9 NYCRR 4217.13 — read free

Exacta

Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Westlaw Inline Boundary Correction
Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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Source snapshot: Jun 6, 2026

(a)The exacta is a form of pari-mutuel wagering. Each bettor selects in order the first and second place finisher in the designated exacta race. The exacta pool shall be held entirely separate from all other pools and is in no way a part of the daily double, twin double, or win, place or show pools.

(b)[Reserved]

(c)Races in which exacta pools shall be conducted shall be approved by the commission and shall be clearly designated in the racing program.

(d)The design of exacta tickets shall be clearly and immediately distinguishable from other pari-mutuel tickets.

(e)Scratch.

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.

(f)Failure to select a winning combination.

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 finished and is declared winner, the net pool shall be distributed to holders of exacta tickets designating the winner to win.

(g)Dead heat.

(1)In the event of a dead heat for win, the net pool shall be distributed to each combination of winners separately as in a win pool dead heat.

(2)In the event of a dead heat for second, the pool shall be divided as in a win pool dead heat among exacta tickets combining the winner with each second place horse.

(h)In the event fewer than four betting interests start, the exacta shall be declared off and the gross pool refunded.

(i)This section shall be prominently displayed throughout the betting area of each track conducting the exacta and printed copies of this section shall be distributed to patrons upon request by the track.

(j)Winning combination.

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):

(1)finish first and second, or in a dead heat for first, the winning combination will be the number of such entry or field and the number of the third finishing horse not part of such entry or field;

(2)finish first and in a dead heat for second, the winning combination will be the number of such entry or field and the number of the horse dead heated for second who is not part of such coupled entry or field;

(3)finish in a three-horse dead heat for win with another horse not part of such entry or field, the winning combination will be the number of such entry and the number of the horse not part of such entry.

Exacta

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