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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 §321.310Trifecta

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

(b) A person purchasing a trifecta ticket must select the three animals in a race which will finish first, second, and third and designate the exact order in which the first three will finish.

(c) If after wagering has begun an animal entered in a trifecta race is scratched or otherwise prevented from racing, all money wagered on the affected animal shall be deducted from the trifecta pool and refunded to the holders of tickets on the affected animal.

(d) If no ticket is sold on the winning combination, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animals finishing first and second.

(e) If no ticket is sold that requires distribution under subsection (d) of this section, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animals finishing first and third.

(f) If no ticket is sold that requires distribution under subsections (d) or (e) of this section, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animal finishing first.

(g) If no ticket is sold requiring distribution under subsections (d) - (f) of this section, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animals finishing second and third.

(h) If no ticket is sold requiring distribution under subsections (d) - (g) of this section, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animal finishing second.

(i) If no ticket is sold requiring distribution under subsections (d) - (h) of this section, the net pool shall be distributed equally among the holders of tickets selecting the animal finishing third.

(j) If a trifecta race ends in a dead heat for first place, the winning combination shall include the first two animals as finishing in either first or second and the animal finishing third. If a trifecta race ends in a dead heat for second place, the winning combinations shall include the animal finishing first and the two animals finishing in a dead heat as finishing either second or third. If a trifecta race ends in a dead heat for third place, the winning combinations include the animals finishing first and second and any of the animals finishing in the dead heat as finishing third. In all combinations paid under this subsection, the net pool shall be divided into separate pools, calculated as a place pool, and paid out accordingly.

(k) If a trifecta race ends in a triple dead heat or double dead heats, the net pool shall be divided by the number of all win, place, and show combinations formed, calculated as separate pools, and paid out accordingly.

(l) If no ticket is sold that would require distribution under this section, the trifecta is considered "no contest" and the association shall carry forward all money wagered in the trifecta pool to the next consecutive trifecta pool.

(m) An association shall not offer trifecta wagering on any race placed on the official program that does not have six or more different wagering interests unless approved by the board of stewards or judges. The board of stewards or judges may not approve a Trifecta wager in a race with fewer than five wagering interests.

(n) In the event scratches after the animals leave the paddock cause the number of different wagering interests to fall below six, or below an amount previously approved by the board of stewards or judges, the board of stewards or judges may order the wager to be canceled and the pool to be refunded if deemed in the interest of wagering integrity.


Source Note: The provisions of this §321.310 adopted to be effective April 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 2160; amended to be effective August 3, 2006, 31 TexReg 5961

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