Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise approved by the Commission, payments due on all wagers shall be made in conformity with the well-established practice and procedures of the pari-mutuel system. The practice is to work in dollars and not in the number of tickets. Money wagered on winning tickets is returned in full, plus the profits. In all cases of a winning mutuel pool, each licensed racing entity must redistribute not less than $2.20 on each $2 wager, except that in a race in which there is a minus pool, the licensed racing entity must distribute $2.10 on each $2 wager.(b) Payments on all winning pari-mutuel tickets and tickets refundable according to rules shall be made only on presentation and surrender of the appropriate ticket. Mutilated tickets and those whose validity are questioned shall be submitted to the Commission for inspection and approval before payment.(c) At the end of each race, the Placing Judges or other racing official shall advise the Manager of the Pari-mutuel Department and the representative of the Commission in writing of the official placement of the horses.(d) If a horse wins and there is no money wagered on him to win, the win pool shall be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on that horse, if any, otherwise, holders of the show tickets.(e) If no money has been wagered to place on a horse which is placed first or second in a race, the place pool for that race shall be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on the other horse which was placed first or second.(f) If no money has been wagered to show on a horse which has placed first, second or third in a race, the show pool in that race shall be apportioned among the holders of show tickets on the other horses which are placed first, second or third in that race.(g) In the event that only two horses finish in a race, the show pool shall be figured the same as the place pool and the moneys apportioned to the holders of show tickets on the two finishing horses. In the event only one horse finishes in a race, all three pools shall be figured separately as straight pools and all the moneys shall be awarded to the ticket holders of the finishing horse. In the event no horse finishes the race, then the entire pool shall be refunded to all ticket holders.(h) If two horses finish in a dead heat for first place, the money in the win mutuel pool is divided between the two dead-heaters according to their proportionate shares in the pool.(i) If two horses finish in a dead heat for second place, the division is made as follows: there shall be allotted to the pool of the winner of the race one-half of the place pool and the two dead-heaters one-half each of the remaining half of the place pool.(j) If two horses coupled in the betting as an "entry" or "the field" finish first and second, first and third or second and third, the division of the net show pool shall be as follows: two-thirds of the net show pool shall be allotted to the pool of the entry and the balance one-third to the other horse.(k) In the event that one horse of the entry or the field finishes first or second and the other part of the entry or field finishes in a dead heat for third with another horse, the division of the net show pool shall be as follows: one-half of the net show pool shall be allotted to the pool of the entry, one-third to the horse finishing first or second, and one-sixth to the horse finishing in the dead heat with the entry for third.(l) If the entry or field horses should finish first, second and third, then the entire money in each pool goes to the entry or field tickets, no other tickets participating.(m) If an error is made in posting pay off figures on the public board and no payments have been made, it shall be corrected promptly and a statement explaining the facts made over the public address system forthwith. In the event of an error resulting in overpayment, any payments already made shall be deemed final and the recipients shall be entitled to retain the same. In the event of an error in calculations which results in an under payment and payments have already been made the amount of the under payment shall be promptly ascertained and confirmed by the Commission. Upon the confirmation, the under payment shall be transferred to the next corresponding pool on the racing program of the same day. In the event the amount of the under payment cannot be ascertained and confirmed before the conclusion of the racing program of the day, the under payment shall be escrowed by the Association and distributed in the pools of all races on the daily program next run. No deferred redistribution of any under payment shall be undertaken without prior consent of the Commission. Under payments shall be promptly and fully reported to the Commission. An under payment not distributed or un-distributable prior to the end of a meet shall be held in trust and transferred into the next corresponding pool of the next race meeting of the licensed racing entity in question.(n) All winning pari-mutuel tickets must be presented for payment before April 1st of the year following the year of their purchase and failure to present any ticket within the prescribed period of time shall constitute a waiver of the right to participate in the award or dividend. After April 1st of the year following the year of their purchase, all licensees shall forward to the State Treasurer all funds so held for the uncashed tickets. The Commission shall be notified by the licensee of the amounts so forwarded.(o) No mutilated pari-mutuel ticket that is not easily identifiable as being a valid ticket shall be accepted for payment.(p) No person acting alone or in concert with any other party or entity shall deface, alter, change, or attempt to duplicate or reproduce any pari-mutuel ticket or attempt to effect a defacement, alteration, change, duplication or reproduction nor shall any person or persons in any manner attempt to present or negotiate any ticket for payment however or whenever the same may have been defaced, altered, changed, reproduced or duplicated.(q) No claims for a pari-mutuel ticket which the holder alleges he has lost or claims for a pari-mutuel ticket which is not in the possession of the holder, shall be considered for payment by a licensed racing entity or by the Commission.