Section Game 9.13 - Pick (N) wagering(1) Each person participating in a Pick (N) pool shall select the winning animal in (N) consecutive races designated by the association. The number of contests so designated shall be greater than 2. Once an association has decided the number of contests comprising the Pick (N), it may not change that number in the middle of a meet without prior approval of the division. The contests so designated comprise the Pick (N) for that performance. The association shall issue the Pick (N) participant a ticket which shall reflect the participant's selections in the designated contests.(2) A validly issued Pick (N) ticket timely surrendered to the association by the legal holder thereof shall be the only evidence of a person's participation in a Pick (N) pari-mutuel pool. The acceptance of a Pick (N) ticket by taking an issued ticket away from the window or terminal from which it is purchased shall constitute an acknowledgement by the purchaser of the correctness of the ticket, and each purchaser of a Pick (N) ticket agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of this requirement, other division rules and regulations notwithstanding. Neither the association, totalizator company nor the state of Wisconsin shall be liable to any person for any ticket which is not a winning ticket in accordance with the provisions of this rule nor shall they, or any of them, be liable to any person for any Pick (N) ticket not delivered for any reason, including but not limited to, mechanical malfunction, electrical failure, machine locking, or other cause.(3) The Pick (N) pool shall operate as follows: (a) Pick (N) with carryover. 1. The Pick (N) pool shall consist of 2 separate and distinct pari-mutuel pools. At the option of the association, 50% or 75% of the gross amount of all sums wagered on Pick (N) tickets on each performance shall be paid into the pari-mutuel pool to be known as the "Jackpot." The remaining 50% or 25% of the gross amounts of all sums wagered on Pick (N) tickets for that performance shall be paid into a pari-mutuel pool to the known as the "Super (N)." The association shall notify the division in writing before the beginning of each race meet of its decision as to which one of the Pick (N) wagering and gross amount splits has been selected. Once the meet begins, no changes shall be allowed without written approval of the division.2. The Super (N) and Jackpot, if any, shall be distributed as a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in each of the Pick (N) contests, based upon the official order of finish. If there are no wagers which selected the first-place finisher in each of the races comprising the Pick (N), then the Super (N) shall be distributed as a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of Pick (N) contests.(b) Pick (N) with minor pool and carryover.1. The Pick (N) pool shall consist of 3 separate and distinct pari-mutuel pools. At the option of the association, 50% or 75% of the gross amount of all sums wagered on Pick (N) tickets on each performance shall be paid into the pari-mutuel pool to be known as the "Jackpot". The remaining 50% or 25% of the gross amounts of all sums wagered on Pick (N) tickets for that performance shall be paid into 2 pari-mutuel pools to be known as the "Super (N)" and "Consolation" in percentages established by the association equal to 50% or 25% of the gross amounts not paid into the Jackpot. The association shall notify the division in writing before the beginning of each race meet of its decision as to which one of the Pick (N) wagering and gross amount splits has been selected. Once the meet begins, no changes shall be allowed without written approval of the division.2. The Super (N) and Jackpot, if any, shall be distributed as a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in each of the Pick (N) contests, based upon the official order of finish. The Consolation shall be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in the second greatest number of Pick (N) contests, based upon the official order of finish. If there are no wagers selecting the first-place finisher of all Pick (N) contests, the Consolation shall be distributed as a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of Pick (N) contests; and the Super N share shall be added to the carryover.(c) Pick (N) with no minor pool and no carryover. The net Pick (N) pool shall be distributed as a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of Pick (N) contests, based upon the official order of finish. If there are no winning wagers, the pool is refunded.(d) Pick (N) with minor pool and no carryover-greatest correct. 1. The Pick (N) pool shall consist of 2 separate and distinct pari-mutuel pools. At the option of the association, 50% or 75% of the gross amount of all sums wagered on Pick (N) tickets on each performance shall be paid into the pari-mutuel pool to be known as the "Super (N)". The remaining 50% or 25% of the gross amounts of all sums wagered on Pick (N) tickets for that performance shall be paid into the pari-mutuel pool to be known as the "Consolation". The association shall notify the division in writing before the beginning of each race meet of its decision as to which one of the Pick (N) wagering and gross amount splits has been selected. Once the meet begins, no changes shall be allowed without written approval of the division.2. The Super N shall be distributed to those who selected the first place finisher in the greatest number of Pick (N) contests, based upon the official order of finish. The Consolation pool shall be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in the second greatest number of Pick (N) contests, based upon the official order of finish. If there are no wagers selecting the first-place finisher in a second greatest number of Pick (N) contests, the Consolation pool shall be combined with the Super (N) for distribution as a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of Pick (N) contests. If the greatest number of first-place finishers selected is one, the Super (N) and Consolation are combined for distribution as a single price pool. If there are no winning wagers, the pool is refunded.(e) Pick (N) with minor pool and no carryover-all correct.1. The Pick (N) pool shall consist of 2 separate and distinct pari-mutuel pools. At the option of the association, 50% or 75% of the gross amount of all sums wagered on Pick (N) tickets on each performance shall be paid into the pari-mutuel pool to be known as the "Super (N)". The remaining 50% or 25% of the gross amounts of all sums wagered on Pick (N) tickets for that performance shall be paid into the pari-mutuel pool to be known as the "Consolation". The association shall notify the division in writing before the beginning of each race meet of its decision as to which one of the Pick (N) wagering and gross amount splits has been selected. Once the meet begins, no changes shall be allowed without written approval of the division.2. The Super (N) pool shall be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in each of the Pick (N) contests, based upon the official order of finish. The Consolation pool shall be distributed to those who selected the first-place finisher in the second greatest number of Pick (N) contests, based upon the official order of finish. If there are no wagers selecting the first-place finisher in all Pick (N) contests, the entire net Pick (N) pool shall be distributed as a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of Pick (N) contests.(4) In the event of a dead heat for win between 2 or more animals in any Pick (N) race, all such animals in the dead heat for win shall be considered as the winner in the race for the purpose of distributing the Jackpot, Consolation, and Super (N) pools.(5) Once the first contest of the contests comprising the Pick (N) in any performance has begun, and until the last of the contests is concluded, the association shall not report to the public, to any of the association's employees or to any other person, the number of tickets sold, total dollars wagered, or the number of tickets with potential to win the Pick (N) or any information whatsoever about such tickets. Furthermore, the totalizator system shall be constructed or programmed to suppress the publication or printing of any such information from the beginning of the first contest until the conclusion of the last of the contest comprising the Pick (N) in any one performance except for the total dollars wagered in the Pick (N) pool.(6) No pari-mutuel ticket for Pick (N) shall be sold, exchanged or canceled after the time of the close of mutuel windows for wagering in the first of the contests comprising the Pick (N), except for such refunds on Pick (N) tickets as are required under this rule.(7) Any payment in excess of $100,000 from any Pick (N) pool must be paid by a company check or certified check.(8) Each jackpot pool shall have a cap that the Jackpot and Super (N) pools may not exceed. Prior to the opening of a meet the association shall declare a cap for the Jackpot and Super (N) pools. Once the association has elected a cap the association shall not alter the cap without providing the division with prior written notice. If, at the close of any performance the amount accumulated in the Jackpot or Super (N) pools equals or exceeds the cap, then at such time, the Jackpot or Super (N) pools shall be frozen until it is won under the other provisions of this section. Thereafter, the Jackpot or Super (N) pools are frozen under these provisions and 100% of all subsequent contributions shall go to the Super (N) pool and be distributed accordingly. Nothing herein shall affect the total distribution of both pools on the closing day of any meet or portion of a split meet.(9) Prior to the opening of a meet at which a Pick (N) wager will be offered, the association may elect to force an early payout of the Jackpot or Super (N) pools, as allowed by this rule and in no other manner. The election shall be made by informing the division in writing prior to the opening of the meet of the association's intent to force an early payout if the conditions of this rule for an early payout are met. If the election is made, then an early payout of the Jackpot or Super (N) pools shall be made as follows. Within 24 hours after the Jackpot or Super (N) pools reaches their cap, the association shall designate the performance at which the early payout shall be made by informing the division in writing of the designated performance. The designated performance shall be no sooner than 6 calendar days after the cap is reached and no later than 13 calendar days after the cap is reached. If at the conclusion of the last contest comprising the Pick (N) of the designated performance, no wager has won the Jackpot or Super (N) pools, then the funds in the Jackpot or Super (N) pools shall be transferred to the Super (N) pool for the designated performance and distributed in the manner in which the Super (N) pool is distributed.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Administration [Gaming] Game 9.13
Cr. Register, July, 1990, No. 415, eff. 8-1-90; CR 03-070: am. (1), (4), (8), (9), r. and recr. (3), Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 12-1-03.