Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B19 - 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-B16
			 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)
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.
(f)
Selected by numbers
. Selections are to be made by program numbers.
			 Large numbers appearing on the tickets are program numbers of the
			 horses.
(g)
No exchange of
			 tickets
. There positively shall be no exchange of tickets after the
			 purchaser thereof has left the sales window.
(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
. Coupled entries 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 a trifecta race be scratched
			 or excused by the judges after wagering has commenced, 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.