California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 4 - California Horse Racing Board › Article 18 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 1978 - Select Four

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				Select Four pari-mutuel pool is not a parlay and has no connection with or
				relation to any other pari-mutuel pool conducted by the association, nor to any
				win, place and show pool shown on the totalizator board, nor to the rules
				governing the distribution of such other pools.
(b) A valid Select Four ticket shall be
				evidence of a binding contract between the holder of the ticket and the racing
				association, and the said ticket shall constitute an acceptance of Select Four
				provisions and rules contained in article 18.
(c) A Select Four may be given a distinctive
				name to be selected by the association conducting such races, such as "PICK 4,"
				subject to the approval of the Board.
(d) The Select Four pari-mutuel pool consists
				of amounts contributed for a selection for win only in each of four races
				designated by the association with the approval of the Board. Each person
				purchasing a Select Four ticket shall designate the winning horse in each of
				the four races comprising the Select Four.
(e) The net amount in the pari-mutuel pool
				subject to distribution among winning ticket holders shall be distributed among
				the holders of tickets which correctly designate the winners in all four races
				comprising the Select Four.
(f) If
				no ticket is sold combining the four winners of the Select Four, the net amount
				in the pari-mutuel pool shall be distributed among the holders of tickets which
				include the winners of any three of the four races comprising the Select
				Four.
(g) If no ticket is sold
				combining at least three winners of the Select Four, the net amount in the
				pari-mutuel pool shall be distributed among holders of tickets which include
				the winner of any two races comprising the Select Four.
(h) If no ticket is sold combining at least
				two winners of the Select Four, the net amount in the pari-mutuel pool shall be
				distributed among holders of tickets which include the winner of any one race
				comprising the Select Four.
(i) If
				no ticket is sold that would require distribution of the Select Four pool to a
				winner under this rule, the association shall make a complete and full refund
				of the Select Four pool.
(j) If for
				any reason one of the races comprising the Select Four is cancelled, the net
				amount of the pari-mutuel pool shall be distributed as provided above in
				subsections (f),(g), (h) and (i).
(k) If for any reason two or more of the
				races comprising the Select Four are cancelled, a full and complete refund will
				be made of the Select Four pool.
(l) In the event a Select Four ticket
				includes a selection in any one or more of the races comprising the Select Four
				that is scratched, excused or determined by the stewards to be a non-starter in
				the race, or if the Select Four ticket includes a selection that is designated
				to run for purse only in accordance with Rule 1974 of this article, the actual
				favorite, as evidenced by the amounts wagered in the win pool at the time of
				the start of the race, will be substituted for the non-starting or designated
				selection for all purposes, including pool calculations and payouts.
(m) In the event of a dead heat for win
				between two or more horses in any Select Four race, all such horses in the dead
				heat for win shall be considered as winning horses in the race for the purpose
				of calculating the pool.
(n) No
				pari-mutuel ticket for the Select Four pool shall be sold, exchanged or
				cancelled after the time of the closing of wagering in the first of the four
				races comprising the Select Four, except for such refunds on Select Four
				tickets as required by this regulation, and no person shall disclose the number
				of tickets sold in the Select Four pool or the number or amount of tickets
				selecting winners of Select Four races until such time as the stewards have
				determined the last race comprising the Select Four to be official.
				Notwithstanding the above, at the conclusion of the third of the four races
				comprising the Select Four, an association may with the approval of the Board
				display potential distribution to ticket holders depending upon the outcome of
				the fourth race of the Select Four.
1. New section
				  filed 9-7-88; operative 9-12-88 pursuant to Government Code Section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 88, No. 37).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
				  subsections (a) and (m) filed 12-23-96 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 96, No. 52).
3. Editorial correction of
				  subsection (o) (Register 2011, No. 27).
4. Amendment filed
				  7-12-2011; operative 8-11-2011 (Register 2011, No. 28).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 19420,
					 19440
					 and
					 19590,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 19590,
					 Business and Professions Code.