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 4011.24 - Pick-four pools

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) A winning
						  pick-four wager requires selection of the first-place finisher in each of four
						  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-four contests and the designation of the
						  method used. Any changes to the approved pick-four format require prior
						  approval from the commission.
(b)
						  The pick-four wager is not a parlay and has no connection or 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, quinella, trifecta, superfecta or other wagering pool.
(c) Resale of pick-four tickets from one
						  individual to another is prohibited, shall be grounds for ejection and may be
						  deemed illegal gambling.
(d) Races
						  in which pick-four 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-four 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-four race before the start of the first pick-four
							 race, any affected bettor may select another betting interest, if the wager can
							 be canceled and a replacement wager issued before the start of the first
							 pick-four race, or may obtain a cancellation of the wager prior to the start of
							 the first pick-four race. 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-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 designated
							 horse. 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. 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.
(g)
Wagering tickets and winners.
If neither subdivision (h) nor subdivision (i) of
							 this section applies, then the pick-four pool shall be apportioned in the
							 following order:
(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 such tickets.
(2) If no pick-four ticket is sold combining
						  the winners of three such races, all pick-four tickets designating two winners
						  shall be considered winning tickets and the net pool distributed equally to
						  holders of such tickets.
(3) If no
						  pick-four ticket is sold combining the winners of two such races, all pick-four
						  tickets designating one winner shall be considered winning tickets and the net
						  pool distributed equally to holders of such 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.