Illinois Administrative Code

Section 213.10 General Pursuant to Section 26(g)(13) of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 [230 ILCS 5/26(g)(13)], qualified licensed Illinois wagering facilities are permitted to deduct an amount equal to 2% of the difference between the wagering facility's 1994 handle on Ill…

Section 213.20 Definitions "Comparative Handle Calendar Year" – the calendar year that is being analyzed for purposes of determining the recapture amount. The comparative handle calendar year is always compared to calendar year 1994. "Purse Recapture" – the amounts certified and …

Section 213.30 Estimated Purse Recapture Certification The Board shall calculate and prepare a written estimate or projection of the purse recapture amounts anticipated in the succeeding year no earlier than December 1 of the comparative handle calendar year. The Board shall prov…

Section 213.40 Purse Recapture Certification The Board shall determine and certify in writing the amounts of purse recapture authorized to be deducted from purses no later than January 31 of the year succeeding the comparative handle calendar year.

Section 213.50 Notice of Purse Recapture Certification The Board shall notify and provide the purse recapture certification to the Bureau of the Budget, four legislative leaders, Department of Agriculture, organization licensees (including those organization licensees from which …

Section 213.60 Department of Agriculture Grant Agreements The Department of Agriculture shall administer the purse recapture reimbursement and distribute those funds by an executed grant agreement between the Department of Agriculture and the organization licensees acting as cust…

Section 213.70 Distribution of the Purse Recapture Reimbursement a) The amounts to be reimbursed to the purse accounts at eligible racetracks shall be those authorized pursuant to the Board's purse recapture certification. b) The aggregate purse recapture reimbursement shall not …

Section 300.10 General a) No person shall wager after the start of a race. b) Each licensee shall provide an information window. A complete and current Board rulebook shall be available for public inspection during racing hours at each information window. c) No licensee shall per…

Section 300.100 Pari-Mutuel Complaints Illinois Racing Board complaint forms shall be made available to the public by all licensees at the information window. Upon receiving any such complaint form, the licensee shall submit a copy to the Board with a statement of the action take…

Section 300.20 Records Each licensee shall maintain records of all wagering including the opening line, subsequent odds fluctuation, the amounts wagered on each betting interest and such other information as may be required. Such records shall be delivered to the Board upon reque…

Section 300.30 Pari-Mutuel Tickets a) A valid pari-mutuel ticket shall contain the following imprinted information: 1) the name of the organization or track conducting the races; 2) the name of the licensee issuing the ticket; 3) the name of the Illinois host track; 4) a unique i…

Section 300.40 Pari-Mutuel Wagers a) All organization, intertrack and intertrack wagering location licensees shall offer the same types of pari-mutuel pools and minimum pari-mutuel prices at both manned and unmanned terminals, unless specifically restricted by Board rule (e.g., t…

Section 300.50 Pari-Mutuel Races a) Wagering shall be prohibited on more than 11 live harness races during the course of a single racing program except on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when wagering shall be prohibited on more than 12 live harness races, unless permission to wag…

Section 300.60 Advanced Wagering a) A licensee may permit advanced wagering on races prior to the day the race occurs. b) The host track and/or organization licensee shall submit to the State Pari-Mutuel Auditor a totalizator system report reflecting any advanced wagers from prev…

Section 300.70 Scratches or Non-Starter a) In the event a betting interest is scratched, all wagers including the scratched betting interest shall be refunded, unless otherwise provided in Board rules (e.g., second half daily double grants a consolation payoff to wagers which inc…

Section 300.80 Pools Dependent Upon Betting Interests Unless otherwise provided in Board rules, the organization licensee may prohibit: a) show wagering on all contests with five or fewer betting interests. b) place wagering on any contest with four or fewer betting interests. c)…

Section 300.90 Minimum Payoff a) In the event there is insufficient money available in the net pari-mutuel pool to return $2.20 on each winning $2 wager, the minimum payoff by the organization licensee shall be $2.10. b) In the event of a minus pool, any deficiencies shall be pai…

Section 301.10 General a) All pari-mutuel pools shall be separately and independently calculated and distributed. Takeout shall be deducted from each gross pool pursuant to the Act [230 ILCS 5]. The remainder of the monies in the pool shall constitute the net pool for distributio…

Section 301.20 Win Pools a) The amount wagered on the betting interest which finishes first is deducted from the net pool, the balance remaining being the profit; the profit is divided by the amount wagered on the betting interest finishing first, such quotient being the profit p…

Section 301.30 Place Pools a) The amounts wagered to place on the first two betting interests to finish are deducted from the net pool, the balance remaining being the profit; the profit is divided into two equal portions, one being assigned to each winning betting interest and d…

Section 301.40 Show Pools a) The amounts wagered to show on the first three betting interests to finish are deducted from the net pool, the balance remaining being the profit; the profit is divided into three equal portions, one being assigned to each winning betting interest and…

Section 302.10 General a) All executed contracts governing participation in interstate common pools shall be submitted to the Board. b) Individual wagering transactions are made at the point of sale in the state where placed. Pari-mutuel pools are combined for computing odds and …

Section 302.20 Illinois as the Guest State a) Pari-mutuel wagering pools may be combined with corresponding wagering pools in the host state, or with corresponding pools established by one or more other jurisdictions. b) In the event that an organization licensee commingles Illin…

Section 302.30 Illinois as Host Track a) With the approval of the Board, an organization licensee may offer one or more of its pari-mutuel races to guest facilities in other states and participate in a common pool. b) Where takeout rates in the common pool are not identical, the …

Section 302.40 Shared Carryover Pools a) With the approval of the State Director of Mutuels and at least 30 days notice, an organization licensee may participate with other Illinois racetracks or out of state racetracks in a shared carryover pool on any wagering pool that provide…

Section 303.10 Definition The Daily Double requires selection of the first-place finisher in each of two successive, specified contests. All daily double wagers shall be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

Section 303.20 Pool Distribution The net daily double pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following manner, based upon the official order of finish: a) As a single price pool to those whose selection finished first in each of the two contests; but if there are no s…

Section 303.30 Dead Heats If there is a dead heat for first in either of the two contests involving: a) contestants representing the same betting interest, the daily double pool shall be distributed as if no dead heat occurred. b) contestants representing two or more betting inte…

Section 303.40 Scratches a) In the event a betting interest in the first half of the daily double is scratched prior to the first double contest being declared official, all money wagered on combinations including the scratched betting interest shall be deducted from the daily do…

Section 303.50 Cancellations a) If either of the daily double contests are canceled prior to the first double contest, or the first double contest is declared "no contest", the entire double pool shall be refunded on double wagers for those contests. b) If the second double conte…

Section 304.10 Definition The Quinella requires selection of the first two finishers, irrespective of order, for a single designated contest. The quinella wager shall be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

Section 304.20 Pool Distribution The net quinella pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following manner, based upon official order of finish: a) If the contestants of a coupled entry or mutuel field finish as the first two finishers, as a single price pool to those …

Section 304.30 Dead Heats a) If there is a dead heat for first involving: 1) contestants representing the same betting interest, the quinella pool shall be distributed to those selecting the coupled entry or mutuel field combined with the next separate betting interest. 2) contes…

Section 304.40 Scratches a) In the event any contestant, which is not part of an entry or field, is scratched, all wagers including the scratched betting interests shall be refunded. b) In the event any contestant in a coupled entry or mutuel field is scratched, the remaining con…

Section 305.10 Definition The perfecta/exacta requires the selection of the first two finishers, in their exact order, for a single designated contest. Perfecta/exacta wagers shall be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

Section 305.20 Pool Distribution The net perfecta/exacta pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following manner, based upon the official order of finish: a) If contestants of a coupled entry or mutuel field finish as the first two finishers, as a single price pool to…

Section 305.30 Dead Heats a) If there is a dead heat for first involving: 1) contestants representing the same betting interest, the perfecta/exacta pool shall be distributed as a single price pool to those selecting the coupled entry or mutuel field combined with the next separa…

Section 305.40 Scratches a) In the event any contestant, which is not part of an entry or field, is scratched, all wagers including the scratched betting interests shall be refunded. b) In the event any contestant in a coupled entry or mutuel field is scratched, the remaining con…

Section 306.10 Definition The trifecta requires the selection of the first three finishers, in their exact order, for a single designated contest. All trifecta wagers shall be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

Section 306.30 Minimum Fields Trifecta wagering shall not be scheduled on a thoroughbred or standardbred race unless at least five betting interests are carded. In the event of a scratch, trifecta wagering on a thoroughbred or standardbred race in which four betting interests rem…

Section 306.40 Pool Distribution a) The net trifecta pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following precedence, based upon the official order of finish: 1) If contestants of a coupled entry or mutuel field finish, in any combination, within the first three finishers…

Section 306.50 Dead Heats a) If there is a dead heat for first involving: 1) contestants representing three or more betting interests, all of the wagering combinations selecting the three betting interests which correspond with any of the betting involved in the dead heat shall s…

Section 306.60 Scratches a) In the event any contestant that is not part of an entry or field is scratched, all wagers including the scratched betting interests shall be refunded. b) In the event any contestant in a coupled entry or mutuel field is scratched, the remaining contes…

Section 307.10 Definition The twin trifecta requires selection of the first three finishers, in their exact order, in each of two designated contests. Each winning wager for the first twin trifecta contest must be exchanged for a free ticket on the second twin trifecta contest in…

Section 307.20 General Provisions a) Unless expressly noted in this Part, all trifecta rules shall apply. b) Twin trifecta tickets shall be sold and exchanged by licensed facilities and at attended ticket-issuing machines. The sale, exchange or transfer of twin trifecta tickets b…

Section 307.30 Pool Distribution a) An organization shall elect a 50% or 75% carryover method prior to the start of its meet. The remaining 50% or 25% shall be the daily net pool. b) In the first twin trifecta contest, winning wagers and distribution of the daily net pool shall b…

Section 307.40 Dead Heats a) If there is a dead heat or multiple dead heats in either the first or second twin trifecta contest, all twin trifecta wagers selecting the correct order of finish, including any dead-heated contestant, shall be considered winners. b) If there is a dea…