Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 80 - ADMINISTRATIVE AND ADVISORY AGENCIES › Sub-Agency 210 - RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 001 - PICK-SIX SWEEPSTAKES › Section 80 210 001 - PICK-SIX SWEEPSTAKES

Current through June, 2024
Rule No.172.5 PICK-SIX SWEEPSTAKES (New)
(a) A Sweepstakes wager combines the winners
			 of six consecutive races. All Sweepstakes wagers will be calculated in a pool
			 which is entirely separate from all other wagering pools. "Sweepstakes" races
			 shall mean the six consecutive races designated for the sweepstakes during one
			 Racing Card on which that feature is operated. No Pick-Six Sweepstakes wagering
			 shall be conducted without the permission of the Commission.
(b) The rules for Pick-Six Sweepstakes shall
			 be noticed to the public as directed by the commission.
(c) Entries and Fields Entries and fields may
			 race in Sweepstakes races. However, if any part of an entry or field is a
			 starter in a race, the entry or field selection shall remain as the designated
			 selection in that race and no refund or exchange of that ticket shall be
			 permitted.
(d) Pool Calculations
			 The Pick-Six Sweepstakes pari-mutuel pool shall be calculated as follows:
(i) Winner Pool -- The Net amount in the pool
			 plus the net carry over pool, if any, shall be distributed equally to the
			 holders of pari-mutuel tickets which correctly designate all the official
			 winners of the Sweepstakes.
(ii)
			 Carry-Over-Pool -- Where no tickets are sold which correctly designate all
			 official winers [winners] of the Sweepstakes races, the net pool shall be
			 carried over and added to the net pool of the next scheduled Sweepstakes
			 feature operated by the organization Licensee.
(e) Dead Heats If there is dead heat for win
			 between two or more horses/dogs in any Sweepstakes race, all horses/dogs in the
			 dead heat for win shall be considered equally as the winner horse/dog in the
			 race for the purpose of distributing the Sweepstakes pool.
(f) Sale of Tickets No Sweepstakes ticket
			 shall be sold, exchanged or cancelled after the close of wagering on the first
			 race of the Sweepstakes race.
(g)
			 Cancellations
(i) One or Two: If one or two
			 of the Sweepstakes races are cancelled or declared as no contest on any
			 program, all horses in those races shall be considered winners for the purpose
			 of distributing the Sweepstakes feature pool.
(ii) Three or More: If the Stewards/Judges
			 cancel or declare as no contest three or more of the Sweepstakes races, the net
			 amount in the Sweepstakes pool for that program shall be equally distributed to
			 the holders of pari-mutuel tickets which correctly designate the most official
			 winners of the Sweepstakes races. Any net carry over pool accrued from a
			 previous Sweepstakes feature shall be further carried over to the next
			 scheduled Sweepstakes feature operated by the Association.
(h) Disclosures: No person shall disclose the
			 number of Sweepstakes tickets sold or the number or amount of tickets selecting
			 winners of the Sweepstakes races prior to the time the Stewards/Judges have
			 determined the last race comprising the Sweepstakes each to be
			 official.
(i) Scratches: The cost
			 of any ticket, designating as the selection to win in any one or more of the
			 Sweepstakes races a single wagering interest which is scratched or excused by
			 the Stewards/Judges or which is prevented from racing because of the failure of
			 the stall doors or starting gate to open or which is otherwise determined to be
			 a non-starter in the race for which selected and is coupled with the winners of
			 all other races, shall be deducted from the pool established that day and
			 refunded to the purchaser.
(j)
			 Undistributed Sweepstakes Pool: when, for any reason a Sweepstakes pool remains
			 undistributed and no further Sweepstakes are scheduled, the Association shall,
			 with the approval of the Racing Commission, schedule another
			 Sweepstakes.