New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter I - Division of Horse Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Subchapter B - Harness Racing › Part 4122 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 4122.47 - Pick-six jackpot pools

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) A
					 winning pick-six jackpot wager requires selection of the first-place finisher
					 in each of six designated, consecutive contests, unless otherwise provided in
					 this section. The association or corporation must obtain written approval from
					 the commission concerning the scheduling of pick-six jackpot contests, the
					 designation of the method used, the bet minimum, the takeout rate, the
					 definition that will be relied upon for determining the existence of a unique
					 winning ticket, the major-minor pool split and the amount of any cap to be set
					 on the carryover. Any changes to the approved pick-six jackpot format require
					 prior approval from the commission.
(b) The pick-six jackpot wager is not a
					 parlay and has no connection or relation to the other betting pools for the
					 respective races. The pick-six jackpot pool shall be held entirely separate
					 from all other pools and is no part of a daily double, exacta, quinella,
					 trifecta, superfecta, pick-six or other wagering pool.
(c) Resale of pick-six jackpot tickets from
					 one individual to another is prohibited, shall be grounds for ejection, and may
					 be deemed illegal gambling.
(d)
					 Races in which pick-six jackpot pools shall be conducted shall be clearly
					 designated in the program and racing cards issued by the association or
					 corporation.
(e) The design of the
					 pick-six jackpot tickets shall be clearly and immediately distinguishable from
					 other pari-mutuel tickets.
(f)
					 Scratched horses and nonstarters. Should a programmed starter be scratched or
					 declared a nonstarter in any pick-six jackpot race before the start of the
					 first pick-six jackpot race, affected bettors may select another betting
					 interest, if a wager can be canceled and a replacement wager issued before the
					 start of the first pick-six jackpot race, or may obtain a cancellation of the
					 wager issued before the start of the first race of the pick-six jackpot
					 sequence. If neither option is exercised, then wagers upon such scratched or
					 declared nonstarter shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse for such
					 race. The designated horse means the betting entry or field upon which the most
					 wagering money has been registered at the track in the win pool at the close of
					 win-pool betting for such race. (In the event of a money tie, the tied betting
					 entry or field with the lowest program number shall be designated.) At any time
					 after wagering begins on the pick-six jackpot pool, should an entire betting
					 entry or field be scratched or declared a nonstarter in any pick-six jackpot
					 race, no further tickets selecting such betting entry or field shall be issued,
					 and wagers upon such betting entry or field, for purposes of the pick-six
					 jackpot pool, shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse. Wagers in the
					 pick-six jackpot pool upon an entry or field of horses from which a starter or
					 starters may have been scratched will, in the case of such entry or field, be
					 deemed wagers upon the horse or horses remaining in such entry or field, except
					 at tracks with totalisator capability to record wagers selecting a coupled
					 entry (or field) and wagers selecting any individual constituent horses therein
					 (merging such wagers for odds display and payoff purposes), in which case, the
					 wagers upon scratched constituent horses will be deemed wagers upon the
					 designated horse in such race. In case no starter remains representing any
					 betting entry or field, wagers upon such entry or field shall be deemed wagers
					 upon the designated horse in the race affected by the scratch. Should the
					 balance of a betting entry or field race as a non-betting starter for purposes
					 of other pari-mutuel pools, as provided in section
					 4122.25 of this Article, wagers
					 upon such entry or field shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse for
					 such race. Should a programmed starter be scratched or declared a nonstarter
					 prior to the start of the first leg, the betting operator shall be authorized
					 to refund any tickets designating betting entries affected thereby prior to
					 such first leg.
(g) Wagering
					 tickets and winners. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (h) of this
					 section:
(1) The pick-six jackpot pool shall
					 be apportioned as follows: The net pick-six jackpot pool and carryover, if any,
					 shall be distributed to the holder of a unique winning ticket that selected the
					 first-place finisher in each of the six designated races.
(2) If there is no unique ticket selecting
					 the first-place finisher in all six designated races, the major share of the
					 net pick-six jackpot pool shall be distributed as a single price pool to those
					 who selected the first-place finisher in the greatest number of pick-six
					 jackpot races, and the minor share shall be added to the carryover.
(3) Should there be no wager selecting the
					 winner of at least one of the pick-six jackpot races, the day's net pool shall
					 be refunded and the previous carryover pool amount, if any, shall be carried
					 over to the next scheduled corresponding pool.
(4) In obtaining authorization for operating
					 the pick-six jackpot, the association or corporation must clearly identify
					 which of the following two definitions shall apply for determining the
					 existence of a unique winning ticket:
(i)
					 There is one and only one winning ticket that correctly selected the
					 first-place finisher in each of the pick-six jackpot races, to be verified by
					 the unique serial number assigned by the totalisator company that issues the
					 winning ticket; or
(ii) The total
					 amount wagered on one and only one winning combination selecting the
					 first-place finisher in each of the pick-six jackpot races, is equal to the
					 minimum allowable wager.