Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Subtitle 10 - RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 09.10.01 - Thoroughbred Rules › Section 09.10.01.73 - Pick Six

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. The Pick Six is
				a form of pari-mutuel wagering. Each bettor selects the first horse in each of
				six consecutive races designated as the Pick Six races by the Association. The
				principle of a Pick Six is, in effect, a contract by the purchaser of a Pick
				Six ticket to select the winners of each of the six races designated as the
				Pick Six.
B. The Pick Six pool
				shall be held entirely separate from all other pools and is not part of a daily
				double, exacta, trifecta, or other wagering pool. The Pick Six pool is a pool
				in which the bettor is required to select six consecutive winning horses and is
				not a parlay.
C. Races in which
				Pick Six shall be conducted shall be approved by the Maryland Racing Commission
				and clearly designated in the program.
D. The design of Pick Six tickets shall be
				clearly and immediately distinguished from other pari-mutuel tickets with the
				identification "Pick 6" printed on the ticket.
E. The Pick Six pari-mutuel pool shall be
				calculated as follows:
(1) Seventy-five
				percent of the net amount in the pari-mutuel pool subject to distribution among
				winning ticket holders shall be distributed among the holders of pari-mutuel
				tickets which correctly designate the official winner in each of the six races
				comprising the Pick Six. The remaining undistributed 25 percent of the net pool
				shall be distributed among the holders of pari-mutuel tickets which correctly
				designate the most winning selections less than the six winning selections
				described above.
(2) If there is no
				pari-mutuel ticket held which correctly designates the winner of all races
				comprising the Pick Six, 75 percent of that racing date's net amount available
				for distribution shall be carried over and included in the Pick Six pool
				requiring six winning selections, at the next performance.
(3) If a Pick Six ticket designates as a
				selection to win in any one or more of the contests comprising the Pick Six, a
				single wagering interest which is scratched, excused or determined by the
				stewards to be a non-starter in the race, the actual favorite, as evidenced by
				the amounts wagered in the win pool at the time of the start, will be
				substituted for the non-starting selection for all purposes including pool
				calculations and payoffs, provided further that if the win pool for two or more
				favorites is identical, the selection shall be the lowest program number
				substituted for the non-starting selection.
(4) The cancellation of one or more contests
				comprising the Pick Six in any performance shall result in that day's net pool
				being fully distributed to the individuals holding the most winners on that
				day's performance. If three or more of the six contests comprising the Pick Six
				are officially cancelled or declared as no contest, all pari-mutuel tickets on
				the Pick Six for that performance shall be refunded, and the Pick Six shall be
				cancelled for that performance. Any contributions to the Pick Six pool from
				prior performances will remain in the Pick Six pool to be carried over and
				included in the Pick Six pool for the next performance as prescribed in
				§E(2), above.
(5) If the
				accumulated Pick Six pool has not been distributed prior to the closing day of
				the meeting in which the Pick Six pool was generated, the accumulated Pick Six
				pool and the net amount in the Best of Six pool, subject to distribution among
				winning ticket holders, shall be distributed among closing day holders of Pick
				Six tickets which correctly designate the most official winners of the six
				contests comprising the closing day Pick Six. Should there be a cancellation of
				the final day's card, or if the final day of Pick Six pool is cancelled, the
				contributions shall be transferred to the next thoroughbred track to
				operate.
(6) If one or more of the
				races comprising the Pick Six is a turf race and the race is switched from the
				turf to the main track after the close of wagering for the Pick Six, each
				selection in that race on a Pick Six pari-mutuel ticket shall be considered a
				winning selection.