Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart C - Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Chapter 193 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND TICKETS-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › Section 193.3 - Payments

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Unless
				  otherwise approved by the Commission, payments due on all wagers shall be made
				  in conformity with the well-established practice and procedures 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 licensed racing entity
				  must redistribute not less than $2.20 on each $2 wager, except that in a race
				  in which there is a minus pool, the licensed racing entity 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 Commission for inspection and approval before
				  payment.
(c) At the end of each
				  race, the Placing Judges or other racing official shall advise the Manager of
				  the Pari-mutuel Department and the representative of the Commission in writing
				  of the official placement of the horses.
(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 a 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 a race, all three pools shall be
				  figured separately as straight pools and all the moneys 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
				  the under payment shall be promptly ascertained and confirmed by the
				  Commission. Upon the 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 deferred redistribution of any under payment shall
				  be undertaken without prior consent of the Commission. Under payments shall be
				  promptly and fully reported to the Commission. An under payment not distributed
				  or un-distributable 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
				  licensed racing entity 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 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 the 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 a defacement, alteration, change, duplication or
				  reproduction nor shall any person or persons in any manner attempt to present
				  or negotiate any 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 a licensed
				  racing entity or by the Commission.