Minnesota Administrative Rules
7873.0194 HEAD-TO-HEAD WAGER.
Subpart 1.
Scope.
The head-to-head wager requires the selection of the winning contestant in a designated contest, in a competition between two equally matched betting interests regardless of the official placing of the other betting interests in that contest.
Subp. 2.
Ticket is evidence of binding contract.
A head-to-head wager ticket shall be evidence of a binding contract between the holder of the ticket and the racing association and the ticket shall constitute an acceptance of the head-to-head wager provisions and rules.
Subp. 3.
Head-to-head wager may be given a distinctive name.
A head-to-head wager may be given a distinctive name to be selected by the association conducting these races, subject to the approval of the commission.
Subp. 4.
Head-to-head wager pool.
The head-to-head wager pari-mutuel pool consists of amounts contributed for a selection finishing ahead of the other designated contestant in a race designated by the association with the approval of the commission. Each person purchasing a head-to-head wager ticket shall designate a horse that officially finishes ahead of the other designated contestant.
Subp. 5.
Selection of head-to-head wager contestants.
The selection of which contestants from a contest shall participate in the head-to-head wager shall be made as provided in this subpart:
A.
the association must submit to the executive director a request stating the association's intentions for determining the contestants for each head-to-head wager contest;
B.
the matching of contestants for the head-to-head wager shall be limited to horse versus horse; and
C.
the contestants chosen for the head-to-head wager shall be conspicuously identified in the official program.
Subp. 6.
Calculation of pool.
The head-to-head wager pari-mutuel pool shall be distributed to winning ticket holders as a single-price pool to those whose selection finished ahead of the other contestant in a single head-to-head wager contest. If there are no such wagers, then the head-to-head wager pool shall be refunded.
Subp. 7.
Dead heats.
In the event of a dead heat between two contestants in a single contest head-to-head wager pool, the entire head-to-head wager pool shall be refunded.
Subp. 8.
Cancellation of races comprising head-to-head wager.
In the event of the cancellation of a race involving head-to-head wagering, the entire pool shall be refunded.
Subp. 9.
Scratched contestant in a head-to-head wager pool.
In the event that a contestant in a head-to-head wager pool is scratched or declared a nonstarter, that contest shall be canceled.
Subp. 10.
Failure of contestant to finish a head-to-head wager race.
In the event that both contestants in a head-to-head wager pool fail to finish in a head-to-head wager contest, that contest shall be canceled.
History:
28 SR 1482
Published Electronically:
August 1, 2008
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes