Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part V - Harness Racing Commission › Chapter 185 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter H - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 185.164 - Payments

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Payments due on
				  all wagers shall be made in conformity with the well established practice of
				  the pari-mutuel system. The practice is to work in dollars and not in the
				  number of tickets. Money wagered on winning tickets is returned in full plus
				  the profits. In all cases of a winning mutuel pool, each association must
				  redistribute not less than $2.20 on each $2.00 wager, except that in a race in
				  which there is a minus pool, the association must distribute $2.10 on each
				  $2.00 wager.
(b) Payments on all
				  winning pari-mutuel tickets and tickets refundable according to rules shall be
				  made only on presentation and surrender of the appropriate ticket. Mutilated
				  tickets and those whose validity are questioned shall be submitted to the
				  Department of Revenue for inspection and approval before payment.
(c) At the end of each race, the judges shall
				  advise the manager of the pari-mutuel department and the representative of the
				  Commission in writing of the official placement of the horses. When no
				  mechanical or electrical indication of the official finish of the race is used
				  between the judges and the mutuel department, no payoff shall be made until
				  receipt of such written notice.
(d)
				  If a horse wins and there is no money wagered on him to win, the win pool shall
				  be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on that horse, if any,
				  otherwise holders of the show tickets.
(e) If no money has been wagered to place on
				  a horse which is placed first or second in a race, the place pool for that race
				  shall be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on the other horse
				  which was placed first or second.
(f) If no money has been wagered to show on a
				  horse which has placed first, second or third in a race, the show pool in that
				  race shall be apportioned among the holders of show tickets on the other horses
				  which are are placed first, second or third in that race.
(g) In the event that only two horses finish
				  in any one race the show pool shall be figured the same as the place pool and
				  the moneys apportioned to the holders of show tickets on the two finishing
				  horses. In the event only one horse finishes in any one race all three pools
				  shall be figured separately as straight pools and all the monies shall be
				  awarded to the ticket holders of the finishing horse. In the event no horse
				  finishes the race, then the entire pool shall be refunded to all ticket
				  holders.
(h) If two horses finish
				  in a dead heat for first place, the money in the win mutuel pool is divided
				  between the two dead-heaters according to their proportionate shares in the
				  pool.
(i) If two horses finish in a
				  dead heat for second place, the division is made as follows: there shall be
				  allotted to the pool of the winner of the race 1/2 of the place pool and the
				  two dead-heaters 1/2 each of the remaining half of the place pool.
(j) If two horses coupled in the betting as
				  an "entry" or "the field" finish first and second, first and third or second
				  and third, the division of the net show pool shall be as follows: 2/3 of the
				  net show pool shall be allotted to the pool of the entry and the balance 1/3 to
				  the other horse.
(k) In the event
				  that one horse of the entry or the field finishes first or second and the other
				  part of the entry or field finishes in a dead heat for third with another
				  horse, the division of the net show pool shall be as follows: 1/2 of the net
				  show pool shall be allotted to the pool of the entry, 1/3 to the horse
				  finishing first or second, and 1/6 to the horse finishing in the dead heat with
				  the entry for third.
(l) If the
				  entry or field horses should finish first, second and third, the entire money
				  in each pool goes to the entry or field tickets, no other tickets
				  participating.
(m) If an error is
				  made in posting pay off figures on the public board and no payments have been
				  made, it shall be corrected promptly and a statement explaining the facts made
				  over the public address system. In the event of an error in calculations of pay
				  off prices which results in an under payment to the public and payments have
				  been made to the public, the amount of the under payment shall transfer to the
				  corresponding pool of the following race.
(n) All winning pari-mutuel tickets must be
				  presented for payment before the first of April of the year following the year
				  of their purchase and failure to present any such ticket within the prescribed
				  period of time shall constitute a waiver of the right to participate in the
				  award or dividend. After the first of April of the year following the year of
				  their purchase, all associations shall forward to the State Treasurer all funds
				  so held for such uncashed tickets. The Commission shall be notified by the
				  association of the amounts so forwarded.
(o) No mutilated pari-mutuel ticket that is
				  not easily identifiable as being a valid ticket shall be accepted for
				  payment.
(p) No claims for lost
				  pari-mutuel tickets shall be considered.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												185.171 (relating to the twin
						double).