Section 185.165. Daily Double

(a) No Daily Double shall be conducted without permission of the Commission and only one such Daily Double shall be permitted during a single racing program. There shall be no exchange of Daily Double tickets after the purchase thereof, all tickets on the Daily Double will be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

(b) In order to win a Daily Double, it is necessary for the purchaser of a Daily Double ticket to select the winners of each of the two races specified for the double. If either of his selections fails to win, his contract is void, except as hereafter provided.

(c) All tickets will be to win (Straight) only. There shall be no ‘‘coupled entries’’ in the daily double. Horses designated and listed as the ‘‘Field,’’ race as one horse in the daily double. If two or more horses in a race are listed as ‘‘Field’’ on the same totalisator ticket, there shall be no refunds, unless all the horses so listed are excused before off time.

(d) Selections are to be made of one horse for each of two races in the Daily Double by ‘‘Tote’’ program numbers.

(e) If no ticket is sold combining the two winners of the Daily Double, the pool shall then be apportioned equally between those having tickets including the winner in the first race of the Daily Double and those having tickets including the winner in the second race of the Daily Double in the same manner in which a place pool is calculated and distributed.

(f) If no ticket is sold on the winner of the first race of the Daily Double on any combination, the entire pool is apportioned to the holders of tickets on the winner of the second race of the Daily Double. Likewise, if no ticket is sold on the winner of the second race of the Daily Double on any combination, the entire pool is apportioned to the holders of tickets on the winner of the first race of the Daily Double.

(g) If a dead heat to win should result in either the first or second race of the Daily Double, the total pool is calculated as a Place Pool. In case of a dead heat for the winner of the first race of the Daily Double, the posting of payoff prices will be made after winner of second race of the Daily Double is official.

(h) Should no ticket be sold containing the numbers of either winner on any combination, the pool shall be allotted to those having tickets on horses finishing next to the winners.

(i) In the event any horse or horses in the first half of the Daily Double should be excused by the racing officials after the horses shall have left the paddock for the post, or after the betting on the Daily Double has been closed, or should any horse or horses in the first half of the Daily Double be prevented from racing because of failure of the arm or arms of the starting gate to open, the money wagered on any horse or horses so excused or prevented from racing shall be deducted from the Daily Double Pool and refunded to the purchaser or purchasers of tickets on the horse or horses so excused or prevented from racing.

(1) Should any horse or horses be scratched, excused by the racing officials, or prevented from racing because of the failure of the arm or arms of the starting gate to open in the last half of the Daily Double, all tickets combining such horse or horses with the winner of the first race of the Daily Double shall become consolation tickets and shall be paid a price per dollar bet determined as follows: the net Daily Double Pool (the gross Daily Double Pool less tax) shall be divided by the total purchase price of all Daily Double tickets designating the winner of the first half of the Daily Double and the quotient attained shall constitute the price to be paid. The total amount payable on consolation tickets shall be deducted from the net Daily Double Pool.

(j) The possible payoff prices shall be posted or announced to the public before the start of the last race of the Daily Double, and as soon as possible after the horses in the race of the last half of the Daily Double have entered upon the track on the way to the post.

(k) In case the second half of the Daily Double is not raced due to rain, or for any other cause, the entire pool shall be apportioned and paid, less commission, to the holders of tickets on the winner of the first race of the Daily Double.

(l) If a Daily Double is scheduled to be held, subsections (a)—(k) shall be printed on the day’s racing program and notice printed on said program as follows: ‘‘Retain your tickets until the result of the Daily Double has been posted.’’

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Cross References

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 185.171 (relating to the twin double).