Wager Types

Betting a Horse to Win

When you bet on a horse to Win, you are betting on one horse to cross the finish line in first place. If your selection wins, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the word, Win, as shown on the racetrack board. The amount won will depend on the odds shown on the board, following the race.

Betting a Horse to Place

When you bet on a horse to Place, you are betting on one horse to cross the finish line in either first place, or second place. If your selection wins, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the word, Place, as shown on the racetrack board. The amount won will depend on the odds shown on the board, following the race.

Betting a Horse to Show

When you bet on a horse to Show, you are betting on one horse to cross the finish line in either first place, second place, or third place. If your selection wins, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the word, Show, as shown on the racetrack board. The amount won will depend on the odds shown on the board, following the race.

Betting a Horse Across the Board

When you bet on a horse Across the Board, (ATB) you are making three separate bets that it will Win, Place or Show. You may make your wager on a single ticket, or on three separate tickets. If you decide to wager on the single ticket, however, you are, in effect, making three separate bets at the same time, so the total amount you wager will be three times a single such wager. If your selection wins, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the words, Win-Place-Show, as shown on the racetrack board. The amount won will depend on the odds shown on the board, following the race.

 

Betting the Exacta or Perfecta

When you bet on the Exacta, or Perfecta, you are betting on two specific horses to cross the finish line in first and second place, and in the order you specified when you laid your bet. If your selection wins, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the word, Exacta or Perfecta, as shown on the racetrack board. The maximum payoff will be $102.00 for every $2.00 you lay down.

Betting the Exacta or Perfecta Box

When you bet on the Exacta, or Perfecta Box, you are betting on two horses to cross the finish line in first and second place, in any order. In effect, you must make multiple, individual Exacta, or Perfecta bets, in combinations, to set this bet up.

Exacta, or Perfecta Box can be done on a single ticket. This amounts to making two, or more, separate Exacta, or Perfecta Box bets. In this particular case, you would calculate the total amount you are wagering by multiplying the number of individual bets by the individual wager amount.

If your selections win, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the words, Exacta, or Perfecta Box, as shown on the racetrack board. The maximum payoff will be $202.00 for every $2.00 you lay down.

You also may limit the combinations by keying (linking) a single horse to a particular finish position i.e., to Win or Place. This means that the horse you have keyed to a specific position must finish in that position. The other selected horses, which are not keyed in any way, would be boxed into the remaining non-keyed positions.

For example, let us say you select horses 3, 6, and 9, and decide to key horse number 9 to Place in the wager setup screen. Your resulting wager would be an Exacta, or Perfecta Box, with one key. You will win this single Exacta, or Perfecta Box wager only if the number 9 horse crosses the finish line in the Place position, and the number 3 or 6 horse crosses the finish line in first place.

You may also make a Wheel wager by selecting all horses in a particular race, keying one of them to Win, or Place. You will win this single Exacta, or Perfecta Box wager only if the horse you keyed finishes in either of the specified positions, i.e., a Win or Place.

 

Betting the Quinella and Quinella Box

When you bet on the Quinella, or Quinella Box, you are betting on two specific horses to cross the finish line in first and second place, in any order. These are similar types of wagers to the Exacta, or Perfecta Box type wagers. One of the main differences is that various racetracks, which offer Quinella, or Quinella box wagers, will pool the action separately from their Exacta, or Perfecta Box pool.

Also, the Quinella wager is a single wager. In effect, the amount you wager is the total amount of the wager. You may choose three, or more horses in a Quinella Box to increase your chances of picking two horses to finish first and second. If your selections win, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the words, Quinella, or Quinella Box, as shown on the racetrack board. The maximum payoff will be $202.00 for every $2.00 you lay down.

 

Betting the Daily Double

When you bet on the Daily Double, you are betting on two specific horses, in two separate and specific races, to win the two separate and specific races. At any given racetrack the Daily Double will be the first and last, or last two races.

Some racetracks may offer Rolling Daily Doubles, which means you will be able to wager on your picks (winners) in every two races. If your selections win, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the word, Daily Double, as shown on the racetrack board. The maximum payoff will be $202.00 for every $2.00 you lay down.

 

Betting the Trifecta and Triple

When you bet on the Trifecta or Triple, you are betting on three specific horses to cross the finish line in the first, second and third positions, and in the exact order you specified when you laid your bet. If there are less than seven horses in a field (contesting the race), the Trifecta or Triple wager will not be offered by the racetrack, and no bets will be accepted.

In the event that a scheduled horse is scratched (eliminated) from a seven horse field, before post-time (the start of the race), all Trifecta or Triple wagers made will be deemed to be no action (invalid).

If your selections win, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the word, Trifecta or Triple, as shown on the racetrack board. The maximum payoff will be $202.00 for every $2.00 you lay down.

Betting the the Trifecta Box

When you bet the Trifecta Box, you are betting on three, or more, specific horses to cross the finish line in the first, second and third positions, in any order. If there are less than seven horses in a field (contesting the race), the Trifecta Box wager will not be offered by the racetrack, and no bets will be accepted.

In the event that a scheduled horse is scratched (eliminated) from a seven horse field, before post-time (the start of the race), all Trifecta Box wagers made will be deemed to be no action (invalid).

You will have to make several individual Trifecta bets, in various combinations, so that your picks can, in fact, finish in any order.

If you want to end up with all of your bets on a single ticket, you will have to make multiple individual Trifecta bets. You will be able to calculate the total cost of your wager by multiplying the number of wagers made, times the amount of each individual wager.

You also may limit the combinations by keying (linking) a single horse to a particular finish position i.e., to Win, Place or Show. This means that the horse you have keyed to a specific position must finish in that position. The other selected horses, which are not keyed in any way, would be boxed into the remaining non-keyed positions.

You may also make a type of Wheel wager by selecting all horses in a particular race, then keying one or more of them to finish in a specific position (s). You will win this single Wheel wager only if the horse(s) you key finish(es) in either of the specified positions, i.e., Win, Place or Show.