Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 165 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter E - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 165.113 - 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 licensee must
				  redistribute not less than $2.20 on each $2 wager, except that in a race in
				  which there is a minus pool, the Association must distribute $2.10 on each $2
				  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 Placing
				  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 Placing 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 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 monies 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 one-half of the place pool and
				  the two dead-heaters one-half 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: two-thirds of the net show pool shall be allotted to the pool of the
				  entry and the balance one-third 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: one-half of the net show pool shall be allotted
				  to the pool of the entry, one-third to the horse finishing first or second, and
				  one-sixth 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, then 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 forthwith. In the event of an error resulting in
				  overpayment, any payments already made shall be deemed final and the recipients
				  shall be entitled to retain the same. In the event of an error in calculations
				  which results in an under payment and payments have already been made the
				  amount of such under payment shall be promptly ascertained and confirmed by the
				  representative of the Department of Revenue. Upon such confirmation, the under
				  payment shall be transferred to the next corresponding pool on the racing
				  program of the same day. In the event the amount of the under payment cannot be
				  ascertained and confirmed before the conclusion of the racing program of the
				  day, the under payment shall be escrowed by the Association and distributed in
				  the pools of all races on the daily program next run. No such deferred
				  redistribution of any under payment shall be undertaken without prior consent
				  of the Commission. Any and all under payments shall be promptly and fully
				  reported to the Department of Revenue and to the Commission. Any under payment
				  not distributed or undistributable prior to the end of a meet shall be held in
				  trust and transferred into the next corresponding pool of the next race meeting
				  of the Association in question.
(n)
				  All winning pari-mutuel tickets must be presented for payment before April 1st
				  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 April 1st of the year
				  following the year of their purchase, all licensees shall forward to the State
				  Treasurer all funds so held for such uncashed tickets. The Commission shall be
				  notified by the licensee 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 person acting alone
				  or in concert with any other party or entity shall deface, alter, change, or
				  attempt to duplicate or reproduce any pari-mutuel ticket or attempt to effect
				  such a defacement, alteration, change, duplication, or reproduction nor shall
				  any person or persons in any manner attempt to present or negotiate any such
				  ticket for payment however or whenever the same may have been defaced, altered,
				  changed, reproduced, or duplicated.
(q) No claims for a pari-mutuel ticket which
				  the holder alleges he has lost or claims for a pari-mutuel ticket which is not
				  in the possession of the holder, shall be considered for payment by any racing
				  association or by the Commission.