Section 306.10  Definition

 

The trifecta requires the selection of the first three finishers, in their exact order, for a single designated contest.  All trifecta wagers shall be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

 

Section 306.20  Entries (Repealed)

                                                                                      

(Source:  Repealed at 34 Ill. Reg. 11436, effective July 22, 2010)

 

Section 306.30  Minimum Fields

 

Trifecta wagering shall not be scheduled on a thoroughbred or standardbred race unless at least five betting interests are carded.  In the event of a scratch, trifecta wagering on a thoroughbred or standardbred race in which four betting interests remain is permissible.

 

(Source:  Amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 13710, effective October 5, 2015)

 

Section 306.40  Pool Distribution

 

a)         The net trifecta pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following precedence, based upon the official order of finish:

 

1)         If contestants of a coupled entry or mutuel field finish, in any combination, within the first three finishers, as a single price pool to those selecting the coupled entry or mutuel field combined with the next separate betting interest; otherwise

 

2)         As a single price pool to those whose combination finished in correct sequence as the first three betting interests; but if there are no such wagers, then

 

3)         As a single price pool to those whose combination included, in correct sequence, the first two betting interests; but if there are no such wagers, then

 

4)         As a single price pool to those whose combination correctly selected the first place betting interest only; but if there are no such wagers, then

 

5)         The entire pool shall be refunded on trifecta wagers for that contest.

 

b)         If less than three betting interests finish and the contest is declared official, payoffs will be made based upon the order of finish of those betting interests completing the contest (e.g., 2 horses finish = 1-2-All or 1 horse finishes = 1-All-All).

 

Section 306.50  Dead Heats

 

a)         If there is a dead heat for first involving:

 

1)         contestants representing three or more betting interests, all of the wagering combinations selecting the three betting interests which correspond with any of the betting involved in the dead heat shall share in a profit split.

 

2)         contestants representing two betting interests, both of the wagering combinations selecting the two dead-heated betting interests, irrespective of order, along with the third place betting interests shall share in a profit split.

 

b)         If there is a dead heat for second, all of the combinations correctly selecting the winner combined with any of the betting interests involved in the dead heat for second shall share in a profit split.

 

c)         If there is a dead heat for third, all wagering combinations correctly selecting the first two finishers, in correct sequence, along with any of the betting interests involved in the dead heat for third shall share in a profit split.

 

Section 306.60  Scratches

 

a)         In the event any contestant that is not part of an entry or field is scratched, all wagers including the scratched betting interests shall be refunded.

 

b)         In the event any contestant in a coupled entry or mutuel field is scratched, the remaining contestants in that coupled entry or mutuel field shall remain valid betting  interests and no refunds shall be granted.

 

c)         In the event all contestants within a coupled entry or mutuel field are scratched, all wagers including such betting interests shall be refunded.