Section 315.10  General

 

a)         The match rival wager requires the selection of the winning contestant in a competition between two or more equally matched betting interests or based on the sportsmanship and/or skill of the jockeys/drivers and/or trainers in a designated contest or series of contests regardless of the official placing of the other betting interests in that contest or series of contests.  The match rival wager shall be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

 

b)         Match rival wagers shall not be sold in denominations of less than $2.

 

c)         The match rival rules shall be prominently displayed in the official program each day the match rival wager is offered.

 

d)         The organization licensee may re-name this wager, but shall notify the State Director of Mutuels of the name that will be used.

 

e)         The Racing Secretary, with the advice and consent of the stewards, shall determine the contestants for each match rival contest.  The matching of contestants for the match rival shall be limited to horse versus horse, jockey versus jockey, driver versus driver and/or trainer versus trainer.

 

f)         The contestants chosen for the match rival wager shall be conspicuously identified in the official program.

 

g)         The organization licensee shall deduct the appropriate take-out and taxes as established in the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975.  Match rival wagers consisting of a single contest shall be considered a single wager.  Match rival wagers consisting of two contests shall be considered a feature wager.  Match rival wagers consisting of three or more contests shall be considered a multiple wager.

 

h)         The organization licensee may select one of the following methods for conducting its match rival pool.  The method selected, as well as the payouts used and points assigned, shall be conspicuously identified in the official program.

 

1)         Method 1, a single contest determined by the first to arrive at the finish line;

 

2)         Method 2, a series of contests determined by the first to arrive at the finish line;

 

3)         Method 3, a series of contests determined by the total accumulated points based on the finish order of the contests; or

 

4)         Method 4, a series of contests determined by the total accumulated points based on the on-track pari-mutuel payoff of the contests.  Either the win, win and place, or win, place and show payouts may be used.

 

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 14574, effective September 1, 2006)

 

Section 315.20  Pool Distribution

 

The net match rival pool shall be distributed to winning wagers based upon the official order of finish as a single price pool to those whose selection arrives at the finish line first in a single contest or contains the most winners or has accumulated the highest point total in a series of contests.

 

a)         In the event all contestants in this wager fail to finish in a single event contest or the contest is cancelled or declared no contest, the entire match rival pool shall be refunded.

 

b)         In a series of contests of a match rival wager, more than half of the contests must be completed or the entire wager shall be cancelled and the entire match rival pool refunded.

 

c)         In the event there is a dead heat in a single event contest in which there are only two contestants, the entire pool shall be refunded for that wager.  In the event there is a dead heat in a single event in which there are three or more contestants, or in one or more races in a series of contests, all contestants involved in the dead heat shall be considered winners.

 

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 14574, effective September 1, 2006)

 

Section 315.30  Scratches

 

a)         In a single event contest, if any betting contestant is scratched or declared a non-starter by the Stewards, all wagers including the scratched contestant shall be refunded.  If less than two valid betting interests remain, the contest shall be cancelled and all wagers refunded.

 

b)         In a series of contests where the method of selecting the first to arrive at the finish line is used, or where the method of total accumulated points based on the finish order of the contests is used, in the event any contestant is scratched or declared a non-starter by the Stewards, then that particular contest in the series shall be cancelled.  If fewer than two valid betting interests remain, the contest shall be cancelled and all wagers refunded.

 

c)         In a series of contests where the method of the total accumulated points based on the on-track pari-mutuel payout is used, in the event any contestant is scratched or declared a non-starter by the Stewards that results in the contestants being a valid betting interest in zero contests, all wagers including the scratched contestant shall be refunded.  If fewer than two valid betting interests remain, the contest shall be cancelled and all wagers refunded.

 

d)         In a series of contests where the method of the total accumulated points is used based on the pari-mutuel payout and the contestant is a jockey or driver, if there is a jockey or driver change in any contest and that horse wins the contest (in the context of this Section), then that particular contest in the series shall be cancelled.

 

(Source:  Added at 30 Ill. Reg. 14574, effective September 1, 2006)