Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A20 - Superfecta

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Rules governing
. At tracks
			 which have the superfecta pool, the rules of this section will govern the
			 system used.
(b)
Permitted
. Superfecta wagering shall be permitted only in
			 accordance with section
			 12-574-A16
			 of these regulations.
(c)
Rules printed in program
. The rules for Superfecta shall be
			 printed in the daily racing programs sold to the public within the premises of
			 the racing association.
(d)
Definition
. The Superfecta is a contract by the purchaser of a
			 ticket combining four (4) horses in a single race, selecting the first four (4)
			 finishers in the exact order of finish as officially posted.
(e)
Selected by numbers
.
			 Selections are to be made by program numbers and not necessarily by post
			 position numbers. Image numbers appearing on the tickets are program numbers of
			 the horses.
(f)
No exchange
			 of tickets
. There positively shall be no exchange of tickets after the
			 purchaser thereof has left the sales window.
(g)
Not a parlay
. The superfecta
			 is not a "parlay" and has no connection with or relation to any other pool, and
			 is no part of the win, place and show pools; daily double, exacta, quinella,
			 trifecta, or other wagering pool. All tickets will be calculated in an entirely
			 separate pool.
(h)
Calculation and distribution of pools
. The superfecta shall be
			 calculated and distributed as follows: the net pool divided by the amount
			 wagered on the winning combinations determines the payoff per dollar bet,
			 including profit and wager.
(i)
Entries, fields
. Coupled entries and fields are prohibited in
			 superfecta races.
(j)
If less
			 than four horses finish
. If only three horses finish, payoff shall he
			 made on tickets selecting the actual finishing horses in order, ignoring the
			 balance of the selection.
(k)
Determination of winner, refund
. If there is a failure to select,
			 in order, the first four horses, payoff shall be made on superfecta tickets
			 selecting the first three horses, in order; failure to select the first three
			 horses, payoff to superfecta tickets selecting the first two horses, in order,
			 failure to select the first two horses, payoff to superfecta tickets selecting
			 the winner to win, failure to select the winner to win shall cause a refund of
			 all superfecta tickets.
(l)
Scratched or excused horse
. Should any horse entered in a
			 superfecta race be scratched or excused by the stewards after wagering has
			 commenced, or should any horse be prevented from racing because of the failure
			 of the starting gate to open, all tickets including such horse shall be
			 deducted from the superfecta pool and money refunded to the purchasers of
			 tickets on the horse so excused or prevented from racing.
(m)
Dead heat
. In the event of a
			 dead heat or dead heats, all superfecta tickets selecting the correct order of
			 finish, counting a horse in a dead heat as finishing in either position dead
			 heated, shall be winning tickets, and, contrary to the usual practice, the
			 aggregate number of winning tickets shall divide the net pool and be paid the
			 same payoff price.
(n)
Design
			 of tickets
. The design of superfecta tickets shall be clearly and
			 immediately distinguishable from other pari-mutuel tickets.
(o)
Denomination and machines
.
			 Superfecta tickets shall be sold only in denominations approved by the
			 commission and only from machines capable of issuing four numbers.
(p)
Hold tickets
. Tickets should
			 be retained until the results have been declared official.
(q)
Permitted sales
. Sale of
			 superfecta tickets other than through pari-mutuel machines shall be deemed
			 illegal and is prohibited.