Title 9 Part 4011

The daily double is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to the pool shown on the totalisator board.

In order to win a daily double, it is necessary for the purchaser of a daily double ticket to select the winners of each of the two races specified for the daily double. If either of his or her selections fails to win, his or her contract is voided, except as hereinafter provided.

Entries and fields may be included in the first and second races of the daily double. In the event that part of an entry or field is scratched before the running of the first race of the daily double, the provisions of section 4009.20 of this Title shall govern.

The payoff shall be posted after the result of the first race is declared “Official” and before the second race is run, except in the event of a dead heat in the first race, when the posting of the payoff may be deferred until the second race has been run.

The daily double pool shall be calculated and distributed as follows: the net pool divided by the amount wagered on the winning combination determines the pay-off per dollar bet.

If a horse is scratched or declared a nonstarter no further tickets may be issued designating such horse and all tickets previously issued designating such horse shall be refunded and the money deducted from the gross pool. When such horse is part of a coupled entry or field, the provisions of section 4009.20 of this Subchapter shall govern.

The numbers of the first two horses as made official shall be the winning combination regardless of their respective order of finish, except that where more than one of such horses is part of a coupled entry or field with another of such horses, only the one best finisher of such horses shall be counted in the winning combination for payoff, and the horse or horses not in such coupled entry or field finishing the same, or, if applicable, next finishing, shall be the other part of the winning quinella combination. For example, if two horses in a coupled entry (or field):

If no ticket is sold on a winning combination in a quinella pool, the net pool shall be apportioned among those holding tickets designating the horse placing first with any other horse and those holding tickets designating the horse placing second with any other horse, in the same manner in which a place pool is calculated.

In case of a dead heat between two horses for the first place, that combination shall be the winner of the quinella pool. In cases of a dead heat for first place involving more than two horses, the net pool shall be calculated and distributed to holders of tickets combining any two dead-heated horses as in a win pool dead heat.

Races in which quinella betting shall be conducted shall be approved by the commission.

The numbers of the first two horses as made official shall be the winning combination except that where more than one of such horses is part of a coupled entry or field with another of such horses only the best finisher of such horses shall be counted in the winning combination for payoff, and the horse or horses not in such coupled entry or field finishing the same, or, if applicable, next finishing, shall be the other part of the winning exacta combination. For example, if two horses in a coupled entry (or field):

If no exacta ticket is sold combining the winner and second place horse in order, the net pool shall be distributed to holders of exacta tickets designating the winner to win. In the event one horse only finishes and is declared winner, the net pool shall be distributed to holders of exacta tickets designating the winner to win. Should these circumstances be foreseeable when a pool is closed, an immediate announcement shall be made to hold all tickets because all combinations are not covered.

In the event of a dead heat, all tickets designating the correct order of finish, crediting each horse in a dead heat as finishing in any of the dead-heat positions, shall be winning tickets. Distribution shall be in accordance with established pari-mutuel practice relative to dead heats, i.e., separate price calculations for different combinations.

In the event of a dead heat, all tickets designating the correct order of finish, crediting each horse in a dead heat as finishing in any of the dead-heat positions, shall be winning tickets. Distribution shall be in accordance with established pari-mutuel practice relative to dead heats, i.e., separate price calculations for different combinations.

From the gross pool is deducted the take-out and consolation payoff amounts, if any, and the resulting balance, divided by the amount wagered on the winning combination, less breaks, shall determine the payoff per dollar on winning bets.

If there are two or more winning combinations because of a dead heat in one or more legs there shall be a separate payoff price per dollar calculated for each winning combination as follows: from the gross pool is deducted the take-out, consolation payoff amounts, if any, and amounts wagered on all winning combinations; the balance shall be divided by the number of different winning combinations upon which bets were sold, each resulting allocated part being assigned to each respective winning combination; an allocated part plus the amounts bet on each winning combination when divided by the amount bet on such winning combination (less breaks) shall be the resulting payoff per dollar per respective winning combination.

Should a programmed starter be scratched or declared a nonstarter in any pick-four race before the start of the first pick-four race, any affected bettor may select another betting interest, if the wager can be canceled and a replacement wager issued before the start of the first pick-four race, or may obtain a cancellation of the wager prior to the start of the first pick-four race. If neither option is exercised, then wagers upon such scratched or declared nonstarter shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse for such race. The designated horse means the betting entry or field upon which the most wagering money has been registered at the track in the win pool at the close of win-pool betting for such race. In the event of a money tie, the tied betting entry or field with the lowest program number shall be designated. At any time after wagering begins on the pick-four pool, should an entire betting entry or field be scratched or declared a nonstarter in any pick-four race, no further tickets selecting such betting entry or field shall be issued, and wagers upon such betting entry or field, for purposes of the pick-four pool, shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse. Wagers in the pick-four pool upon an entry or field of horses from which a starter or starters may have been scratched will, in the case of such entry or field, be deemed wagers upon the horse or horses remaining in such entry or field. In case no starter remains representing any betting entry or field, wagers upon such entry or field shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse in the race affected by the scratch. Should the balance of a betting entry or field race as a non-betting starter for purposes of other pari-mutuel pools, as provided in sections 4009.20 and 4009.21 of this Article, wagers upon such entry or field shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse for such race.

If neither subdivision (h) nor subdivision (i) of this section applies, then the pick-four pool shall be apportioned in the following order:

When the condition of a turf course warrants a change of racing surface to a non-turf course in any of the pick-four races, and such change has not been known to the public before the close of wagering for the pick-four pool, such changed race shall be deemed an all win race for pick-four wagering purposes. An all win race means the winning horse of that race is assigned to each pick-four ticket holder as such ticket holder’s selection for that race. If there is a surface transfer in one or more of the pick-four races, then those who selected the winners in the greatest number of races without a surface transfer shall share the net pool. If there are no wagers selecting the winner of at least one of the races without a surface transfer, then the entire pool for such program shall be refunded. If any of the designated races is cancelled or declared “no race,” then the pick-four pool will be determined by the winners of the remaining race or races.

In the event of a dead heat for win in a pick-four race, all pick-four tickets designating any such horse to win shall be eligible for participation in the remaining pick-four races, and the net pool shall be equally distributed to the winners, that is, the net pool will be divided by the total amount represented by all winning tickets and the resulting price, per dollar, and after breakage, shall be the payoff price, which shall be uniform for any winning combination.

Every pick-four wagering combination entitled to a payoff shall be posted publicly by the track operator together with the payoff price.

Pick-four tickets shall be nontransferable, and violations of this subdivision may lead to confiscation and cancellation of such tickets in addition to other disciplinary action.

Should a programmed starter be scratched or declared a nonstarter in any pick-six race before the start of the first pick-six race, affected bettors may select another betting interest, if a wager can be canceled and a replacement wager issued before the start of the first pick-six race, or may obtain a cancellation of the wager issued before the start of the first race of the pick-six sequence. If neither option is exercised, then wagers upon such scratched or declared nonstarter shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse for such race. The designated horse means the betting entry or field upon which the most wagering money has been registered at the track in the win pool at the close of win-pool betting for such race. (In the event of a money tie, the tied betting entry or field with the lowest program number shall be designated.) At any time after wagering begins on the pick-six pool, should an entire betting entry or field be scratched or declared a nonstarter in any pick-six race, no further tickets selecting such betting entry or field shall be issued, and wagers upon such betting entry or field, for purposes of the pick-six pool, shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse. Wagers in the pick-six pool upon an entry or field of horses from which a starter or starters may have been scratched will, in the case of such entry or field, be deemed wagers upon the horse or horses remaining in such entry or field, except at tracks with totalisator capability to record wagers selecting a coupled entry (or field) and wagers selecting any individual constituent horses therein (merging such wagers for odds display and payoff purposes), in which case, the wagers upon scratched constituent horses will be deemed wagers upon the designated horse in such race. In case no starter remains representing any betting entry or field, wagers upon such entry or field shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse in the race affected by the scratch. Should the balance of a betting entry or field race as a nonbetting starter for purposes of other pari-mutuel pools, as provided in sections 4009.20 and 4009.21 of this Article, wagers upon such entry or field shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse for such race.

If neither subdivision (h) nor subdivision (i) of this section applies:

Except for pick-six pools in which an intermediate or final distribution is to be made, should one or more pick-six races be cancelled or declared no race or non-betting, no carry-overs from prior pick-six pools, advertised guaranteed amounts nor advertised added amounts will be distributed to winners in such day's pick-six pool; and

When the condition of a turf course warrants a change of racing surface to a non-turf course in any of the pick-six races, and such change has not been known to the public before the close of wagering for the pick-six pool, then such changed race shall be deemed an all win race for pick-six wagering purposes. An all win race means the winning horse of that race is assigned to each pick-six bettor as such bettor’s selection for that race. Except for pick-six pools in which an intermediate or final distribution is to be made, a pick-six sequence with surface transfer(s) shall be handled as follows:

Each horse in a dead heat for win shall be considered the winner, and no allocations among wagers shall be made as a result thereof, unlike the practice in a pari-mutuel win pool. The payoff price per dollar shall be the same for each class of winning wager.

Carryovers from prior pick-six pools, advertised guaranteed amounts or advertised added amounts will be distributed to winners in such day’s pick-six pools, provided that there is no more than one all win race and no other races are cancelled in the pick-six sequence.

Prior to the last two weeks of a race meeting at a track, a date and program approved by the commission may be announced by the track operator at which (provided no one thereafter correctly selects the winners of all six designated races, or five winners and no more than one all-win race of a pick-six pool through such program) accumulated carry-overs in an amount announced by the track operator will be added to the 25 percent of the net pool distributable to wagers selecting the winners of the most races of the pick-six pool conducted on such program if no one correctly selects all six winners, or five winners and no more than one all-win. The balance of undistributed carry-overs above such announced amount, plus any carry-over from such program, shall in turn carry over for distribution with subsequent pick-six pools conducted by such track operator at such track. An intermediate distribution may also be directed at any time, upon three days’ notice by the commission, of such portion or all of the accumulated carry-over money as may be directed by the commission.

The track shall select, with the approval of the commission, a date and program during the final week of the annual assigned racing dates of the track operator, and also during the year during the final week of a meeting at a track after which such track operator will operate at another track, when there shall be a final distribution of all accumulated carry-overs together with 75 percent of the net pool of the pick-six pool conducted during such program to the holders of wagers selecting the winners of the most pick-six races contested during such program, and 25 percent of such net pool shall be distributed to the holders of the remaining wagers selecting the next most winners, except that, if only one, two or three such races are conducted, then all accumulated carry-overs and the entire net pool shall be distributed to the holders of wagers selecting the most winners of such races. Thereafter, no pick-six pools will be conducted during such week. In the event that all pick-six races on the program designated for final distribution are cancelled, or the pick-six pool is refunded, and no further programs are conducted at the meeting, the commission shall require that a pick-six pool be conducted on the first program of the next race meeting conducted at such track by such track operator to provide for final distribution for such prior meeting. The commission may also order a final distribution for an earlier time in the commission’s discretion.

Every pick-six wagering combination entitled to a payoff shall be posted publicly by the track operator together with the payoff price.

Pick-six tickets shall be nontransferable, and violations of this subdivision may lead to confiscation and cancellation of such tickets in addition to other disciplinary action.

A racing association may display publicly information in regard to combinations wagered upon, amounts wagered on such combinations, numbers of tickets sold or number of tickets still capable of winning a pick-six pool. The operation of the totalisator equipment and reports generated thereby shall be subject to the strict supervision of the commission.

Advertised added monies or minimum distributions shall not apply to intermediate or final distributions, unless a wager correctly selects winners of all six designated races, or five winners and no more than one all-win of the pick-six pool. A guaranteed minimum distribution or guaranteed added money amount, once advertised, may not be reduced and shall continue to be guaranteed by the track operator for every pick-six pool for the balance of the meeting.

Interfacing of off-track wagers shall be accomplished according to procedures approved by the commission. In the event there is a failure to interface all such wagers with on-track wagers in accordance with such procedures, the procedure for distribution of the pool and computation of payoff prices shall be approved by the commission.

Carry-over monies shall be held in a separate account in trust by track operators for the benefit of participants in pick-six pools until distributed.

Except where the established takeout is higher than the prevailing takeout established for non-carryover days, a percentage designated by the track operator and approved by the commission, not exceeding two percent of the total daily pick-six pool wagering, shall be held apart by the track operator from the takeout of each pick-six pool to reimburse such track operator for the cost of any insurance it may secure to guarantee minimum distributions to winners of such pools, or to reimburse a track operator for funds such track operator expends for added money or guaranteed minimum distributions to winners of such pools. Any accumulation of such allocations not necessary to reimburse a track for expenditures actually incurred for such purposes shall be added to the amounts distributable in the pool designated for final distribution for the meeting.

The racing association or corporation must obtain written approval from the commission for the initial scheduling or specific performances of Grand Slam races or any other name used to characterize this bet type, and identify the pari-mutuel pool and any required distribution percentages. Changes to the approved Grand Slam format, or suspension of previously approved Grand Slam wagering, require prior approval from the commission.

In addition to the types of wagers authorized by this Part, an association or corporation may, with the prior permission of the commission, offer any type of pari-mutuel wagering as defined by chapter 9, Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Uniform Rules of Racing, as adopted and published in December 1996 by the Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc., 1510 Newtown Pike, Suite 210, Lexington, KY 40511. Such Uniform Rules of Racing are available for public inspection at the New York State Gaming Commission located at 354 Broadway, Schenectady, NY 12305 and at the Department of State, 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12231.