Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B20 - 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-B16
			 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. 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
. Coupled entries are
			 prohibited in superfecta races.
(j)
If less than four horses finish
. If only three horses finish,
			 payoff shall be 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 judges after wagering has commenced, 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)
Permitted
			 sales
. Sale of superfecta tickets other than through pari-mutuel
			 machines shall be deemed illegal and is prohibited.