23 CAR § 357-603 – Mutuels

(a) When two (2) or more horses run in a race and are coupled because of common ties, they are called an entry, and a wager on one (1) of them shall be a wager on all of them.
(b) When the individual horses competing in a race exceed the numbering capacity of the totalisator, the highest numbered horse within the capacity of the totalisator and all horses of a higher number shall be grouped together and called the "Field", and a wager on one (1) of them shall be a wager on all of them.
(c)
1. (1) With the approval of the proper officers of the franchise holder, the following rules will apply.
2. (2) If fewer than six (6) interests qualify horses to start in a race, the manager of the Pari-mutuel Department shall be permitted to prohibit show wagering on that race.
3. (3) If fewer than five (5) interests qualify horses to start in a race, the said manager shall be permitted to prohibit both place and show wagering on that race.
4. (4) If fewer than three (3) interests qualify horses to start in a race, and both of the horses qualified are coupled as an entry, the said manager shall be permitted to prohibit wagering on that race.
5. (5) The said manager may prohibit wagering on any particular horse in any race.
(d)
1. (1) Before the wagering starts on each race, the morning line showing odds on each horse may be posted on the public board.
2. (2) Entries shall be listed as one (1) horse, and likewise the field shall be listed as one (1) horse.
(e)
1. (1) After wagering has begun on each race and immediately after there are one thousand dollars ($1,000) (more or less, depending on circumstances) in the straight pool, the approximate odds on each horse must be computed at each cycle of the tote board.
2. (2) Said approximate odds shall agree with the amount wagered on each horse in the straight pool.
3. (3) There shall be a minimum of four (4) sets, and more under proper circumstances, of approximate odds posted during the wagering on each race.
4. (4) These odds, however, are approximate and not the exact figures used in the payoff.
(f) Wagering shall cease not later than off time, and no tickets shall be sold after the totalisator has been locked or wagering ceased.
(g)
1. (1) If, for any reason other than power failure or accidental locking, the pari-mutuel ticket issuing machines are closed during the wagering on a race, and before off time, they shall remain closed until after the race.
2. (2) Wagering shall cease on that race, and the payoff for that race shall be computed on the sums then wagered in each pool.
(h) If a horse or horses are locked in the gate, the proper racing official shall promptly notify the manager of the Pari-mutuel Department of the name and number of said horse or horses.
(i) At the end of each race, the Placing Judges shall advise the manager of the Pari-mutuel Department of the official placement of the horses, and no payoff shall be made until the receipt of such notice.
(j)
1. (1) If an error is made in posting the payoff figures on the tote board, it shall be corrected promptly and only the correct amounts shall be used in the payoff, irrespective of the error on the tote board.
2. (2) If, because of mechanical failure, it is impossible to promptly correct the posted payoff, a statement shall be made over the public address system stating the facts and corrections.
(k)
1. (1) In the event of an irreparable breakdown of the totalisator or the ticket-issuing machines or both during the wagering on a race, the wagering for that race shall be declared closed.
2. (2) The payoff for that race shall be computed on the sums wagered in each pool up to the time of the breakdown.
(l) In all cases when a horse has been excused by the stewards after wagering has started, but before off time, all money wagered on the horse so excused shall be deducted from the pool and be refunded.
(m) Should an accident in the starting gate, malfunction of the starting gate, or other unusual event caused by outside elements compromise the fairness of the race or safety of race participants, the stewards, in consultation with the official starter, may declare individual horses to be non-starters or declare a no contest, and, subject to other rules of the Arkansas Racing Commission applicable to multi-race wagers, exclude individual horses from one (1) or more pari-mutuel pools and order a refund of pari-mutuel wagers on the horses involved, as the circumstances warrant in fairness to the bettors and race participants.
(n) If no horse finishes in a race, all money wagered on that race shall be refunded.
(o) If two (2) or more horses in a race are coupled on the same mutuel ticket, there shall be no refunds unless all of the horses so coupled are excused before off time or all of the horses so coupled are locked in the gate.
(p)
1. (1) If a jockey weighs in more than two pounds (2 lbs.) short of the weight that the jockey was assigned in the race, and his mount is disqualified by the stewards in consequence of short weight prior to the declaration of the race as official, all moneys wagered on said horse shall be deducted from the pool and refunded.
2. (2) If a jockey weighs in more than two pounds (2 lbs.) short of the weight that the jockey was assigned in the race, and his or her mount is disqualified by the stewards in consequence of short weight after the results of the race have been declared official, the moneys wagered on said horse shall not be deducted from the pool or refunded and such disqualification shall not affect the results of the race for pari-mutuel wagering purposes or in so far as the pay out to patrons is concerned.
(q)
1. (1) In the case of an entry, if one (1) of the jockeys riding the entry weighs in short of weight by more than two pounds (2 lbs.) and his or her mount is disqualified by the stewards in consequence of short weight prior to the result of the race being declared official, no refund shall be made unless the other portion of the entry also is disqualified by the stewards for short weight prior to the result of the race being declared official, in which case all moneys wagered on the entry so disqualified prior to the results of the race being declared official shall be deducted from the pool and refunded.
2. (2) This rule applies with equal effect to the field.
3. (3) See 23 CAR § 357-503(h) and 23 CAR § 357-603(p) in the event a jockey weighs in short of weight by more than two pounds (2 lbs.) after the results of the race have been declared official.
4. (4) Such resulting disqualification of the mount, after the results of the race have been declared official, shall not affect the results of the race for pari-mutuel wagering purposes or in so far as the payout to patrons is concerned.
(r) In the case of a race postponed beyond the day originally scheduled, all money wagered on said race shall be refunded.
(s) If a race is declared off by the stewards after wagering begins on that race, all money wagered on that race shall be refunded.
(t) If a horse wins and there is no money wagered on that horse to win, the straight pool shall be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on that horse, if any, otherwise, among holders of the show tickets on that horse.
(u) If no money has been wagered to place on a horse which is placed first or second in a race, the place pool for that race shall be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on the other horse which was placed first or second.
(v) If no money has been wagered to show on a horse which is placed first, second, or third in a race, the show pool in that race shall be apportioned among the holders of show tickets on the other horses which are placed first, second, or third in that place.
(w) If only one (1) horse finishes in a race, the place and show pools shall be apportioned among the holders of place and show tickets on that horse.
(x) If only two (2) horses finish in a race, the show pool shall be apportioned among the holders of show tickets on those two (2) horses.
(y) Any ruling of the stewards with regard to the reward of purse money made after the sign "Official" has been purposely displayed by the Placing Judges shall have no bearing on the mutuel payoff.
(z)
1. (1) Whenever there is a difference in any pool or pools, i.e., a difference between the sum total of the wagers on the individual horses as compared with the grand total as shown by the tote board, the larger amount shall be used as the basis for computing the payoff.
2. (2) The said larger amount shall be used as the base on which the commissions are computed and paid to the franchise holder and to the commission respectively, except that at racetracks which use equipment such as computers, which make it possible to determine immediately the correct amount of money wagered, the correct amount so determined shall be used as the basis for computing the payoff and commissions.
3. (3) In cases where the lesser amount is used, the commission auditor on duty must be in agreement with the figure used.
(aa)
1. (1) Payments due on all wagers shall be made in conformity with the well-established practice of the pari-mutuel system.
2. (2) Money wagered on winning tickets is returned in full, plus the profits.
3. (3) The practice is to work in dollars and not in the number of tickets.
4. (4) The break permitted by law is deducted in all of the calculations arriving at the payoff price, i.e., the odd cents over any multiple of ten cents ($0.10) of winnings per dollar wagered are deducted.
(bb)
1. (1) Any claim by a person that a wrong ticket has been delivered to him or her must be made before leaving the mutuel ticket window.
2. (2) No claim shall be considered thereafter and no claim shall be considered for tickets thrown away, lost, changed, destroyed, or mutilated beyond identification.
3. (3) Payment of wagers will be made only on presentation of appropriate pari-mutuel tickets.
  1. (cc)
4. (1) Should an emergency arise in connection with the operation of the Pari-mutuel Department not covered by this part and an immediate decision is necessary, the manager of the Pari-mutuel Department shall make the decision.
5. (2) The manager of the Pari-mutuel Department shall be properly and timely advised by the Racing Secretary, prior to the beginning of wagering of each race, of the horses that will compete in the race.
  1. (dd) No minor shall be allowed to wager, and no jockey in colors shall enter the betting area.
(ee)
1. (1) The minimum payout on all winning wagers in live horse racing shall be equal to the amount wagered plus ten percent (10%), i.e., the minimum payout on a one-dollar wager shall be one dollar and ten cents ($1.10), the minimum payout on a two-dollar wager shall be two dollars and twenty cents ($2.20), etc.
2. (2) However, in the event of a minus pool in live horse racing, the minimum payout on all winning wagers in that pool shall be equal to the amount wagered plus five percent (5%), i.e., the minimum payout on a one-dollar wager shall be one dollar and five cents ($1.05), the minimum payout on a two-dollar wager shall be two dollars and ten cents ($2.10), etc.