[h=2]Opening day bet will group together horses running in races of six or more.Release Date: December 11, 2018 Long popular in Las Vegas and casinos around the world, roulette will take on a new form beginning with Santa Anita Park's Winter Meet opening day, Dec. 26, as Horse Racing Roulette will debut as a win-only wager available in all 10 opening day races which have fields of six or more horses.[/h]As Santa Anita continues in its efforts to attract new fans, Horse Racing Roulette, which will include horses marked in the track's racing program as red, black or green, will consist of a stand-alone Win pool and payoffs will be made according to the "color" of the winner and standard pari-mutuel calculations.
Following are the basic components and rules comprising Horse Racing Roulette at Santa Anita:
Following are the basic components and rules comprising Horse Racing Roulette at Santa Anita:
- Two dollar minimum win wager with customary industry-low 15.43% takeout
- Horses (minimum six-horse field) will be placed into one of three groups, Red, Black or Green
- In most cases, the morning line favorite will be part of the Red Group
- The Green Group will be comprised mainly of longshots
- The three Groups, in most cases, will not have an equal number of horses
- Whichever Group contains the race winner, wins that "game" of Horse Racing Roulette
- In the event that ALL betting interest members of any group are scratched or declared non-starters, betting on the Group Bet pool will be stopped immediately and all Roulette wagers made on this particular race will be refunded.
- In the event of a dead heat for first between two or more divergent Group members, the Group Bet pool will be distributed as a profit split (place pool) or, if there is a triple dead heat with as many Group interests, the pool will also be distributed as a profit split (show pool).
