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 F - OFF-TRACK PARI-MUTUEL BETTING › Part 4410 - Pari-mutuel Pool Calculations › Section 4410.3 - Off-track pick four pool conducted solely off-track

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) When approved by the commission after
					 filing of the required written consent of the track affected, an off-track
					 betting pool designated a pick four pool may be conducted by one or a
					 combination of off-track betting corporations in a single off-track pool, which
					 pool is not combined with any pool at a track.
(b) The pick four (or other approved name) is
					 a form of pari-mutuel wagering conducted by an off-track betting corporation on
					 four races run at any track specifically designated as the pick four races by
					 the commission. Each bettor selects, in order, the first placed horse in each
					 of the four races designated and advertised by the corporation as the pick four
					 races, in the race order so designated by the commission.
(c) The pick four is not a parlay and has no
					 connection with nor relation to the other betting pools for the respective
					 races. The pick four pool shall be held entirely separate from all other pools
					 and is no part of a daily double, exacta, triple or other wagering
					 pool.
(d) Resale of pick four
					 tickets from one individual to another is prohibited, shall be grounds for
					 ejection, and may be deemed illegal gambling.
(e) Races in which pick four pools shall be
					 conducted shall be approved by the commission and shall be clearly designated
					 in the program and racing cards issued by the corporation.
(f) The design of the pick four tickets shall
					 be clearly and immediately distinguishable from other pari-mutuel
					 tickets.
(g) Scratched horses and
					 nonstarters. At any time after wagering begins on the pick four pool, should an
					 entire betting entry or field be scratched or declared a nonstarter in any pick
					 four 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
					 four pool, shall be deemed wagers upon the betting entry or field (designated
					 horse) upon which the most wagering money has been registered at the site of
					 the statewide interface 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.) Wagers in the pick four 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 that if 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), is employed, then 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 nonbetting starter for purposes of other pari-mutuel
					 pools at the site of the statewide interface, 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 in any pick-four race
					 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.
(h) Failure to
					 select a winning combination.
(1) If no pick
					 four ticket is sold combining the winners of the four pick four races, all pick
					 four tickets designating three winners shall be considered winning tickets and
					 the net pool distributed equally to holders of said tickets.
(2) If no pick four ticket is sold combining
					 the winners of either four or three races of the four pick four races, all pick
					 four tickets designating two winners shall be considered winning tickets and
					 the net pool distributed equally to holders of said tickets.
(3) If no pick four ticket is sold combining
					 the winners of either four, three or two races of the four pick four races, all
					 pick four tickets designating one winner shall be considered winning tickets
					 and the net pool distributed equally to holders of said tickets.
(4) If no pick four ticket is sold
					 designating any winner to win in the designated pick four races, the pick four
					 shall be declared off and the gross pool refunded.
(5) If any of the designated races are
					 cancelled or declared "no race," the pick four will be determined by the
					 winners of the remaining race or races.