Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part V - Harness Racing Commission › Chapter 185 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES › Subchapter H - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 185.179 - Big Perfecta (Exacta)

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) No Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) wagering shall be conducted without permission of the
				  Commission. The races in which Big Perfecta (Exacta) type pari-mutuel wagering
				  will be permitted shall only be those designated by the Commission and separate
				  pools shall be established therefor.
(b) The Big Perfecta (Exacta) is a form of
				  pari-mutuel wagering in which the bettor selects the two horses that will
				  finish first and second in each of two consecutive races in the exact order as
				  officially posted.
(c) Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta) tickets shall be sold only at Big Perfecta (Exacta) windows by the
				  licensee and only from automatic double issue machines.
(d) Each bettor purchasing Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta) tickets shall designate his two selections as the first two horses to
				  finish in that order in the first race of the two consecutive races.
(e) After the official declaration of the
				  first two horses to finish in the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta), each
				  bettor holding a ticket combining the first two horses in the exact order of
				  finish must, prior to the running of the second Big Perfecta (Exacta) race,
				  exchange such winning ticket for a Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange ticket at the
				  Big Perfecta (Exacta) windows and at such time shall select the two horses to
				  finish in the second race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) in the exact order as
				  officially posted. No further money shall be required of the holder of the
				  ticket in order to make the exchange.
(f) No Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange ticket
				  upon the second race shall be issued except upon the surrender of the Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) ticket from the first race as described in these rules. The
				  Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool obtained from the sales of Big Perfecta (Exacta)
				  tickets upon the first race shall be held, subject to these rules, and divided
				  among the winning tickets of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange tickets,
				  subject to these rules to the contrary. Big Perfecta (Exacta) windows shall be
				  open for the purpose of making the exchange as described only after the first
				  race has been declared official and such windows shall close at official post
				  time at the start of the second race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta)
				  races.
(g) If a winning Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) ticket from the first race is not presented for exchange
				  within the time provided, the bettor forfeits all rights to any distribution or
				  refund except in the event the second half of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) is
				  cancelled or declared "No Race" or if no exchange ticket includes either the
				  first or second horse of the second half of the Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta).
(h) If a horse is
				  scratched in the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) races, all Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) tickets on the scratched horse will be refunded.
(i) If a horse is scratched in the second
				  race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta), all exchange tickets combining the scratched
				  horse shall become consolation tickets and shall be paid a price per dollar
				  denomination calculated as follows: the net Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool (gross
				  pool less commission) shall be divided by the total purchase price of all
				  tickets combining the winners of the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta).
				  The quotient thus obtained shall be the price to be paid to holders of exchange
				  tickets combining the scratched horse in the second race of the Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta). The entire consolation pool (number of eligible tickets times the
				  consolation price) plus the breakage shall be deducted from the net Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) pool.
(j) If no
				  Big Perfecta (Exacta) ticket is sold as a winning combination in the first race
				  of the Big Perfecta (Exacta), the Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool shall be divided
				  among those having tickets including the horse finishing first or second and
				  such distributions shall be calculated and made as a Place Pool. In such an
				  instance the Big Perfecta (Exacta) race shall end and the pool be closed for
				  the day.
(k) If no Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta) exchange ticket is sold on the winning combination, the net pool shall
				  then be apportioned equally between those having tickets including the horse
				  finishing first and those having tickets including the horse finishing second
				  in the same manner in which a place pool is calculated and
				  distributed.
(l) If a Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta) exchange ticket combines only one of the two winners and no Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) exchange ticket combines the other winner, the entire pool
				  shall be distributed as a straight pool to the holders of those
				  tickets.
(m) If no exchange ticket
				  includes either the first or second horse of the second half of the Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) the entire net pool shall be distributed as a straight pool
				  to all holders of exchange tickets and winning combinations of the first half
				  that have not been exchanged.
(n)
				  In the event of a dead heat for place in the first race of the Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta) races, all Big Perfecta (Exacta) tickets combining the first horse and
				  either of the place horse shall be eligible for exchange for Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta) exchange tickets.
(o) In
				  the event of a dead heat for place in the second race of the Big Perfecta
				  (Exacta) races, the Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool shall be divided, calculated and
				  distributed as a Place Pool to the holders of Big Perfecta (Exacta) exchange
				  tickets combining the first horses and either of the place horses. In the event
				  of the dead heat to place and there are no tickets sold on one combination,
				  then the other combination having the winning horses, shall be declared the
				  winner. If no exchange tickets combine the winning horse with either of the
				  place horses in the dead heat, the Big Perfecta (Exacta) pool shall be
				  calculated and distributed as a Place Pool to holders of tickets representing
				  any interest in the net pool.
(p)
				  If for any reason the second of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) races is cancelled or
				  declared "No Race," the pool shall be calculated as a straight pool and shall
				  be distributed among the holders of the tickets combining the first two horses
				  of the first race of the Big Perfecta (Exacta) otherwise eligible for Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) exchange tickets and also distributed to holders of the Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) exchange tickets.
(q) If there is a dead heat for the winning
				  horse in either of the two consecutive races for the Big Perfecta (Exacta),
				  holders of tickets combining those horses in either order will be entitled to
				  participate in the Big Perfecta (Exacta), as prescribed in this
				  section.
(r) Sale of the Big
				  Perfecta (Exacta) tickets other than through pari-mutuel machines or from one
				  individual to another shall be deemed illegal and prohibited.
(s) There will be no coupled entries or
				  fields in the races on which there is Big Perfecta (Exacta) wagering.