Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part V - Harness Racing Commission › Chapter 185 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter H - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 185.171 - The Twin Double

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Use
				  of the Twin Double.
The Twin Double form of wagering, when used by an
				  association, shall be used in accordance with this subchapter. The Twin Double
				  form of wagering shall not be used unless an association first requests the
				  Commission for approval and the Commission grants such approval. The approval
				  of the Commission may be provisional.
(b)
Practice defined.
The
				  Twin Double is a form of pari-mutuel wagering. Each bettor selects the four
				  winners of four designated Twin Double races in two steps. First, a ticket,
				  "initial ticket," is purchased designating the selected winners of the first
				  and second races of the Twin Double races. Second, if both selections do win,
				  that ticket, "successful initial ticket," is exchanged for a second ticket,
				  "exchange ticket," at no further cost designating the selected winners of the
				  third and fourth races of the Twin Double races. The net Twin Double pool is
				  divided among holders of exchange tickets combining the winners of both the
				  third and fourth races of the Twin Double races as in a straight pool. The Twin
				  Double pool shall be held entirely separate from all other pools and is no way
				  part of the Daily Double. Inasmuch as the purpose of the Twin Double pool is to
				  select the winners of all four races of the Twin Double, a bettor who selects a
				  horse which starts but does not win is no longer eligible, subject only to the
				  contingency that no other bettor in the pool had selected the winner of that
				  race.
(c)
Sale of initial
				  tickets.
Initial tickets shall be sold in not less than $2.00
				  denominations and only from Daily Double vending machines not commencing until
				  after completion of the first race of the regular program and terminating at
				  the start of the first Twin Double race when the machines shall be
				  locked.
(d)
Sale of
				  exchange tickets- exchange period.
Exchange tickets shall be issued
				  only from Daily Double vending machines and only in exchange for successful
				  initial tickets, and such shall be presumed. Exchange tickets shall be for a
				  $2.00 denomination only and if issued in exchange for higher denomination
				  successful initial tickets, they shall be issued only in sufficient quantity to
				  equal such higher denomination in whatever designated combinations specified by
				  the holder presenting such higher denomination successful initial ticket.
				  Issuance of exchange tickets shall commence after the results of the second
				  race of the Twin Double races are official and must be terminated at the start
				  of the third race of the Twin Double races when the machines shall be locked.
				  Such period of time is here and after referred to as the exchange
				  period.
(e)
Posting
				  probable pay-off prices.
The probable pay-off prices of possible
				  winning combinations shall be posted after the third race of the Twin Double
				  races.
(f)
Design of
				  tickets.
The design of initial tickets and exchange tickets shall be
				  clearly and immediately distinguishable from each other and from the Daily
				  Double and other pari-mutuel tickets.
(g)
Failure to exchange-
forfeiture.
Failure of a holder to exchange a sucessful
				  initial ticket for a exchange ticket within the prescribed exchange period
				  shall cause a forfeiture of all rights of such holder to any distribution or
				  refund except in the event the third race of the Twin Double races is cancelled
				  or declared "no race" or there is a failure to select the winner of the third
				  race of the Twin Double races.
(h)
Scratches.
After a horse is scratched no further tickets may
				  be issued designating such horse and:
(1) If a
				  horse is scratched from the first or second race of the Twin Double races
				  before the running of the first race of the Twin Double races, all initial
				  tickets selecting the horse scratched shall be refunded and the money deducted
				  from the gross pool.
(2) Should any
				  horse be scratched or be declared a non-starter in the second race of the Twin
				  Double races after the first race of the Twin Double races has been run, all
				  tickets combining the scratched horse with the winner of the first race of the
				  Twin Double races shall become consolation tickets and shall be paid a price
				  per dollar denomination determined as follows: the net Twin Double pool (the
				  gross Twin Double Pool less tax) shall be divided by the total purchase price
				  of all initial tickets designating the winner of the first race of the Twin
				  Double races and the quotient obtained shall constitute the price to be paid.
				  Further participation of such consolation tickets in the Twin Double pool shall
				  terminate. The total amount payable on consolation tickets shall be deducted
				  from the net Twin Double pool.
(3)
				  If any horse be scratched or be declared a non-starter in the third race of the
				  Twin Double races, all exchange tickets combining the scratched horse shall
				  become consolation tickets and shall be paid a price per dollar denomination
				  determined as follows: the net Twin Double pool (the gross Twin Double pool
				  less tax and prior consolation awards) shall be divided by the total purchase
				  price represented by all exchange tickets and the quotient obtained shall be
				  the price to be paid. Further participation of such consolation tickets in the
				  Twin Double pool shall terminate. The total amount payable on consolation
				  tickets shall be deducted from the net Twin Double pool. When a horse is
				  scratched from the third race of the Twin Double races, such race shall not be
				  started within three minutes of the announcement of such scratch.
(4) Should any horse be scratched or be
				  declared a non-starter in the fourth race of the Twin Double races, all
				  exchange tickets combining the scratched horse with the winner of the third
				  race of the Twin Double races shall become consolation tickets and shall be
				  paid a price per dollar denomination determined as follows: the net Twin Double
				  pool (the gross Twin Double pool less tax and previous consolation awards)
				  shall be divided by the total purchase price represented by all exchange
				  tickets designating the winner of the third race of the Twin Double races and
				  the quotient obtained shall constitute the price to be paid. Further
				  participation of such consolation tickets in the Twin Double pool shall
				  terminate. The total amount payable on consolation tickets shall be deducted
				  from the net Twin Double pool. When a horse is scratched from the fourth race
				  of the Twin Double races before the start of the third race of the Twin Double
				  races, the third race of the Twin Double races shall not be started within
				  three minutes of the announcement of such scratch.