment during the course of the meeting where sold, and for one
full year immediately following the date of purchase.
(i) To be deemed a valid pari-mutuel ticket,
such ticket shall have been issued by a pari-mutuel ticket matching operated by
the Permittee and recorded as a ticket entitled to a share of the pari-mutuel
pool, and contain imprinted information as to:
(A) The name of the Permittee operating the
meeting.
(B) A unique identifying
number or code.
(C) Identification
of the terminal at which the ticket was issued.
(D) A designation of the performance for
which the wagering transaction was issued.
(E) The contest number for which the pool is
conducted.
(F) The type or types of
wagers represented.
(G) The number
or numbers representing the betting interest for which the wager is
recorded.
(H) The amount or amounts
of the contributions to the pari-mutuel pool or pools for which the ticket is
evidence.
(ii) No
pari-mutuel ticket recorded or reported as previously paid, cancelled, or
non-existent shall be deemed a valid pari-mutuel ticket by the Permittee. The
Permittee may withhold payment and refuse to cash any pari-mutuel ticket deemed
not valid, except as provided in rule (d) of these general
provisions.
(d)
Pari-Mutuel Ticket Sales
(i) Pari-mutuel
tickets shall not be sold by anyone other than a Permittee licensed to conduct
pari-mutuel wagering.
(ii) No
pari-mutuel tickets may be sold on a live pari-mutuel event for which wagering
has already been closed and no Permittee shall be responsible for ticket sales
entered into but not completed by issuance of a ticket before the totalisator
is closed for wagering on such contest.
(iii) Claims pertaining to a mistake on an
issued or unissued ticket must be made by the bettor prior to leaving the
seller's window.
(iv) Payment on
winning pari-mutuel wagers shall be made on the basis of the order of finish as
purposely posted and declared "official". Any subsequent change in the order of
finish or award of purse money as may result from a subsequent ruling by the
stewards or Commission shall in no way affect the pari-mutuel payoff. If an
error in the posted order of finish or payoff figures is discovered, the
official order of finish or payoff prices may be corrected and an announcement
concerning the change shall be made to the public.
(v) The Permittee shall not satisfy claims on
lost, mutilated, or altered pari-mutuel tickets without authorization of the
Commission.
(vi) The Permittee
shall have no obligation to enter a wager into a betting pool if unable to do
so due to equipment failure.
(vii)
A pari-mutuel ticket shall not be sold to a licensed jockey.
(e) Advance Performance Wagering
No Permittee shall permit wagering to begin more than one
hour before scheduled post time of the first contest of a performance unless it
has first obtained the authorization of the Commission.
(f) Claims for Payment from Pari-Mutuel Pool
At a designated location, a written, verified claim for
payment from a pari-mutuel pool shall be accepted by the Permittee in any case
where the Permittee has withheld payment or has refused to cash a pari-mutuel
wager. The claim shall be made on such form as approved by the Commission, and
the claimant shall make such claim under penalty of perjury. The original of
such claim shall be forwarded to the Commission within 48 hours.
(i) In the case of a claim made for payment
of a mutilated pari-mutuel ticket which does not contain the total imprinted
elements required in section c, (i) of these general provisions, the Permittee
shall make a recommendation to accompany the claim forwarded to the Commission
as to whether or not the mutilated ticket has sufficient elements to be
positively identified as a winning ticket.
(ii) In the case of a claim made for payment
on a pari-mutuel wager, the Commission shall adjudicate the claim and may order
payment thereon from the pari-mutuel pool or by the Permittee, or may deny the
claim, or may make such other order as it may deem proper.
(g) Payment for Errors
If an error occurs in the payment amounts for pari-mutuel
wagers which are cashed or entitled to be cashed; and as a result of such error
the pari-mutuel pool involved in the error is not correctly distributed among
winning ticket holders, the following shall apply:
(i) Verification is required to show that the
amount of the commission, the amount in breakage, and the amount if payoffs is
equal to the total gross pool. If the amount of the pool is more than the
amount used to calculate the payoff, the underpayment shall be added to the
corresponding pool of the next contest. If underpayments are discovered after
the close of the meeting, the underpayment shall be held in an interest-bearing
account approved by the Commission until being added, together with accrued
interest, to the corresponding pool of the next meet.
(ii) Any claim not filed with the Permittee
within 30 days, inclusive of the date on which the underpayment was publicly
announced, shall be deemed waived; and the Permittee shall have no further
liability therefore.
(iii) In the
event the error results in an overpayment to winning wagers, the Permittee
shall be responsible for such payment.
(h) Betting Explanation
A summary explanation of pari-mutuel wagering and each type
of betting pool offered shall be published in the program for every wagering
performance. The rules of racing relative to each type of pari-mutuel pool
offered must be prominently displayed on Permittee grounds available upon
request through Permittee representatives.
(i) Display of Betting Information
(i) Approximate odds for Win pool betting
shall be posted on display devices within view of the wagering public and
updated at intervals of not more than 90 seconds.
(ii) The probable payoff or amounts wagered,
in total and on each betting interest, for other pools may be displayed to the
wagering public at intervals and in a manner approved by the
Commission.
(iii) Official results
and payoffs must be displayed upon each contest being declared
official.
(j) Cancelled
Contests
If a contest is cancelled or declared "no contest", refunds
shall be granted on valid wagers in accordance with these rules.
(k) Refunds
(i) Notwithstanding other provisions of these
rules, refunds of the entire pool shall be made on:
(A) Win pools, Exacta pools, and first-half
Double pools offered in contests in which the number of betting interest has
been reduced to fewer than two (2).
(B) Place pools, Quinella pools, Trifecta
pools, first-half Quinella Double pools, first-half Twin Quinella pools,
first-half Twin Trifecta pools, and first-half Tri-Superfecta pools offered in
contests in which the number of betting interest has been reduced to fewer than
three (3).
(C) Show pools,
Superfecta pools, and first-half Twin Superfecta pools offered in contest in
which the number of betting interests has been reduced to fewer than four
(4).
(ii) Authorized
refunds shall be paid upon presentation and surrender of the affected
pari-mutuel ticket.
(iii) If a
jockey weighs in short of weight by more than two (2) pounds and his mount is
disqualified in consequence of short weight, all monies wagered on the horse
shall be deducted from the pool and be refunded.
(A) In case of a coupled entry, if one of the
jockeys riding the entry weighs in short of weight by more than two (2) pounds
and his mount is disqualified in consequence of short weight, no refund shall
be made unless the other portion of the entry is also disqualified for short
weight in which case all money wagered on the entry disqualified shall be
deducted from the pool and be refunded. This rule applies with equal effect to
the field.
(iv) If a race
is cancelled by the Stewards after wagering begins on that race, all money
wagered on that race shall be refunded.
(v) If a horse is left at the post at
"off-time" there shall be no refund, but if one horse or more is prevented from
leaving the post at "off-time" because of being locked in the gate the Starter
shall immediately notify the Stewards who shall immediately notify the manager
of the pari-mutuel department and a refund shall be made on the horses
affected. The Starter shall be the sole judge of what horses are prevented from
starting in a race through failure of the gates to open.
(vi) In all cases when a horse has been
excused by the Stewards after wagering has started but before "off-time" all
money wagered on the horse excused shall be deducted from the pool and
refunded.
(vii) If no horse
finishes in race, all money wagered on that race shall be refunded.
(viii) If no roper gets a time in a section,
all money wagered shall be carried over into the respective pools of the next
section. If there are no more sections to be contested in the event, all money
shall be refunded.
(l)
Coupled Entries and Mutuel Fields
(i)
Contestants coupled in wagering as a coupled entry or mutuel field shall be
considered part of a single betting interest for the purpose of price
calculations and distribution of pools. Should any contestant in coupled entry
of mutuel field be officially withdrawn or scratched, the remaining contestants
in that coupled entry or mutuel field shall remain valid betting interests and
no refunds will be granted. If all contestants within a coupled entry or mutuel
field are scratched, then tickets on such betting interests shall be refunded,
notwithstanding other provisions of these rules.
(ii) For the purpose of price calculations
only, coupled entries and mutuel fields shall be calculated as a single
finisher, using the finishing position of the leading contestant in that
coupled entry or mutuel field to determine order of placing. This rule shall
apply to all circumstances, including situations involving a dead heat, except
as otherwise provided by these rules.
(m) Pools Dependent Upon Betting Interests
Unless the Commission otherwise provides, at the time the
pools are opened for wagering, the Permittee:
(i) May offer win, place, and show wagering
on all contests with six (6) or more betting interests.
(ii) May be allowed to prohibit show wagering
on any contest with five (5) or fewer betting interests scheduled to
start.
(iii) May be allowed to
prohibit place wagering on any contest with four (4) or fewer betting interests
scheduled to start.
(iv) May be
allowed to prohibit Quinella wagering on any contests with three (3) or fewer
betting interests scheduled to start.
(v) May be allowed to prohibit Quinella
Double wagering on any contests with three (3) or fewer betting interests
scheduled to start.
(vi) May be
allowed to prohibit Exacta wagering on any contest with three (3) or fewer
betting interests scheduled to start.
(vii) Shall prohibit Trifecta wagering on any
contest with three (3) or fewer betting interests scheduled to start.
(viii) Shall prohibit Superfecta wagering on
any contest with four (4) or fewer betting interests scheduled to
start.
(ix) May be allowed to
prohibit Twin Quinella wagering on any contests with three (3) or fewer betting
interests scheduled to start.
(x)
Shall prohibit Twin Trifecta wagering on any contests with seven (7) or fewer
betting interests scheduled to start.
(xi) Shall prohibit Tri-Superfecta wagering
on any contests with of seven (7) or fewer betting interests scheduled to
start.
(xii) Shall prohibit Twin
Superfecta wagering on any contests with seven (7) or fewer betting interests
scheduled to start.
(n)
Prior Approval Required for Betting Pools
(i)
A Permittee that desires to offer new forms of wagering must apply in writing
to the Commission and receive written approval prior to implementing the new
betting pool.
(ii) The Permittee
may suspend, for a specific performance, previously-approved forms of wagering
with the prior approval of the Commission. Any carryover shall be held until
the suspended form of wagering is reinstated. A Permittee may request approval
of a form of wagering or separate wagering pool for specific performances or
events.
(o) Closing of
Wagering in a Contest
(i) A Commission
representative shall close wagering for each contest after which time no
pari-mutuel tickets shall be sold for that contest.
(ii) The Permittee shall maintain, in good
order, a system approved by the Commission for closing wagering.
(p) Complaints Pertaining to
Pari-Mutuel Operations
(i) When a patron makes
a complaint regarding the pari-mutuel department to a Permittee, the Permittee
shall immediately issue a complaint report, setting out:
(A) The name of the complainant;
(B) The nature of the complaint;
(C) The name of the persons, if any against
whom the complaint was made;
(D)
The date of the complaint;
(E) The
action taken or proposed to be taken, if any, by the Permittee.
(ii) The Permittee shall submit
every complaint report to the Commission within 48 hours after the complaint
was made.
(q) Licensed
Employees
All licensees shall report any known irregularities or wrong
doings by any persons involving pari-mutuel wagering immediately to the
Commission and cooperate in subsequent investigations.
(r) Unrestricted Access
The Permittee shall permit the Commission unrestricted access
at all times to its facilities and equipment and to all books, ledgers,
accounts, documents and records of the Permittee that relate to pari-mutuel
wagering.
(s) Emergency
Situations
In the event of an emergency in connection with the
pari-mutuel department not covered in these rules, the pari-mutuel manager
representing the Permittee shall report the problem to the stewards and the
Permittee and the stewards shall render a full report to the Commission within
48 hours.
