Rule 3769-3-29 | Parlay Wager.
(A) When consistent with the public interest and the best interests of racing generally, with permission of the commission, the track operator may offer parlay betting as a service to the betting public.
(B) The parlay is not a separate pari-mutuel pool but is a series of bets combining betting entries in win, place, show pools in each of two or more separate races in chronological order. The initial amount bet constitutes the bet on the first betting entry in the first parlay race (leg); if successful, the payoff from winning the first leg (to the lowest dime) is then bet on the betting entry designated in the second leg; if again successful, and if the parlay continues, the payoff from winning the second leg is then bet (to the lowest dime) in the third leg; etc.
(C) A parlay bet may combine any of the races on the program and has to combine at least two and not over eight races. Bets are limited to win, place, show for which a corresponding pool is conducted on the race selected. The races in a parlay have to be chronological but need not be consecutive nor combine the same type pool. The parlay will be designated on one pari-mutuel ticket, which may also evidence other parlay bets combining the same races. A parlay bet ticket has to contain all win, place, or show bets.
(D) A parlay bet can not combine bets in the same race or earlier races (so-called reverse bets) nor on races on other programs.
(E) Payoffs to the parlay bettor are broken to the lowest dime. Resulting parlay breakage will be reported separately and added to regular breakage at the end of the program for the purpose of taxation and distribution.
(F) Parlay payoffs will be so inserted as bets in subsequent pools by the track operator that the amount of such bets, including their effect on the betting odds, will be displayed as soon as possible after the initial change of the morning line display. Bet totals in such pools will be displayed in truncated fashion, to the lowest dollar.
(G) If any taxing authority mandates the withholding of any portion of a winning parlay payoff prior to the completion of all bets in the parlay, such parlay will terminate at such point and be payable to the ticket holder without further completion, selections in future races being voided. Such consequence will be publicly announced and prominently displayed by the track operator who will inform the public by explanation and examples of the operation of this subdivision before the start of the racing program.
(H) Parlay wagers may be canceled by the ticket holder, in accordance with track policy on cancellations, only prior to the start of the first parlay race in which a parlay selection starts. Thereafter, the parlay has to either be completed or be terminated by operation of these rules in order to be entitled to a payoff. The holder of the parlay ticket will not have the option to cash in such bet prior to completion after a designated parlay entry actually starts in a race.
(I) If a race, pool or betting entry in a parlay is scratched (which includes an entry being declared a nonstarter for betting purposes, or a race or pool being declared "off") the parlay will be constituted by the remaining legs; if there are no remaining legs, the parlay terminates.
(J) A bet on a coupled entry or field is considered a bet on the remaining part of such coupled entry or field in the event any part of such entry or field starts for pari-mutuel purposes in accordance with 3769-3-01 and 3769-3-05. Parlay tickets incorporating an entry or field in which a scratch occurs are refundable only in accordance with paragraph (h) of this rule.
(K) All pools will be calculated in accordance with the accepted practice in the calculation of mutuel pools as herein provided.
Last updated October 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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