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Horse Betting Rules


Horse Racing Interface

Horse Betting offers daily racing from tracks within the USA (and some other regions) via the racing interface which is accessible once you have logged-in to your wagering account. We accept wagers up until post time. We cannot assume liability for wagers that are unsuccessfully entered before post time. Before logging-out, please check your Active Wagers on the Reports menu to make sure your bets were accepted. Once you submit a bet online, your wager is considered final. Bets shall not be accepted after post-time. In the event that the race begins before the advertised post-time and for that reason (or any other reason) you are able to place a wager after the race has started, that wager will be void.

Track Categories
Click here for an up-to-date list of tracks offered and their categories.

Odds and Limits
Each event has a bet limit (typically $1,000.00). Win, Place, Show wagers pay full track odds. All Exotic wagers pay full track odds up to the maximum pay-outs as shown in the tables below. Payouts are based on the actual track payout. The morning lines provided when wagering on the Horse Racing Interface are for informational purposes only and not used to calculate the payout. There are no house odds. If there are no track payoffs for a certain type of wager, all wagers on that type will be refunded.

See "Ticket Limits and Categories" section at bottom of page.


Official Source of Results

Maximum pay-outs per event are as follows:

  • Class A Tracks: $20,000.00
  • Class B Tracks: $15,000.00
  • Class C Tracks: $10,000.00
  • Class D Tracks: $3,000.00
  • Class E Tracks: $1,000.00

In the event a new track is not listed in one of the categories, its default payout limit will be Category E. In the event that there is evidence of pool manipulation, all affected wagers will be deemed void and all monies wagered on the affected wagers will be refunded. Management reserves the right to refuse or limit any wager and to restrict wagering on any event at any time without any advance notice.


Scratches
If a horse is scratched, all Win/Place/Show wagers placed via the racing interface will be refunded. (This does not apply to 'Odds to Win' bets placed via the sports betting interface. On those bets a scratch counts as a loss). In case a horse is considered a non-starter by the track, that horse will be considered a scratch and refunded accordingly. In exotic wagers (Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Quinella) the portion containing the scratched horse will be refunded. We do not honor ‘all’ payouts in any exotic wager even though the track may do so. In the case that there is an ‘all’ payout on a particular race, we will replace the ‘all’ payout with the rightful winner of that race and/or position. On Daily Doubles, Pick 3 and Pick 4 wagers, a scratch will result in an automatic refund of the combination including the scratched horse. There will be no consolation payouts. No special track payouts will be recognised.

Pick 3 and Pick 4 Grading and Payout Rules
All Pick 3 and Pick 4 tickets are paid out based on the official race results published by the track at which the race was run. If there is a scratched horse in any Pick 3 or Pick 4, only combinations including the scratched horse will be refunded. There will be no consolation payouts. No special track payouts (such as payouts on scratched horses, 2 out of 3 special Pick 3 payouts and/or 3 out of 4 special Pick 4 payouts) will be recognised.

Official Source of Resutls
For thoroughbred racing we use www.drf.com as our official source of results. For harness racing we use www.racingchannel.com or the tracks’ websites. In the event of a discrepancy, we will contact the track for the official result.




Ticket Limits and Categories

Class A Tracks

Class B Tracks

Bet Type

Max. Payoff

Bet Type

Max Payoff

Win

Track odds

Win

Track odds

Place

Track odds

Place

Track odds

Show

Track odds

Show

Track odds

Exacta

750-1

Exacta

500-1

Quinella

500-1

Quinella

300-1

Trifecta

1000-1

Trifecta

750-1

Superfecta

2000-1

Superfecta

1000-1

Pick 3

2000-1

Pick 3

1000-1

Pick 4

5000-1

Pick 4

2000-1

       

Daily Double

1000-1

Daily Double

500-1

       

Class C Tracks

Class D Tracks (Max Bet = $250)

Bet Type

Max. Payoff

Bet Type

Max. Payoff

Win

Track odds

Win

Track odds

Place

Track odds

Place

Track odds

Show

Track odds

Show

Track odds

All Exotics 300-1

All Exotics 300-1 with $3000 max



 

Rebate

  Straights Exotics
Class A 3% 8%
Class B 3% 5%
Class C 3%
Class D No Rebate
Class E No Rebate

This rebate only applies to wagers placed through the horse wagering interface. It does not apply to any horse matchups or other future wagers made through the sportsbook login. No rebate will be given on cancelled wagers or wagers refunded due to a scratch. No rebate will be paid on Win, Place and Show tickets that pay $2.20 to $2 or less. The rebate bonus will be paid on a daily basis. There is no rollover requirement associated with the rebate.


Track Categories

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class D

Class E

Aqueduct Arlington Beulah Albuquerque Remington
Belmont Calder Balmoral Park Harness Australia A Retama
Churchill Downs Charles Town Cal Expo Australia B Zia Park
Del Mar Delaware Park Canterbury Delta Downs (QH)
Gulfstream Delta Downs (T) Colonial Downs Evangeline (QH)
Hollywood Emerald Downs Dover Downs Harness Fairgrounds (QH)
Keeneland Evangeline (T) Ellis Park Ferndale **
Oak Tree Fairgrounds (T) Fairmount Fort Erie
Santa Anita Golden Gate Fairplex Fresno **
Saratoga Hawthorne Harrington Hastings
Indiana Downs (T) Hoosier Lone Star (QH)
Laurel Indiana Downs Harness Lousiana Downs (QH)
Lone Star (T) Maywood Pinnacle
Los Alamitos Meadowlands Pleasanton **
Lousiana Downs (T) Meadowlands Harness Prairie Meadows (QH)
Meadowlands (T) Mohawk Ruidoso Downs
Monmouth Monticello Harness Sacramento **
Mountaineer Northfield Park Harness Sam Houston (QH)
Oaklawn Portland Meadows Santa Rosa **
Penn National River Downs Stockton **
Philadelphia Park Suffolk Vallejo **
Pimlico*** Thistledown Will Rogers (QH)
Prairie Meadows (T) Will Rogers (T)
Sam Houston (T) Yavapai Downs
Sunland Yonkers Harness
Tampa Bay Downs
Turf Paradise
Turfway
Woodbine
** California Fairs

** California Fairs

 

Matchups
The following rules apply to horse matchup bets made via the sports betting interface.

  1. In matchups between two or more named horses, all horses must go for wagers to have action.
  2. Matchups are determined by horse name. Any information pertaining to race number, race track, etc are for curtsey purposes only. Also, any track coupling is irrelevant towards determining the winner of a matchup.
  3. In matchups between one named horse and the Field, wagers will have action if and only if the named horse starts. Scratches of horses in the Field will not affect the standing of the wager.
  4. Matchups are not eligible for rebates.
  5. The winner of a matchup will be determined by the highest placed finisher involved in the matchup. If no horse finishes, the matchup will be graded no action.
  6. Matchup wagers which indicate ‘Turf Only’ will be cancelled if the surface is changed.
  7. In the case of a dead heat, the matchup will be graded no action.

--- Last Updated May 9, 2010 ---