Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 8 - TEXAS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 321 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Subchapter C - REGULATION OF LIVE WAGERING › Division 2 - DISTRIBUTION OF PARI-MUTUEL POOLS › Section 321.310 - Trifecta

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The trifecta
					 wager is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to the win, place,
					 and show pool shown on the tote board. All tickets on the trifecta shall be
					 calculated as a separate pool.
(b)
					 A person purchasing a trifecta ticket must select the three animals in a race
					 which will finish first, second, and third and designate the exact order in
					 which the first three will finish.
(c) If after wagering has begun an animal
					 entered in a trifecta race is scratched or otherwise prevented from racing, all
					 money wagered on the affected animal shall be deducted from the trifecta pool
					 and refunded to the holders of tickets on the affected animal.
(d) If no ticket is sold on the winning
					 combination, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of
					 tickets selecting the animals finishing first and second.
(e) If no ticket is sold that requires
					 distribution under subsection (d) of this section, the net pool shall be
					 distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animals
					 finishing first and third.
(f) If
					 no ticket is sold that requires distribution under subsections (d) or (e) of
					 this section, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of
					 tickets selecting the animal finishing first.
(g) If no ticket is sold requiring
					 distribution under subsections (d) - (f) of this section, the net pool shall be
					 distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animals
					 finishing second and third.
(h) If
					 no ticket is sold requiring distribution under subsections (d) - (g) of this
					 section, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of tickets
					 selecting the animal finishing second.
(i) If no ticket is sold requiring
					 distribution under subsections (d) - (h) of this section, the net pool shall be
					 distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animal finishing
					 third.
(j) If a trifecta race ends
					 in a dead heat for first place, the winning combination shall include the first
					 two animals as finishing in either first or second and the animal finishing
					 third. If a trifecta race ends in a dead heat for second place, the winning
					 combinations shall include the animal finishing first and the two animals
					 finishing in a dead heat as finishing either second or third. If a trifecta
					 race ends in a dead heat for third place, the winning combinations include the
					 animals finishing first and second and any of the animals finishing in the dead
					 heat as finishing third. In all combinations paid under this subsection, the
					 net pool shall be divided into separate pools, calculated as a place pool, and
					 paid out accordingly.
(k) If a
					 trifecta race ends in a triple dead heat or double dead heats, the net pool
					 shall be divided by the number of all win, place, and show combinations formed,
					 calculated as separate pools, and paid out accordingly.
(l) If no ticket is sold that would require
					 distribution under this section, the trifecta is considered "no contest" and
					 the association shall carry forward all money wagered in the trifecta pool to
					 the next consecutive trifecta pool.
(m) An association shall not offer trifecta
					 wagering on any race placed on the official program that does not have six or
					 more different wagering interests unless approved by the board of stewards or
					 judges. The board of stewards or judges may not approve a Trifecta wager in a
					 race with fewer than five wagering interests.
(n) In the event scratches after the animals
					 leave the paddock cause the number of different wagering interests to fall
					 below six, or below an amount previously approved by the board of stewards or
					 judges, the board of stewards or judges may order the wager to be canceled and
					 the pool to be refunded if deemed in the interest of wagering
					 integrity.