La. Admin. Code tit. 35 § XIII-11515

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIII-11515 - Scratches and Nonstarters

A. In the event a triple play ticket designates a selection in any one or more of the races comprising the triple play and that selection is scratched, excused or determined by the stewards to be a nonstarter in the race, prior to the official start of the first leg, all tickets designating that horse shall be refunded and the money deducted from the pool.

B. In the event the scratch was made in the second leg after the start of the first leg, a consolation payoff shall be computed for those bets combining the winners of the first and third legs with the scratched betting interest as follows: from the gross pool shall be deducted the statutory take-out and then the amount represented by bets on combinations involving betting interests scratched from the third leg (reduced by the take-out thereon). The resulting remainder shall be divided by the amounts bet on the combination of such first and third leg winners with all betting interests (less breakage) to determine the consolation price per dollar payable to those bets combining winners of the first and third legs with a betting interest scratched in the second leg. The breakage shall not be deducted from the pool.

C. If a betting interest is scratched in the third leg after the start of the first leg, a consolation payoff shall be computed as for those bets combining the winners of the first and second legs with such scratched betting interest as follows: from the gross pool shall be deducted the statutory take-out and then the amount represented by bets on combinations involving betting interests scratched from the second leg (reduced by the rate of the take-out thereon). The resulting remainder shall be divided by the amount bet on the combination of such first and second leg winners with all betting interests in the third leg (less breakage) to determine the consolation price per dollar payable to those bets combining winners of the first and second legs with an betting interest scratched in the third leg. The breakage shall not be deducted from the pool.

D. If betting interests are scratched in both the second and third legs after the start of the first leg, a consolation payoff shall be computed for those bets combining the winner of the first leg with the betting interests scratched in both the second and third legs as follows: from the gross pool shall be deducted the takeout and the remainder shall be divided by the amount bet on the winner of the first leg combined with all other betting interests (less breakage) to determine the consolation price per dollar payable to those tickets combining the winner of the first leg with the scratched betting interests from both the second and third legs. The breakage shall not be deducted from the pool.

E. If all three legs of the triple play are cancelled or declared "no contest," the entire pool shall be refunded.

La. Admin. Code tit. 35, § XIII-11515

Promulgated by the Department of Commerce, Racing Commission, LR 14:80 (February 1988), amended by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Racing Commission, LR 33:282 (February 2007).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 4:149, R.S. 4:149.1 and R.S. 4:149.2.