N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 4011.25
(e) The design of the pick-five tickets shall be clearly and immediately distinguishable from other pari-mutuel tickets.
(3) If any of the designated races of the pick-five sequence is cancelled or declared no race or non-betting before the first pick-five race is made official, then the pick-five pool shall be declared off and the gross pool refunded.
(i) Surface transfer.
When the condition of a turf course warrants a change of racing surface to a non-turf course in any of the pick-five races, and such change has not been known to the public before the close of wagering for the pick-five pool, then such changed race shall be deemed an all win race for pick-five wagering purposes. An all win race means the winning horse of that race is assigned to each pick-five bettor as such bettor’s selection for that race. Except for pick-five pools in which a final distribution is to be made, a pick-five pool with surface transfer(s) shall be handled as follows:
(4) If there are one or more surface change races in the pick-five sequence and there are no bettors who selected the winner of any of the other pick-five races, then the entire pool for such program shall be refunded.
(j) Dead heats.
If there is a dead heat for first in any of the pick-five contests involving:
(2) contestants representing two or more betting interests, then the pick-five pool shall be distributed as a single price pool with each winning wager receiving an equal share of the profit.
(k) Carryovers.
(4) With the written approval of the commission, the association may contribute to the pick-five carryover a sum of money up to the amount of any designated cap.
(l) Other designated distributions.
The pick-five carryover may be designated for distribution on a specified date and performance, other than as a final distribution, as set forth in subdivision (m) of this section, only under the following circumstances:
(2) upon written approval from the commission when there is a change in the carryover cap, a change from one type of pick-(n) wagering to another, or when the pick-five pool is discontinued.
If the pick-five carryover is designated for distribution on a specified date and performance in which there are no wagers selecting the winner in each of the pick-five races, then the net pool, with any carryover, shall be distributed as a single-price pool to those whose selection finished first in the greatest number of pick-five contests.
(m) Final distribution.
The track shall select, with the approval of the commission, a date and program during the final week of the annual assigned racing dates of the track operator, and also during the year during the final week of a meeting at a track after which such track operator will operate at another track, when there shall be a final distribution of all accumulated carry-overs together with the net pool of the pick-five pool conducted during such program to the holders of wagers selecting the winners of the most pick-five races contested during such program. If all pick-five races on the program designated for final distribution are cancelled and no further programs are conducted at the meeting, then no other pick-five pools shall be conducted during such week and the commission shall require that a pick-five pool be conducted on the first program of the next race meeting conducted at such track by such track operator to provide for final distribution for such prior meeting. The commission may also order a final distribution for an earlier time in the commission’s discretion.
(f) Scratched horses and nonstarters.
Should a programmed starter be scratched or declared a nonstarter in any pick-five race before the start of the first pick-five race, any affected bettor may select another betting interest, if the wager can be canceled and a replacement wager issued before the start of the first pick-five race, or may obtain a cancellation of the wager prior to the start of the first race of the pick-five sequence. If neither option is exercised, then wagers upon such scratched or declared nonstarter shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse for such race. The designated horse means the betting entry or field upon which the most wagering money has been registered at the track in the win pool at the close of win-pool betting for such race. (In the event of a money tie, the tied betting entry or field with the lowest program number shall be designated.) At any time after wagering begins on the pick-five pool, should an entire betting entry or field be scratched or declared a nonstarter in any pick-five race, no further tickets selecting such betting entry or field shall be issued, and wagers upon such betting entry or field, for purposes of the pick-five pool, shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse. Wagers in the pick-five pool upon an entry or field of horses from which a starter or starters may have been scratched will, in the case of such entry or field, be deemed wagers upon the horse or horses remaining in such entry or field. In case no starter remains representing any betting entry or field, wagers upon such entry or field shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse in the race affected by the scratch. Should the balance of a betting entry or field race as a non-betting starter for purposes of other pari-mutuel pools, as provided in sections 4009.20 and 4009.21 of this Article, wagers upon such entry or field shall be deemed wagers upon the designated horse for such race.
(g) Wagering tickets and winners.
If neither subdivision (h) nor subdivision (i) of this section applies, then the pick-five pool shall be apportioned as follows: the net pick-five pool and carryover, if any, shall be distributed as a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in each of the pick-five contests, based on the official order of finish, unless otherwise provided in this section. If there are no such wagers, the net pick-five pool shall be added to the carryover.
(h) Race cancellations.
Except for pick-five pools in which a designated distribution is to be made, the following shall apply:
(p) In the event of occurrences not encompassed within the explicit provisions of this section, distribution shall be formulated on the basis of established pari-mutuel practice and in accordance with the distribution philosophy set forth in this section; provided, nevertheless, that if full distribution of the pool is made on the basis of outstanding tickets, then the method of formulation announced by the track and the basis upon which payments have been made shall be deemed conclusively correct and not subject to review.
(q) Posting of winning combinations.
Every pick-five wagering combination entitled to a payoff shall be posted publicly by the track operator together with the payoff price.
(r) Non-transferability.
Pick-five tickets shall be nontransferable, and violations of this subdivision may lead to confiscation and cancellation of such tickets in addition to other disciplinary action.
(s) Betting information.
A racing association may display publicly information in regard to combinations wagered upon, amounts wagered on such combinations, numbers of tickets sold or number of tickets still capable of winning a pick-five pool. The operation of the totalisator equipment and reports generated thereby shall be subject to the strict supervision of the commission.
(t)-(w) [Reserved]