California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 4 - California Horse Racing Board › Article 18 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Section 1979 - Trifecta

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				Trifecta is a separate pari-mutuel pool established on a single race. The pool
				consists of amounts wagered on horses to finish first, second and third in that
				exact order. It is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to other
				pools conducted by the association or to rules governing the distribution of
				other pools.
(b) A valid Trifecta
				ticket is evidence of a binding contract between the holder of the ticket and
				the association and constitutes acceptance of Trifecta provisions and rules
				contained in this article.
(c) No
				Trifecta pool shall be established for a race with less than four wagering
				interests scheduled to start when the Trifecta pool opens for wagering in
				California.
(d) After the stewards'
				official order of finish is posted, the association shall distribute the net
				pool to holders of valid tickets that correctly selected the first, second and
				third finishers.
(e) In a dead heat
				for first or second position, only tickets selecting the correct order of
				finish for the first three finishers shall be winning tickets; that is, two
				horses in a dead heat for first shall be first and second, in either position;
				and two horses in a dead heat for second shall be second and third, in either
				position. In a triple dead heat for first, the three horses shall be the
				winning combination regardless of the order of selection. In a triple dead heat
				for second, tickets with the correct first selection and two of the three
				horses shall be winning tickets. In a triple dead heat for third, tickets with
				the correct first and second selection and one of the three horses shall be
				winning tickets.
(f) If no ticket
				correctly selected the first, second and third position, the net pool shall be
				paid for tickets that selected first and second. If no ticket selected first
				and second the net pool shall be paid for tickets that selected first. The
				association shall refund the entire pool if no ticket selected first.
(g) If the stewards scratch a horse or
				designate a horse to run for purse only in accordance with Rule 1974 of this
				article before wagering is closed, the association may exchange any ticket that
				includes the scratched or designated horse. After wagering is closed, tickets
				selecting a scratched or designated horse, or a horse the stewards declared a
				nonstarter, shall be eliminated from the pool and the purchase price
				refunded.
1. New section
				  filed 3-15-91; operative 3-15-91 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 91, No. 15).
2. Repealer of subsections (l) and (m) filed
				  1-27-92; operative 1-27-92 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 92, No. 12).
3. Editorial correction of printing error in
				  subsections (g) and (h) (Register 92, No. 24).
4. Amendment of
				  subsection (e) and repealer of subsection (k) filed 6-9-92; operative 7-9-92
				  (Register 92, No. 24).
5. Amendment of subsections (a)-(b), repealer
				  and new subsections (c)-(g) and repealer of subsections (h)-(j) filed 6-5-96;
				  operative 6-5-96 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(d)
				  (Register 96, No. 23).
6. Amendment filed 9-30-99; operative 9-30-99
				  pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(d)
				  (Register 99, No. 40).
7. Amendment of subsection (f) filed
				  12-11-2001; operative 1-10-2002 (Register 2001, No. 50).
8.
				  Amendment of subsection (c) filed 7-21-2009; operative 8-20-2009 (Register
				  2009, No. 30).
9. Amendment of subsections (c) and (g) filed
				  7-12-2011; operative 8-11-2011 (Register 2011, No. 28).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 19440
					 and
					 19590,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 19590,
					 Business and Professions Code.