1. The Stewards of the Club have authority to
settle all questions relating to bets.
2. In all bets there must be a possibility to win when the bet is made. You cannot win
when you cannot lose.
(a) No betting first past the post will be recognized by the Stewards.
(b) No betting is permitted except at the Totalisators, or with licensed Bookmakers.
3. All bets on races under the Rules of Racing of the Club are P.P. - play or pay, with
the following exceptions.
(i) When the entry of the horse has become void on account of the death of the person by
whom he was entered, subject to the conditions as permitted under the Rules of Racing.
(ii) When a race is postponed for a time longer than that authorized under the appropriate
Rules of racing, or when the conditions of a race are altered after the bets are made.
(iii) Bets on matches.
(iv) Subject to exceptions under appropriate Rules of Racing, bets made after the Official
notification of starters, about a horse that is not subsequently under the Starter's
Orders as defined in the Rules of Racing.
(a) In the event of the Stewards at any time before the start ordering or permitting a
horse to be withdrawn from a race after the time for scratching or If in the opinion of
the Stewards a horse has been prevented from starting by mechanical failure of any
starting gate; The stewards may declare such horse a non starter and may declare off all
bets made on the race course on such horse on the day of the race and may make such order
as to the settlement of any other bets made on the race on the day of the race as they
think fit.
(b) In the exercise of their powers under Rule 3 (a), the Stewards, if they consider that
the late withdrawal of a horse from a race would have any material effect on the odds of
the remaining horses, may make an order that payment of winning and place bets on a race
for which a horse has been declared a non starter be subjected to a deduction as
prescribed in accordance with the following scale.
(i) If the current odds are even or odds on, by 50ps., in the rupee;
(ii) If over evens and under 4 to 1, by 25ps., in the rupee;
(iii) If 4 to 1 and under 10 to 1, by 12ps., in the rupee;
(iv) If 10 to 1 or over the liability would be unchanged.
4. When the " Weighed in" signal has been given the bets go to the horses as
officially shown and no objection, appeal or disqualification made subsequent to such
signal shall disturb the destination of bets except in cases of fraud.
5. Bets made on one horse against another , or that one horse beats another, are
determined if either of them should win; unless agreed by the parties, it is not
indispensable that both horses should start. Bets made between horses 1,2,3 are determined
by the places assigned by the judge. It is not necessary to say the best of 1,2,3.
6. In the event of a dead - heat and in "double events '" if either is decided
in the backer's favour and the other results in dead-heat, the money betted must be put
together and equally divided, except in the event of a dead-heat in a match in which case
bets are void. In a " double event" if both horses backed run dead-heat the
money betted must be put together and divided in the proportion of one fourth to the
backer and three fourth to the layer.
7. If a bet is made on one of the horses that runs the dead-heat against a beaten horse,
he who backed the horse that ran the dead-heat wins half his bet. If odds are laid against
another 1,2,3, and they run a dead-heat for either place, the money betted must be put
together and equally divided.
8. The person who lays odds has the right to choose a horse, or the field; when a person
has chosen a horse, the field is what starts against him. If odds are laid without
mentioning the horse before the race is over, the bet must be determined by the state of
the odds at the time of making it.
9. Bets made after a race that the winner will be disqualified stand, even if no objection
be made.
10. Any bet made from signal or indication when the race has been determined, shall be
considered fraudulent and void.
11. All bets on matches and private sweepstakes depending between any two horses shall be
void if those horses subsequently become the property of the same person or his avowed
confederate.
12. Double - event bets are determined when the first is lost.
13. Bets made on horses winning any number of races within the year shall be understood to
mean between the 1st March ensuing.
14. Money given to have a bet laid shall be returned, if the race be not run. 15. In the event of a race being ordered to
be run again or of a false start or breakaway after which the Stewards give permission for
any horses not to return to the Starting Post, bets in favour of such horse or horses
shall be refunded.
16. Bets once made cannot be declared off except by mutual consent, but on any allegation
of fraud or corrupt practice, the Stewards of the Club' will investigate the case, and may
declare the bet void. Either of the bettors may demand stakes to be made, on proving to
the satisfaction of the Stewards of the Club that he has just cause for doing so. If
ordered, the bets must be covered or sufficient security offered, and a person refusing to
cover shall be liable to be dealt with as if he were a defaulter.
17. If any extraordinary occasion should arise, or in case of notorious and palpable
fraud, any of the before mentioned Rules may be suspended by the Stewards of the Club.
18. A bet becomes due when the event on which it depends is decided, excepts as provided
under Rule4.
In all ante-post betting, place bets are 1,2,3. In betting other than ante-post betting,
place bets shall be 1,2,3, when 8 or more horses are declared to start and 1,2, when 4 or
less than 8 horses are declared to start. In the event of requisite number of starters as
above being declared to start and one or more not coming under starter's orders, place
bets shall still be 1,2,3 or 1,2 as the case may be, provided such bets shall be subject
to any deductions directed under Rules 3(b) in the case of a horse or horses being
declared a non-starter or non-starters under Rule3(a). No person shall be permitted to carry on or
assist in carrying on the business of a bookmaker or act as Clerk or Assistant to any
person carrying on such business at any race meeting held under these rules, unless he has
first obtained a Licence from the Stewards of the Club.
(a) The fee for a Bookmaker's Licence and for an Assistant's Licence, payable annually,
shall be a sum fixed by the Stewards of the Club from time to time.
(b) No licenced bookmaker shall, without the permission of the Stewards of the Club, act
as betting agent of any person other than a person licensed as a bookmaker by the Stewards
of the Club or permit any such person to have any pecuniary interest whatsoever in his
business of a bookmaker either as a partner, guarantor or otherwise.
(c) Should any bookmaker or his licensed assistant be guilty of contravening any
provisions governing the operation of his book as laid down by the Stewards of the Club
from time to time, he is liable to have his Licence withdrawn.
Any bookmaker or assistant, whose licence is withdrawn is a disqualified person. |
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