Rules of Wagering 2005

Western Australia

Racing and Wagering Western Australia Act 2003

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Citation

These rules may be cited as the Rules of Wagering 2005.

2. Commencement

These rules come into operation on 30 January 2005.

3. Interpretation

(1) In these rules —

all‑up means a wager in which any subsequent dividends are wagered on the runners named until the contract is completed;

betting exchange means a facility provided by the operator of the betting exchange, for fee, commission or other reward, under which offers to back a runner are matched with offers to lay against the runner with the result that wagers are made between those offering to back and those offering to lay;

bookmaker has the meaning given by section 4(1) and (2)(a) and (aa) of the Betting Control Act 1954;

bookmaker's manager means a licensed managed within the meaning of the Betting Control Act 1954;

cash means bank notes or coins;

Commission means the Gaming and Wagering Commission of Western Australia established under the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987;

concession wager means a wager to win at special odds, the stake being refunded if the runner concerned is placed second or third, subject to the number of starters;

controlling authority means the body responsible for conducting a sporting event;

depositor means a person who establishes a wagering account with RWWA for the purpose of wagering with or through RWWA;

dividend means the amount payable to an investor in respect of a winning wager, including the amount wagered by the investor on that wager, and includes “winnings” as referred to in section 62 of the RWWA Act;

doubles means a wager on the contingency of 2 races or events;

fixed odds wager means a wager where a fixed amount that will be won if the wager is successful is determined before the wager is accepted;

Flexi Bet means a method of wagering an amount on one or more of the wagers described in rule 22A, where the amount of the investment on each combination covered by that wager can be a percentage, or fraction, of a unit;

internet wagering means a method of making and accepting wagers by means of an on‑line telecommunications system (commonly known as “the internet”) using a computer system that is subject to the procedures set out in regulation 76 of the Betting Control Regulations 1978;

investor means a person who makes, or offers to make, or attempts to make, a wager on a race or sporting event and includes a bettor;

multiple double means a double on 2 races or events scheduled at the time the wager is made to be run on the same day;

novelty wager means —

(a) in relation to a race, a wager of the kind referred to in rule 17; and

(b) in relation to a sporting event, a wager of the kind prescribed in rule 24 of these rules;

no race means an event declared a no race by the stewards or committee or other body controlling the racecourse after the running of an event at the racecourse;

objection includes protest, as defined and provided for by the relevant Rules of Racing giving rise to such matter;

official result means the result or outcome of a sporting event, as declared by the relevant controlling authority immediately following the end of the event;

on‑course totalisator means a totalisator operated by a racing club at a racecourse under an authorisation under section 17B or 17D of the Betting Control Act 1954;

on‑course totalisator manager means a person appointed under rule 8;

participant, in relation to a sporting event, means an individual or a team contesting the outcome of that sporting event, but does not include a horse or a greyhound;

place wager means the selection of a runner or participant to finish either first, second or third (third being dependant upon the number of starters) in a particular race or sporting event;

play or pay means a wager that holds good whether or not a runner or participant on which the wager is made runs or participates in the race or sporting event in respect of which the wager is made;

prescribed commission means the amount prescribed by regulation 17C or 17D of the Betting Control Regulations 1978, as the case may be, that may be deducted as commission from a wager included in a totalisator pool;

race means a thoroughbred race, a harness race or a greyhound race, but does not include a trial;

runner means —

(a) in the context of a thoroughbred race or a harness race, a horse running in the race; and

(b) in the context of a greyhound race, a greyhound running in the race;

RWWA means Racing and Wagering Western Australia established under section 4 of the RWWA Act;

RWWA Act means the Racing and Wagering Western Australia Act 2003;

RWWA Regulations means the Racing and Wagering Western Australia Regulations 2003;

scheduled starting time of a race or a sporting or other event means the starting time of the race or event that has been determined by the relevant racing club or body conducting the race or event and notified to RWWA;

sporting event means —

(a) any cricket match or series of cricket matches selected by RWWA;

(b) any match or series of matches selected by RWWA from Australian Rules Football fixtures; or

but does not include a race or trial;

stake means the amount of money invested on a wager by an investor;

ticket means a ticket issued to an investor upon which the details of a wager or wagers made by the investor with RWWA, an on‑course totalisator, or a bookmaker are recorded and that is evidence of the wager or wagers having been made by the investor for the payment of dividends;

totalisator means the instrument known as the totalisator and includes —

(a) any other machine, instrument or contrivance of a like nature and conducted on the like principles lawfully operated under any Act;

(b) any totalisator pool scheme conducted by RWWA under the RWWA Act for enabling any number of persons to make wagers with one another on like principles;

totalisator agency means any totalisator agency established and operated under the RWWA Act, and includes any premises on which wagers may be made on a race or event through or with RWWA;

totalisator operator means RWWA, in its capacity to conduct totalisator wagering under the RWWA Act, or a racing club duly authorised to conduct on‑course totalisator wagering under the Betting Control Act 1954;

unit means an investment of 50 cents on a wager;

wagering account means a wagering account established by a depositor under section 64 of the RWWA Act;

walk‑over, in relation to a race, means a race in which there is only one runner;

win wager (also referred to as “straight‑out”) means the nomination of the winner of a particular race or sporting event.

(2) In these rules wager and bet have the same meaning, and a reference to a wager in the rules is the same as a reference to a bet in the Betting Control Act 1954 and regulations made under that Act.

[Rule 3 amended in Gazette 18 Aug 2006 p. 3370; 18 Sep 2007 p. 4712.]

4. Application

(1) Subject to subrule (2), these rules apply to the conduct of wagering by —

(a) RWWA;

(b) racing clubs authorised to operate a totalisator under section 17B or 17D of the Betting Control Act 1954; and

(2) Nothing in these rules affects the operation of sections 59(4) and 61(4) of the RWWA Act which provide that, where RWWA participates in a combined totalisator pool scheme, or a jointly operated fixed odds wagering system, RWWA may adopt and operate under the rules pertaining to the operation or administration of that scheme or joint system.

(3) These rules are binding upon —

(a) RWWA, the board, directors, stewards and other officers, employees and agents of RWWA;

(b) racing clubs and their managing bodies, members, officers, employees and agents;

(d) all persons making or placing wagers with or through RWWA, a duly authorised on‑course totalisator, or a bookmaker.

5. Matters not covered by these rules

(1) Any matter in relation to a wager to which these rules apply which is not provided for by these rules is to be determined —

(a) where the matter relates to wagering conducted by a bookmaker or an on‑course totalisator — by the steward in charge of the race meeting or racecourse at which the bookmaker or on‑course totalisator is operating; or

(b) where the matter relates to off‑course wagering conducted with or through RWWA — by RWWA.

(2) A determination under subrule (1) is final and binding and, unless a written law otherwise provides, not subject to further review.

6. Copy of these rules to be available

An up‑to‑date copy of these rules is to be available for perusal on demand at RWWA’s head office during normal office hours and at every racecourse at which wagering is being conducted.

Part 2 — Conduct of totalisator wagering generally

7. Supervision of wagering by on‑course totalisators

In accordance with section 50(1)(a) of the RWWA Act, the conduct of wagering by, with or through an on‑course totalisator is to be supervised by a steward supervising the conduct of wagering at a racecourse at which totalisator wagering is conducted or otherwise appointed by RWWA to supervise the conduct of wagering.

8. Racing club to appoint on‑course totalisator manager

Where a racing club conducts wagering through a duly authorised on‑course totalisator, that racing club is to ensure that a person is appointed to manage the operations of the on‑course totalisator and to ensure that the conduct of wagering through the on‑course totalisator conforms in all respects with these rules and all written laws governing the operation of on‑course totalisators.

9. Duty to report non‑compliance

It is the duty of an on‑course totalisator manager to report any instances of non‑compliance with these rules or other laws governing the operation of the on‑course totalisator to the steward supervising the conduct of wagering at the racecourse.

10. Changes affecting wagering to be advised

(1) In relation to any race, where —

(a) a runner is scratched, declared a non‑starter, or otherwise withdrawn from the race;

(b) a protest is lodged in relation to the result of the race; or

it is the responsibility of the steward in control of that race to inform the on‑course totalisator manager of that occurrence and to announce or arrange the announcement of the details of the occurrence over the racecourse public address system.

(2) Where the race is one on which RWWA is conducting wagering, or operating a totalisator wagering service on behalf of a racing club, the on‑course totalisator manager receiving such advice is to immediately convey that advice to the RWWA race day control centre.

11. Numbering of runner on totalisator

Each runner that is to start in a race is to be denoted on the totalisator by a number corresponding with the number of the runner in the official program for that race and no such runner may be barred on the totalisator.

12. Display of anticipated dividends

In respect of each totalisator pool conducted by RWWA for win wagers and place wagers in respect of a race, there is to be displayed in a prominent place by figures or suitable indicators a progressive indication of the anticipated dividend payable to the investors in respect of each runner.

13. When dividends become payable

(1) No dividend may be declared or paid in respect of a wager relating to a race until the steward in control of that race has signalled “correct weight” or “all clear” in respect of the running of that race, or has otherwise authorised the payment of dividends in respect of that race.

(2) A dividend declared in accordance with subrule (1) is final despite any subsequent order or decision of the stewards, RWWA, the Racing Penalties Appeal Tribunal or of any court or otherwise, to declare any other runner to be the winner or place getter in place of the winner or place getter first declared by the stewards, or to otherwise alter the result of the race.

(3) The steward in charge of a race is to cause the results of the race to be displayed in a prominent position on the racecourse and the on‑course totalisator manager is to cause those results to be communicated to RWWA.

(4) Wagers on a sporting event are to be determined, and dividends declared, on the basis of the official result of that sporting event, unless otherwise determined and notified to customers generally at the time of placing the wager.

(5) A dividend declared in respect of a sporting event, in accordance with subrule (4), is final despite any subsequent order or decision of the controlling authority or of any court or otherwise, to declare any other result or outcome, or to otherwise alter the result or outcome of the sporting event.

[Rule 13 amended in Gazette 18 Aug 2006 p. 3370.]

14. Exhibiting of dividends

Immediately after the declaration of a dividend in respect of a race, the on‑course totalisator manager is to cause a notice displaying the amount of each dividend payable to be exhibited at the racecourse and the notice is to remain exhibited until after the last race.

15. Wagers that contravene the Rules of Racing not permitted

A totalisator operator is not permitted to receive or make a wager that contravenes the Rules of Racing made under section 45 of the RWWA Act.

Part 3 — Rules of totalisator wagering

16. Totalisator pools – win and place wagers

(1) This rule applies in relation to any totalisator pool conducted by RWWA or a racing club (“the totalisator operator”) in respect of win wagers and place wagers made on races or sporting events.

(2) Where a totalisator pool is conducted for a win wager, the totalisator operator, after allowing for refunds, is to —

(a) place all win wagers on that race or sporting event into separate pool;

(b) deduct the prescribed commission from the pool, having regard to whether the pool is conducted on the system under which —

(i) the commission to be deducted is calculated as a percentage of the sum of the losing wagers held in the pool (“the losing wagers method”); or

(ii) the commission is calculated as a percentage of the wagers placed in the pool (“the flat commission method”);

(c) add to the pool, where applicable, any supplementary amount determined in accordance with section 103 of the RWWA Act;

(d) calculate the win dividend for the runner or participant by dividing the number of winning units on that runner or participant into the amount remaining; and

(e) declare and pay the dividend in respect of each unit to the holders of winning tickets in accordance with the RWWA Regulations.

(3) Where a totalisator pool is conducted for a place wager on a race or sporting event in which the number of runners or participants listed to start at the expiration of the time set by the totalisator operator for the notification of final scratchings in respect of that race or sporting event is, despite any late scratchings, 8 or more, then, subject to subrules (4) and (5), the totalisator operator, after allowing for refunds, is to —

(a) place all place wagers received on that race or sporting event into a separate pool and divide that pool into 3 equal parts on behalf of the runners or participants placed first, second or third respectively;

(b) from each of the 3 parts respectively deduct the prescribed commission from the parts (having regard to whether the pool is conducted on the losing wagers method or the flat commission method);

(c) add to the pool, where applicable, any supplementary amount determined in accordance with section 103 of the RWWA Act;

(d) calculate the dividend for first, second and third places by dividing the number of winning units on the runners or participants placed first, second or third respectively into the amount of the part remaining; and

(e) declare and pay that dividend in respect of each unit to the holders of winning tickets in accordance with the RWWA Regulations.

(4) Where the wagers accepted on only one of the runners or participants placed first, second or third are more than one‑third of the amount, after allowing for refunds, of all place wagers accepted on that race or sporting event, together with any supplementary amount added to the pool in accordance with section 103 of the RWWA Act, the totalisator operator is to —

(a) before proceeding with the division of the pool under subrule (3)(a), declare and pay out of the pool a dividend of 50 cents in respect of each unit to the holders of winning tickets on that runner or participant;

(b) divide and set aside the amount then remaining in the pool in 2 equal parts on behalf of the other 2 placed runners or participants and deduct from each the prescribed commission from the parts (having regard to whether the pool is conducted on the losing wagers method or the flat commission method);

(c) calculate the respective dividends for each of those 2 placed runners or participants by dividing the number of winning units on that runner or participant into the amount of the part as set aside for that runner or participant after the commission has been deducted; and

(d) declare and pay the respective dividends in respect of each unit to the holders of winning tickets in accordance with the RWWA Regulations.

(5) Where the place wagers accepted on each of 2 of the runners or participants placed first, second or third is more than one‑third of the amount, after allowing for refunds, of all place wagers accepted on that race or sporting event, together with any supplementary amount added to the pool in accordance with section 103 of the RWWA Act, the totalisator operator is to —

(a) before proceeding with the division of the pool under subrule (3)(a) declare and pay out of the pool a dividend of 50 cents in respect of each unit to the holders of winning tickets on either of those runners or participants;

(b) set aside the part then remaining in the pool on behalf of the other runner or participant placed first, second or third and deduct the prescribed commission from the part (having regard to whether the pool is conducted on the losing wagers method or the flat commission method);

(c) calculate the dividend for that placed runner or participant by dividing the number of winning units on that runner or participant into the amount of the part set aside for that runner or participant after the commission has been deducted; and

(d) declare and pay that dividend in respect of each unit to the holders of winning tickets in accordance with the RWWA Regulations.

(6) Where a totalisator pool is conducted for a place wager on a race or sporting event and the number of runners or participants listed to start at the expiration of the time set by the totalisator operator for the notification of final scratchings in respect of that race or sporting event is, despite any late scratchings, less than 8 but more than 4, the pool is to be divided into 2 separate and equal parts on behalf of the runners or participants placed first and second only, but the other provisions of subrules (3), (4) and (5) apply subject to that change, a reference to “one-third” being construed as a reference to “one-half ”.

(7) Where the number of runners or participants listed to start at the expiration of the time set by the totalisator operator for the notification of final scratchings in respect of that race or sporting event is, despite any late scratchings, less than 5, the place wager totalisator is not to operate.

(8) In relation to totalisator pools conducted under this rule —

(a) to ensure that a dividend can be declared and paid, the totalisator operator may itself invest a one unit win wager and a one unit place wager on every runner or participant that finally starts in each race or sporting event;

(b) where 2 or more runners or participants dead heat for first, second or third place, requiring the payment of one or more additional win or place dividends, then the dividends to be declared and paid for the runners or participants forming the dead heat are to be the dividends that, but for that dead heat, would otherwise have been declared and paid for those runners or participants in accordance with these rules divided by the number of runners or participants forming the dead heat; and

(c) where, under these rules, the dividend calculated for one unit in respect of a win wager or a place wager is less than 55 cents, the provisions of regulation 31(3) of the RWWA Regulations are to be observed.

17. Totalisator pools – novelty wagers on races

(1) Subject to these rules, a totalisator operator may make and accept —

(a) double event wagers;

(b) quinella wagers;

(d) tierce wagers;

(e) trifecta wagers;

(f) quartet wagers;

(g) favourite numbers wagers; and

(h) quaddie wagers,

in respect of races and, for the purpose of the rules, these wagers are collectively referred to as “novelty wagers”.

(2) For the purposes of these rules —

(a) in a double event wager, the person making the wager selects a combination of 2 runners, or the same runner twice, on the chance that they or it will be first in each of 2 races nominated by the totalisator operator as the double event;

(b) in a quinella wager, the person making the wager selects a combination of 2 runners in the same race on the chance that they will be first and second in that race, irrespective of the order in which they finish;

(c) in an exacta wager, the person making the wager selects one runner to be first and another runner to be second in that order in the same race;

(d) in a tierce wager, the person making the wager selects a combination of 3 runners in the same race on the chance that they will be first, second and third in that race irrespective of the order in which they finish;

(e) in a trifecta wager, the person making the wager selects one runner to be first, another runner to be second, and another runner to be third in that order in the same race;

(f) in a quartet wager, the person making the wager selects one runner to be first, another runner to be second, another runner to be third, and another runner to be fourth in that order in the same race;

(g) in a favourite numbers wager, the person making the wager selects a series of numbers on the chance that, subject to rule 20, the races to which those numbers relate will be won by the runner determined under rule 21 to be the off‑course favourite for those races (“successful numbers”); and

(h) in a quaddie wager, the person making the wager selects 4 runners, one from each of 4 races nominated by the totalisator operator at a race meeting, on the chance that all 4 runners win their races.

18. Dividends on novelty wagers

(1) Dividends are to be declared and paid to the holders of winning tickets in accordance with the RWWA Regulations, rule 18A and this rule.

(2) Before any dividend is calculated or declared on a totalisator pool for any novelty wager, other than a favourite numbers wager or a quaddie wager, the totalisator operator, after allowing for refunds, is to —

(a) deduct the prescribed commission from the sum of the wagers included in that totalisator pool;

(b) add to the pool, where applicable, any jackpot amount determined in accordance with these rules and any supplementary amount determined in accordance with section 103 of the RWWA Act;

(d) where 2 or more runners share a sequence of places in a race by reason of a dead heat by those runners and any of these runners has been selected by the holder of a winning ticket to fill any of those places, determine the number of possible combinations that would, had they been selected, have constituted winning units (“winning combinations”) and divide that number into the amount of the resulting balance so as to provide equal portions for each winning combination and pay by way of dividend —

(i) the portion provided for each respective winning combination that was selected to the holder of the winning wager in which that winning combination was selected; or

(ii) if there is more than one winning wager in which a particular winning combination was selected, to the holders of those winning tickets their respective share of that portion after dividing the portion for that winning combination by the number of winning units relating to wagers in which that winning combination was selected.

(3) Where a totalisator pool is conducted for any kind of novelty wager other than a favourite numbers wager, quaddie wager or trifecta wager —

(a) if no wager placed in the totalisator pool concerned is a winning wager, the totalisator operator is to deduct the prescribed commission from the sum of the wagers included in the pool and carry forward the balance and add it to the amount invested in a subsequent totalisator pool conducted for the same kind of wager, whether conducted on the same day or another day, as the totalisator operator may determine; and

(b) if, in a case to which subrule (2)(d) applies, there is a winning combination that was not selected by any person making a wager placed in the totalisator pool concerned, the totalisator operator is to carry forward the amount of the portion provided for that winning combination and add it to the amount invested in a subsequent totalisator pool conducted for the same kind of wager, whether conducted on the same day or another day, as the totalisator operator may determine.

(4) Where in a novelty wager, other than a favourite numbers wager or a trifecta wager there are not enough runners officially placed to give a result, the totalisator operator is to refund all wagers in that pool.

(5) Where a totalisator pool is conducted for a trifecta wager and no wager placed in the totalisator pool is a winning wager, RWWA is to —

(a) deduct the prescribed commission from the sum of the wagers included in the totalisator pool; and

(b) carry the remaining balance of that pool forward and add it to a totalisator pool conducted for a trifecta wager either on the same day or on a subsequent day.

(6) Where a totalisator pool is conducted for a trifecta wager and —

(a) only 2 placings are declared for that race — a winning wager is to be a selection of the 2 placed runners and any other runner in the race; or

(b) only a winner is declared for that race — a winning wager is to be a selection of the winner and any 2 other runners in the race,

but if no selection satisfies paragraph (a) or (b) the totalisator operator is to refund all wagers in that pool.

[Rule 18 amended in Gazette 30 Aug 2005 p. 4055; 18 Sep 2007 p. 4712.]

18A. Trifecta, quaddie and quartet dividends if less than one unit is invested on correct selections

Despite rule 22, where the total of trifecta investments, quartet investments or quaddie investments in respect of which a dividend is to be paid (“winning trifecta combination”, “winning quartet combination” or “winning quaddie combination” as the case may be) is less than one unit —

(a) only the amount of the trifecta dividend pool, the quartet dividend pool or the quaddie dividend pool determined in accordance with the following formula will be distributed amongst the investors on the winning trifecta combination, winning quartet combination or winning quaddie combination —

da = di x (ai ÷ ui)

where —

da is the amount of the trifecta dividend pool, quartet dividend pool or quaddie dividend pool that is to be distributed among the investors on the winning trifecta combination, winning quartet combination or winning quaddie combination;

di is the total amount that would be distributed to investors on the winning trifecta combination, winning quartet combination or winning quaddie combination, if the total of trifecta investments, quartet investments or quaddie investments in respect of which a dividend is to be paid was not less than a unit of investment;

ai is the total of all trifecta investments, quartet investments or quaddie investments (if any) on the winning trifecta combination, the winning quartet combination or the winning quaddie combination;

ui is the unit of investment for the trifecta, quartet or quaddie;

and

(b) there is to be transferred to the trifecta jackpot pool, the quartet jackpot pool or the quaddie jackpot pool conducted on the succeeding trifecta event, the succeeding quartet event or the succeeding quaddie an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula —

t = di — da

where —

t is the amount transferred to the trifecta jackpot pool, quartet jackpot pool or quaddie jackpot pool on the succeeding trifecta event, the succeeding quartet event or the succeeding quaddie;

di has the same meaning as in paragraph (a);

da has the same meaning as in paragraph (a).

[Rule 18A inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 2007 p. 4712‑13.]

19. Double event wagers on races

(1) The totalisator operator may take and accept wagers in respect of any 2 races, conducted on the same day or on different days, nominated by the totalisator operator to comprise a double event.

(2) Where the 2 races are conducted on the same day and a runner selected for the double event by the person making the wager fails to start, the totalisator operator is to substitute for the runner selected the off‑course favourite for that race, determined under rule 21, and the person making the wager is to be taken to have selected the runner or runners so substituted unless the person has obtained a refund of the amount of the wager by surrendering the ticket issued prior to the closing time fixed for the acceptance of wagers on that double event.

(3) Where the first race of a double event has already been run and the race that would have comprised the second race of that double event is abandoned, the totalisator operator is to deduct the prescribed commission from the wagers included in the totalisator pool for that double event and pay a dividend, or carry forward the resulting balance, in accordance with these rules, as if each wager in which the runner that won the first race of the double event was nominated to win that race was a winning wager.

(4) Despite subrule (2), an investor may, when making the selections for a double event wager, select the substitute as described in subrule (2) for one of, or both of, the races on which the wager is made.

20. Favourite numbers wagers

(1) The totalisator operator is to determine the races to which the available participating numbers on a favourite numbers wager relate by random selection from races —

(a) on which the totalisator operator intends to operate in respect of the favourite numbers totalisator pool concerned; and

(b) which are to be run after the time advertised by the totalisator operator as being the closing time for the receipt of wagers for that totalisator pool.

(2) Having determined the races referred to in subrule (1) the totalisator operator is to —

(a) at the same time determine which other races are to be substituted should all or any of these races be abandoned or postponed from one day to another; and

(b) by notices exhibited in totalisator agencies or by announcements made, specify the number of successful numbers (within the meaning of rule 17(2)(g)) required to be selected in a favourite numbers wager in order to constitute a winning wager.

(3) If one of the runners participating in a dead heat is the off‑course favourite in the race concerned and that race is one to which a favourite numbers wager relates, that race is to be taken for the purpose of this rule to have been won by that off‑course favourite.

(4) Where a totalisator pool is conducted in respect of favourite numbers wagers, the totalisator operator, after allowing for refunds, is to —

(a) deduct the prescribed commission from the sum of the wagers included in the pool;

(b) add to the pool, where applicable, any supplementary amount determined in accordance with section 103 of the RWWA Act together with any amount carried forward in accordance with subrule (5); and

(c) divide the number of winning units into the amount of the resulting balance, and declare and pay that dividend in respect of each unit to the holder of each winning ticket in accordance with the RWWA Regulations.

(5) If no favourite numbers wager placed in the totalisator pool concerned is a winning wager, the totalisator operator is to carry forward 50% of the resulting balance and add it to the amount invested in a subsequent totalisator pool conducted for the same kind of favourite numbers wagers as that in respect of which no wager on the winning combination was made.

(6) The totalisator operator is to, after carrying forward 50% of the resulting balance in accordance with subrule (5), divide the remaining 50% of the resulting balance by the number of tickets in which were selected a number of successful numbers which is one less than the number required under subrule (2)(b) and declare and pay a dividend based on that reduced requirement.

(7) If there are no wagers nominating the required number of successful numbers as reduced under subrule (6) the totalisator operator is to progressively reduce by one the number of successful numbers required for the purpose of determining which wagers are winning wagers until the totalisator operator is able to declare and pay a dividend.

(8) If after the operation of subrule (7) the number of successful numbers required is reduced to one and no wager is a winning wager, the remaining 50 % of the resulting balance is to be carried forward in accordance with subrule (5).

21. Determination of the totalisator favourite

(1) For the purposes of rules 19, 20 and 22, where a runner starts in a race it is to be taken to be the totalisator favourite for the race if there has been invested on that runner by way of win wagers a greater amount than is so invested on any other runner starting in that race, the amounts of the respective investments being determined —

(a) in respect of a pool not operated under a combined pool scheme —

(i) where any win wagers received by an on‑course totalisator on a particular race are transmitted to RWWA for inclusion in the RWWA pool for win wagers on that race — by reference to the total amount of win wagers recorded; and

(ii) in any other case — by reference to the win wagers accepted by RWWA;

and

(b) in respect of pools operated under a combined pool scheme — in accordance with the rules of that combined pool scheme adopted under section 59(4) of the RWWA Act governing the determination of the totalisator favourite or substitute.

(2) If in a race there have been invested on 2 or more runners equal win wager amounts, each of which is greater than the amount so invested on any other runner starting in the race, the totalisator favourite is to be taken to be whichever of those equally backed runners has assigned to it the lowest number in the list of starters exhibited by the totalisator operator for the race.

22. Quaddie wagers

(1) In a quaddie wager, the totalisator operator is to —

(a) nominate the races (if any) at that race meeting on which it intends to offer quaddie wagers; and

(b) announce the proposed method of alternate payment it intends to employ under subrule (9) should it be necessary.

(2) If a runner selected by an investor as part of a quaddie wager fails to start, and that investor has not obtained a refund of the amount of that wager in accordance with the regulation 43 of the RWWA Regulations, the totalisator favourite (determined under rule 21) will be substituted for the non‑starting runner in relation to that quaddie wager.

(3) Subject to subrule (4) where a race nominated as being a race on which a quaddie wager is offered is —

(a) cancelled;

(b) postponed so that it takes place in other than the order of the races as nominated by the totalisator operator;

(d) declared a “no race”,

all selections in that race in a quaddie wager are winners for that particular race.

(4) Where all 4 races nominated as being races at a particular race meeting on which a quaddie wager is offered are –

(a) cancelled;

(b) postponed from one day to another;

(d) declared a “no race”; or

(e) any combination of paragraphs (a) to (d),

all quaddie wagers on that group of races are to be refunded to the ticket holders.

(5) Before a dividend is calculated or declared on a totalisator pool for a quaddie wager, the totalisator operator, after allowing for refunds, is to deduct the prescribed commission from the sum of the wagers included in that pool.

(6) After deducting the prescribed commission, the totalisator operator is to divide the number of winning units into the amount of the resulting pool balance and declare and pay that dividend in respect of each unit to the holders of winning tickets in accordance with the RWWA Regulations.

(7) If 2 or more runners place first in a nominated race due to a dead heat, the totalisator operator is to determine the winning quaddie combinations using each of the first placed runners, divide the number of winning units into the amount of the pool balance and declare and pay that dividend in respect of each unit to the holders of winning tickets in accordance with the RWWA Regulations.

(8) If a combination of dead heats, or triple dead heats, occurs, and the number of winning quaddie combinations for a nominated group of races could be 8 or more, the first race with the result that giving rise to 8 or more combinations, and any subsequent race in that nominated group, is to be disregarded when calculating the winning quaddie combinations for that race meeting.

(9) If there are no winning wagers on a particular group of races nominated as being the 4 races on which quaddie wagers are taken, the totalisator operator is to deduct the prescribed commission from the sum of the wagers included in the pool, and may —

(a) carry the remaining balance of that pool forward and add it to a totalisator pool conducted for a quaddie wager either on the same day, or a subsequent day; or

(b) pay that balance out to an alternate winning combination (calculated under subrule (10)),

as the totalisator operator determines from time to time.

(10) Alternate winning quaddie combinations are to be arrived at using the following progression of winning runners (and taking into account any dead heats) until the totalisator operator is able to declare and pay a dividend —

(a) first, the winning runners in the first 3 races, and the second placed runner in the fourth race;

(b) second, the winning runners in the first 3 races, and the third placed runner in the fourth race;

(d) fourth, the winning runners in the first 2 races, the second placed runner in the third race and any runner in the fourth race; and

(e) fifth, the winning runners in the first 2 races, the third placed runner in the third race and any runner in the fourth race,

but if none of those combinations results in a winning wager, the totalisator operator is to replace the prescribed commission into the totalisator pool, and refund all quaddie wagers made in respect of that particular group of 4 nominated races.

22A. Flexi Bets

(1) A Flexi Bet is available on a trifecta wager, a quaddie wager or a quartet wager.

(2) The amount wagered on each combination covered by a Flexi Bet is determined by dividing the total amount of the Flexi Bet by the number of combinations covered by the Flexi Bet (with any fractions rounded down to the nearest ten thousandth of a cent — i.e. rounded down to 4 decimal places).

(3) Any amount resulting from rounding down a Flexi Bet under subrule (2) forms a part of the investment pool of the relevant totalisator upon which the Flexi Bet is made.

(4) The minimum amount that may be wagered on a totalisator in a single Flexi Bet is as follows —

(a) where the wager is placed through a retail agency — 50 cents or 1%, whichever is the greater, and that minimum amount must be, or rounded up to be, a multiple of 50 cents;

(b) where the wager is placed through a call centre — 50 cents or 1%, whichever is the greater, and that minimum amount must be, or rounded up to be, a multiple of 50 cents;

(c) where the wager is placed using the internet using the “Easy Bet” system — 50 cents or 1%, whichever is the greater, and that minimum amount must be, or rounded up to be, a multiple of 50 cents;

(d) where the wager is placed using the internet using the “Expert Bet” system — 1 cent or 1%, whichever is the greater.

(5) The percentage of a wager in subrule (4) is to be based upon the amount that would be invested if all combinations of the Flexi Bet were to be covered using a unit wager per combination.

[Rule 22A inserted in Gazette 18 Sep 2007 p. 4713‑14.]

23. Totalisator pools – sporting events