Totalisator Agency Board (Betting) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002 (WA)

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1.	Citation These regulations may be cited as the Totalisator Agency Board
(Betting) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2002.

RG301*

Totalisator Agency Board Betting Act 1960

Totalisator Agency Board (Betting) Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 2002

Made by the deputy of the Governor in Executive Council.

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2.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Totalisator
Agency Board (Betting) Regulations 1988*.

[* Reprinted as at 20 August 1999.

For amendments to 19 August 2002 see 2001 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 337, and Gazette 22 March 2002.1

3. Regulation 16 amended
After regulation 16(2) the following subregulation is inserted -

(2a) Despite subregulation (2), on days designated as

"major race days" by the Betting Control Board, a

person who has made a bet in person at a TAB agency

may cancel the bet prior to the close of betting on the race to which the bet relates, and receive a refund of the bet if the amount of the bet was less than $200. il

4.            Regulation 19 amended

(1) Regulation 19(2) is amended as follows:

(a)	at the end of paragraph (b) by deleting "and",
(b)	at the end of paragraph (c) by deleting the full stop and inserting instead -

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and

(d) quaddie bets, where a race nominated as part of

that quaddie has already been successfully run

or remains to be run.

(2) Regulation 19(4) is amended after "41(2)" by inserting -

" , 44A(4), 44A(10) ".

5.            Regulation 35 amended

Regulation 35(2) is amended after numbers bet' by inserting -

a quaddie bet ".

6.            Regulation 38 amended

(1) Regulation 38(1) is amended as follows:

(a)	at the end of paragraph (h) by deleting "and";
(b)	at the end of paragraph (i) by deleting the comma and inserting instead -

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and

(j) quaddie bets,

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(2) After regulation 38(10) the following subregulation is

inserted -

(11) In a quaddie bet, the person making the bet selects

4 runners, one from each of 4 races nominated by the win their races.

7.            Regulation 40 amended

(1) Regulation 40(2) is amended after "numbers bet" by
inserting -

quaddie bet ".

(2) Regulation 40(3) is amended after "numbers bet" by
inserting -

quaddie bet ".

8.           Regulation 43 amended

Regulation 43(1) is repealed and the following subregulation is inserted instead -

(1) For the purposes of regulations 41, 42 and 44A, where

a runner starts in a race it is deemed to be the
off-course favourite for the race if there has been
invested on that runner by way of win bets 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 "stand alone" pools -	(i)	where the data processing facilities of the TAB are linked to the on-course totalisator - by reference to the total amount of win bets recorded;
(ii)	in any other case - by reference to the win bets accepted by the TAB;

and

(b) in respect of combined pools - in accordance with the rules governing the determination of the off-course favourite or substitute which

apply to the body corporate, prescribed under
section 27 of the Act, with whose pool the pool
has been combined.

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9.            Regulation 44A inserted

After regulation 44 the following regulation is inserted in
Part 5-

44A. Quaddie bets

(1) The TAB isto-

(a)	nominate the races at that race meeting (if any) on which it intends to offer quaddie bets; and
(b)	announce the proposed method of alternate payment it intends to employ under subregulation (9), should it be necessary.

(2) If a runner selected by a person as part of a quaddie bet
fails to start, the off-course favourite (determined under
regulation 43) will be substituted for the non-starting

runner in relation to that quaddie bet.

(3) Subject to subregulation (4), where a race nominated as

being a race on which a quaddie bet is offered is -

(a) cancelled;

(b)	postponed so that it takes place in other than the order of the races as nominated by the TAB;
(c)	abandoned; or
(d)	declared a "no race",

all selections in that race in a quaddie bet are winners

for that particular race.

(4) Where all 4 races nominated as being races at a

particular race meeting on which a quaddie bet is

offered are -

(a) cancelled;

(b)

postponed from one day to another:

(c) abandoned;

(d)	declared a "no race"; or
(e)	any combination of paragraphs (a) to (d),

all quaddie bets on that group of races are to be

refunded to the ticketholders.

(5) Before a dividend is calculated or declared on a
totalisator pool for a group of races nominated as being
the 4 races on which quaddie bets are taken, the TAB
shall deduct the prescribed commission from the gross
takings of the totalisator pool.

(6) After deducting the prescribed commission, the TAB shall (subject to this regulation), divide the number of winning betting units into the amount of the resulting pool balance and, subject to regulation 40(1), declare and pay that dividend in respect of each winning unit to

the holder of each winning ticket.

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(7) If 2 or more runners place first in a nominated race due

to a dead heat, the TAB shall determine the winning quaddie combinations using each of the first placed runners, divide the number of winning betting units into the amount of the pool balance and, subject to regulation 40(1), declare and pay that dividend in

respect of each winning unit to the holder of each

winning ticket.

(8) If a combination of dead heats, or triple 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 be disregarded when calculating
the winning quaddie combinations for that race

meeting.

(9) If there are no winning bets on a particular group of

races nominated as being the 4 races on which quaddie
bets are taken, the TAB is to deduct the prescribed

commission from the totalisator prize pool, and may -

(a)	carry the remaining balance of that pool forward and add it to a totalisator pool conducted for a quaddie bet either on the same day, or a subsequent day; or
(b)	pay that balance Out to an alternate winning combination (calculated in accordance with subregulation (10)),

as the TAB determines from time to time.

(10) Alternate winning quaddie combinations must be

worked out using the following progression of winning runners, (and taking into account any dead heats) until

the TAB 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;
(c)	third, the winning runners in the first 3 races, and any 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;
(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 bet, the TAB shall replace the prescribed commission into the totalisator prize pool, and refund all quaddie

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bets made in respect of that particular group of

4 nominated races.

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By Command of the deputy of the Governor,

ROD SPENCER, Clerk of the Executive Council.