Betting Rules Amendment




28 NOVEMBER 2008 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 184 4783

(xvi) Rules 11.12.6 and 11.12.7 relating to Scratchings from a First4 Race and the abandonment of Races on which First4 betting will be conducted.

Change #3

New Rules added to Rule 11 CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO TOTALISATOR RACE BET TYPES as follows:

11.12 First4 Betting

11.12.1 Interpretation

In Rule 11.12, unless the context otherwise requires:—

First4” is a bet type where the Investor endeavours to select the First Four Placings in the correct order in a Race as designated by the Board.

First Four Placings” means the Race Entrants placed as the “First Entrant”, “Second Entrant”, “Third Entrant” and “Fourth Entrant” respectively in accordance with the Rules of Racing, provided that:

(a) If the judge, stewards or judicial committee make an error regarding the placing of Race Entrants and subsequently correct their error in accordance with the Rules of Racing, the First Four Placings shall be the Race Entrants which the judge, stewards or judicial committee, after correcting their error, determine to be the first four Entrants;

(b) The disqualification of any Race Entrants that have been placed among the first four Entrants shall not affect the determination of the First Four Placings for the purposes of First4 betting if the disqualification resulted from a protest lodged after the expiration of the period allowed by the Rules of Racing from lodging such protests;

(c) Where a dead heat occurs, the First Four Placings shall be the first four Entrants across the finishing line in the order in which they are placed by the judge, stewards or judicial committee, except that —

(i) A dead heat between two or more Race Entrants may cause the number of Race Entrants eligible to fill the First Four Placings to be more than four; and

(ii) Where a dead heat occurs for a particular placing, all dead-heating Entrants shall be deemed to hold that placing and the immediate placing or placings below shall be skipped for the purpose of placing the other Entrants. For example, for a dead heat for second place the



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