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 A - Thoroughbred Racing › Article 1 - Rules of Racing › Part 4011 - The Daily Double › The Superfecta › Section 4011.27 - 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
						  sections 4009.20 and
						  4009.21 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) or subdivision (i) 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.