Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part V - Harness Racing Commission › Chapter 185 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter H - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 185.163 - Sale of pari-mutuel tickets

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
				  Only one method of selling pari-mutuel tickets shall be used for the sale of
				  tickets on individual heats or races during any racing day.
(b) No pari-mutuel tickets shall be sold
				  except through regular ticket windows properly designated by signs showing type
				  of tickets sold at that particular window.
(c) No pari-mutuel tickets shall be sold on
				  any heat or dash prior to 30 minutes before scheduled post time of that heat or
				  dash except with the approval of the Commission. The sale of Daily Double
				  tickets may begin one hour and 15 minutes before the post time of the first
				  race of the Daily Double and shall be closed no later than five minutes before
				  post time except with the approval of the Commission.
(d) Bookmaking or wagering other than
				  pari-mutuel wagering is strictly prohibited.
(e) No minor shall be allowed to
				  wager.
(f) All wagering shall stop
				  as soon as the word "go" shall be given either by record or by voice of the
				  starter. Vending machines shall be electrically locked by the Presiding Judge
				  from the Judges' Stand.
(g) When
				  the sale of pari-mutuel tickets has closed, it shall remain closed until after
				  the race or heat has finished.
(h)
				  No pari-mutuel ticket shall be sold for less than $2.00. No pari-mutuel ticket
				  combining Win and Place, Win and Show or Place and Show, shall be sold for less
				  than $4.00. No pari-mutuel ticket combining Win, Place and Show shall be sold
				  for less than $6.00.
(i) The method
				  of selling pari-mutuel tickets shall be approved by the Commission.
(j) The manager of the pari-mutuel department
				  shall be properly and timely advised by the presiding judge prior to the
				  beginning of wagering on each race, of the horses that will compete in the race
				  and any driver changes from those listed in the official program.
(k) If less than six interests qualify horses
				  to start in a race, the manager of the pari-mutuel department, with the consent
				  of the representative of the Commission, shall be permitted to prohibit Show
				  wagering on that race.
(l) If less
				  than five interests qualify horses to start in a race, the said manager, with
				  the consent of the representative of the Commission, shall be permitted to
				  prohibit both place and show wagering on that race.
(m) If less than three interests qualify
				  horses to start in a race, the said manager, with the consent of the
				  representative of the Commission shall be permitted to prohibit wagering on the
				  race.
(n) The said manager, with
				  the consent of the representative of the Commission, may prohibit wagering on
				  any particular horse or entry in any race. Such consent shall be sought by the
				  manager of the pari-mutuel department from the representative of the Commission
				  after the entries are closed on the day previous to that during which the races
				  in which exclusions are desired are to be conducted. Such exclusions, if
				  consented to by the representative of the Commission, shall be clearly
				  indicated on the program or score card and horses excluded shall be numbered so
				  as to in no way infer that they are coupled in the field. Horses once excluded
				  from the wagering shall remain excluded during the day or race in which they
				  are scheduled to start.
(o) When
				  two or more horses which are owned in whole or in part, or trained by the same
				  person or trained in the same stable or by the same mangement, start in a race,
				  they shall be coupled as an entry and a wager on one shall be a wager on all of
				  them except as otherwise provided in §
										183.198 (relating to coupled
				  entries).
(p) When more horses
				  representing separate interests are started in a race than the number of post
				  positions on the infield tote board, all horses in excess of a number of
				  interests one less than the total number of post positions on the infield tote
				  board shall be grouped in the wagering as the field.
(q) A refund at cost value shall be made to
				  all holders of a purchased ticket bearing the number of a horse in any race
				  which has been scratched or withdrawn before said horse has become a starter in
				  the race under the provisions of this part.
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
												185.171 (relating to the twin
						double).