Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A19 - Trifecta

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Rules governing
. At tracks
			 which have the trifecta pool, the rules of this section will govern the system
			 used.
(b)
Permitted
.
			 Trifecta wagering shall be permitted only in accordance with section
			 12-574-A16
			 of these regulations.
(c)
Rules printed in program
. The rules for trifecta shall be printed
			 in the daily racing programs sold to the public within the premises of the
			 racing association.
(d)
Definition
. The trifecta is a contract by the purchaser of a
			 ticket combining three (3) horses in a single race, selecting the first three
			 (3) finishers in the exact order of finish as officially posted.
(e)
No exchange of tickets
.
			 There positively shall be no exchange of tickets after the purchaser thereof
			 has left the sales window.
(f)
Not a parlay
. The trifecta 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, superfecta, or other wagering pool. All
			 tickets will be calculated in an entirely separate pool.
(g)
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.
(h)
Calculation
			 and distribution of pools
. The trifecta 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 trifecta
			 races.
(j)
Determination of
			 winner, refund
. If no ticket is sold on a winning combination of a
			 trifecta pool, the net pool shall then be apportioned equally between those
			 having tickets selecting the first and second place horses. If no ticket is
			 sold selecting the first and second horse in the trifecta pool, the net pool
			 shall then be apportioned equally between those having tickets selecting the
			 horse or horses that finished first in the trifecta race. Failure to select the
			 winner to win shall cause a refund to all trifecta ticket holders.
(k)
Scratched or excused horse
.
			 Should any horse entered in an trifecta 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 trifecta pool and money
			 refunded to the purchasers of tickets on the horse so excused or prevented from
			 racing.
(l)
Dead heat
.
			 In the event of a dead heat or dead heats, all trifecta 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 show pool
			 practice the aggregate number of winning tickets shall divide the net pool and
			 be paid the same payoff price.
(m)
Design of tickets
. The design of trifecta tickets shall be clearly
			 and immediately distinguishable from other pari-mutuel tickets.
(n)
Denominations and machines
.
			 Trifecta tickets shall be sold only in denominations approved by the commission
			 and only from machines capable of issuing three numbers.
(o)
Hold tickets
. Tickets should
			 be retained until the results have been declared official.
(p)
Permitted sales
. Sale of
			 trifecta tickets other than through pari-mutuel machines shall be deemed
			 illegal and is prohibited.