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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 8TEXAS RACING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 321PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
SUBCHAPTER CREGULATION OF LIVE WAGERING
DIVISION 2DISTRIBUTION OF PARI-MUTUEL POOLS
RULE §321.320Super Hi-Five

(a) The super hi-five is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to the win, place, and show pools shown on the tote board. All tickets on the super hi-five shall be calculated as a separate pool.

(b) A person purchasing a super hi-five ticket shall select the five animals that will finish first, second, third, fourth, and fifth in one race. The pool shall be distributed only to the holders of tickets who select the same order of finish as officially posted.

(c) If no super hi-five ticket is sold for the winning combination, then the net pool shall be carried over and paid out in the following manner:

  (1) The entire pool shall be carried over and made available on the next consecutive super hi-five pool, and is combined with and added to the net pool for such qualifying pool, and made available for payout, or

  (2) An association can, at its option, offer a consolation pool equal to 25% of the net pool. The offering of a consolation pool shall be announced at least 72 hours in advance of the first day upon which a consolation pool will be offered, and shall be publicized. Notice of the consolation pool may be announced, by way of example, via press release, internet, simulcast signal, and on-track announcements.

  (3) If there are no ticket holders who selected first-place, second-place, third-place, fourth-place, and fifth-place finishers in order and a consolation pool is offered, then a consolation pool shall be established. The consolation pool shall be distributed as a single price pool among those ticket holders and paid out as follows:

    (A) To those who selected first-place, second-place, third-place, and fourth-place finishers in order. If there are no such wagers, then

    (B) To those who selected first-place, second-place, and third-place finishers in order. If there are no such wagers, then

    (C) To those who selected first-place and second-place finishers in order. If there are no such wagers, then

    (D) To those who selected the first-place finishers.

    (E) If the super hi-five pool cannot otherwise be distributed in accordance with this section, the money in the super hi-five consolation pool shall be carried forward to the next consecutive super hi-five pool.

(d) Unique winning wager option.

  (1) Unique winning wager, as used in this subsection, shall be defined as having occurred when there is one and only one winning wager whose combination finished in correct sequence as the first five betting interests based upon the official order of finish and is equal to the minimum allowable wager. In the event that there is more than one winning wager whose combination finished in correct sequence as the first five betting interests, a unique winning wager shall be deemed to not have occurred.

  (2) If an association elects to offer the unique winning wager option, the net super hi-five pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following order of precedence, based on the official order of finish:

    (A) as a single price pool, including any applicable carryover, to the holder of a unique winning wager whose combination finished in correct sequence as the first five betting interests, but if there is no such unique winning wager, then

    (B) the net pool shall be divided into two separate pools. The major pool of the net pool shall be paid as a carryover into the next regularly scheduled super hi-five pool. The remaining minor pool shall be paid as a super hi-five consolation pool, which shall be equally divided among those wager holders who correctly select the first five interests in order, but if there are no such wagers, then

    (C) the entire net pool shall be carried over into the next regularly scheduled super hi-five pool.

  (3) The association shall specify the minimum monetary amount of a unique winning wager with prior approval of the executive secretary.

  (4) Prior to the start of the race meet, the association shall specify the percentages for a major and minor pool with prior approval of the executive secretary.

  (5) A written request to distribute the super hi-five pool plus any carryover on a specific date and performance may be submitted by the association to the executive secretary for approval. The request must be for a specified date no greater than one year from the date the request is submitted and contain justification for the distribution, an explanation of the benefit to be derived, and the intended date and performance for the distribution. Should the super hi-five net pool and any applicable carryover be designated for distribution on a specified date and performance in which there is no unique winning wager, the entire pool shall be distributed using the method described in subsection (i) of this section.

  (6) Unless otherwise stated in writing by the Commission under paragraph (5) of this subsection, on the last super hi-five race on the final day of the meeting, the net pool, including any applicable carryover, shall be distributed using the method described in subsection (i) of this section.

(e) The minimum number of wagering interests required to offer super hi-five wagering in a race shall be seven actual starters. If scratches cause the number of horses in a race to fall below seven, then the super hi-five pool for that race shall be canceled.

(f) Super hi-five wagers on races in which wagering has been canceled or the race declared no contest shall be refunded. Any carryover pool added to the net pool of a super hi-five race which is canceled shall carry forward to be added to the next consecutive super hi-five wagering pool.

(g) If fewer than five animals finish and the race is declared official by the stewards or judges, payout shall be made to ticket holders selecting the finishing animals in order of finish as provided above, disregarding any selections beyond the number of betting interests.

(h) In the event of a dead heat in any finishing position, the wagers shall be paid as follows:

  (1) all wagers selecting either of the dead-heat positions with the correct non-dead-heat position shall be winners and share in the pool; and

  (2) payouts will be calculated by splitting the pool equally between each winning combination, then dividing split pools by the number of winning tickets. A dead heat will produce separate and distinct payouts respective to each winning combination.

(i) If on the final day of a race meeting or on a designated mandatory payout date the pool has not been distributed under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section, then the net pool for that performance plus any carryover from previous performances shall be paid out in the following manner:

  (1) To those who selected first-place, second-place, third-place, and fourth-place finishers in order. If there are no such wagers, then

  (2) To those who selected first-place, second-place, and third-place finishers in order. If there are no such wagers, then

  (3) To those who selected first-place and second-place finishers in order. If there are no such wagers, then

  (4) To those who selected the first-place finisher.

(j) If the final or designated mandatory payoff performance is canceled or the pool has not been distributed under subsection (i) of this section, the pool shall be deposited in an interest-bearing account approved by the executive secretary. The pool plus all accrued interest shall then be carried over and added to a super hi-five pari-mutuel pool in a subsequent race meeting within the following twelve months, on a date and performance designated by the association with the approval of the executive secretary. The designation of the date and performance must be made prior to the start of the association's next live racing meet.

(k) If an animal is scratched or declared a nonstarter, no further tickets may be issued designating such animal and all super hi-five tickets previously issued designating such animal shall be refunded and the money deducted from the gross super hi-five pool.

(l) For purposes of statutory deductions and commissions, the net amount does not include any amounts carried over from any previous super hi-five pool.

(m) The association may select a distinctive name for the super hi-five, with prior approval of the executive secretary.


Source Note: The provisions of this §321.320 adopted to be effective March 28, 2011, 36 TexReg 1981; amended to be effective January 10, 2013, 38 TexReg 244; amended to be effective March 7, 2018, 43 TexReg 1266; amended to be effective February 18, 2019, 44 TexReg 704; amended to be effective July 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 3263

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