TAB International Operational Policies

Relating To Rules of Betting, Effective April 2020

  • Chapter 1 - Definitions

    1. DEFINITIONS

    1.1 Carryover: shall mean that a pool or a portion of a pool has no winning combinations and the net pool is carried forward to be added to a pool/s at the operators’ discretion.

    1.2 TRIFECTA BOOST, MAXIPOOL (Quartet) and MEGAPOOL (Pick 6): the amalgamation of various Carryovers into a selected single pool.

    1.3 Jackpot QUICKMIX: Jackpot (Pick 4) comprising events or races from different race meetings in order to increase interest and complete the bet quicker than usual.

    1.4 PA QUICKMIX: Place Accumulator comprising seven events or races from different race meetings in order to increase interest and complete the bet quicker than usual.

    1.5 Bipot QUICKMIX: Bipot comprising six events or races from different race meetings in order to increase interest and complete the bet quicker than usual.

    1.6 Double QUICKMIX: Double combining races from different meetings.

    1.7 Pick 6 QUICKMIX: Pick 6 comprising six events or races from different race meetings in order to increase interest and complete the bet quicker than usual.

    1.8 Pick 3 QUICKMIX: Pick 3 comprising three events or races from different race meetings in order to increase interest and complete the bet quicker than usual.

    1.9 BLITZ Race Meeting bets: A race meeting combining 7 of the best SA & international races in an afternoon timeframe. Bets on BLITZ Race Meeting comprise BLITZ Place Accumulator (Races 1 to 7), BLITZ Pick 6 (Races 2 to 7), BLITZ Jackpot (Races 3 to 6), BLITZ Pick 3 (Races 5 to 7) and BLITZ Daily Double (Races 6 and 7).

  • Chapter 2 - General

    2. GENERAL
    2.1 TAB payouts for all bets on all races in South Africa are based solely on the official result declared following the National Horseracing Authority "All Clear" for a race. Any subsequent change to a result by the National Horseracing Authority, the body responsible for controlling horseracing, is for statistical and record purposes only and is disregarded in terms of TAB payouts. In a spirit of goodwill in selected instances, the operators may alter results and payouts to reflect a change to the original official result, in which case TAB will adjust account balances of TAB account holders to reflect the corrected result and dividends.

    2.2 TAB follows the same policy for all races run outside South Africa's borders. If pools are commingled, TAB will follow the application of this rule as determined by the host operator.

    2.3 In the event that a runner is scratched in error for a time by the host operator, and if a bet is taken during the time frame that the runner is scratched, thereby omitting the scratched runner, customers will be compensated by a refund, providing the scratched runner is part of the winning combination and the customer completes a claim form.

    2.4 All multi-race betting pools will close at the start, or the scheduled start, of the First Leg/First Race in the pool, except if such race has been abandoned or that all choices (the field) will qualify, in which case pools will close at the start, or scheduled start, of the next leg/race.

  • Chapter 3 - Equipment Failure

    3. EQUIPMENT FAILURE

    3.1 In the event of breakdown or malfunction in any equipment, device or means of communication employed by the operators for processing bets, the operators may declare the tote favourite for the race (based on dividends at the time of such failure) and such dividend or refund as may be appropriate in the circumstances having regard to the information available. In the case of multi-race bets, the operators may also declare that all choices (the field) qualify in any affected leg/s. The customer shall not have any claim of any nature against operators and/or any of their employees arising from a failure to accept bets because of delays caused by a breakdown in the telephone system and/or other telecommunication system for whatever reason.

    3.2 Bets can only be accepted while the approved wagering system is operational.

    3.3 Should the Pick 6 / Pick 4 commingled pools progressive scans from guest systems not be transmitted to the host operator, due to technical equipment failure, and thus preventing the host operator from declaring remaining tickets, will-pays or dividends, the host operator has the option to exclude the pool total from the guest system concerned, thereby decreasing the final pool total at the close of betting on the Pick 6 and/or Pick 4 pool

    3.4 Should data communications be interrupted to the host operator, due to technical equipment failure or any other reason, the following will apply:

    3.4.1 Where a combination of local and commingle pools are offered on a race, host operator dividends and rules will be applied for the current race and thereafter all commingled pools will be switched to SA pools, thereby declaring TAB results and dividends as well as applying TAB local rules

    3.4.2 Where only commingled pools are offered on a race, commingled pools will be refunded.

     

  • Chapter 4 - Carryovers

    4. CARRYOVERS

    4.1  TAB-hosted pool carryovers arising from all bet types on all South African and international race meetings are accumulated in a Carryover Stockpile and added to selected pools at the sole discretion of the operators, regardless of the bet type/s and race meeting/s from which such Carryovers originated.

  • Chapter 5 - INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS MULTI-RACE POOLS

    5. INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS MULTI-RACE POOLS

    5.1 PICK 6

    5.1.1 TAB Pick 6 pool in operation on Mauritius, Kenya, Zimbabwe and other selected International race meetings.

    5.1.2 Couplings and first-timer rules do not apply.

    5.2 JACKPOT (PICK 4)

    5.2.1 TAB Jackpot pool may be offered if 4 or more races at the race meeting are scheduled for broadcast on Racing240.

    5.2.2 Couplings and first-timer rules do not apply.

    5.3 PICK 3/DAILY DOUBLE

    5.3.1 Couplings and first-timer rules do not apply.

    5.3.2 TAB Pick 3 pool and Daily Double pool may be offered if 4 or more races at the meeting are scheduled for broadcast on Racing240.

    5.4 BIPOT

    5.4.1 TAB Bipot pool in operation on selected 6-race international race meetings, as well as Mauritius, Kenya, Zimbabwe and selected Dubai race meetings.

    5.4.2 Generally, no Bipot pool will be offered if a Place Accumulator pool is offered on the same meeting but exceptions to this policy include Mauritius, Kenya, Zimbabwe and selected Dubai race meetings.

    5.5 PLACE ACCUMULATOR

    5.5.1TAB PA pools in operation on selected Mauritius, Kenya, Zimbabwe, UK, Singapore, France, Dubai, Ireland and Hong Kong meetings where 7 or more races are scheduled for broadcast on TELLYTRACK (TT1).

    5.5.2 In the event of three or more horses starting a race and less than three horses finishing the race for any reason whatsoever, a dividend shall be declared on the first and second placed horses in the event that only two horses finish the race as declared in the official result, or if only one horse finishes, a dividend shall be declared on that horse as declared in the official result. In the event that no runners complete the race, no winners will be declared, and the pool will be accumulated into the Place Accumulator Stockpile and added to selected Place Accumulator pools at the sole discretion of the operators, regardless of the meeting/s from which such Carryovers originated.

    5.6 DAILY DOUBLE

    5.6.1 TAB Daily Double pool in operation on selected international race meetings, excluding Australia and Dubai World Cup, if 4 or more races at the meeting are broadcast on TELLYTRACK (TT1).

    5.6.2 Rolling Double pools on Australia are commingled and pools are offered on all consecutive races.

    5.6.3 Rolling Double (Races 1-2; 2-3 etc) in operation on selected international meetings including Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan.

  • Chapter 6 - INTERNATIONAL BET POOLS

    6. INTERNATIONAL BET POOLS

    6.1 UK MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:
    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = when only six races (in which case normally no Pick 6) or first six races on selected meetings
    > Pick 6 = last six races (selected meetings only)
    > Jackpot = last four races
    > Pick 3 = last three races
    > Daily Double = last two races
    > Quartet/First4 – Insufficient Finishers – if less than four horses finish the race, all combinations shall be deemed to be losing and the entire gross pool will be carried forward to another race as decided by the Tote.

    NOTE: ABOVE USUALLY APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST RACING240

    COMMINGLED POOLS:
    Win, Place, Exacta, Swinger and selected Quartets (First4).

    GENERAL:

    All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R3 Win, R3 Place = R6; 3-horse EXACTA Box or 4-horse TRIFECTA Box @ R6 cost can be taken). DAILY DOUBLE, PICK 3 amount bet must be multiple of R2 so bet R6, R12, R14 not R9. UK Tote PLACE Rules: Handicap Races = Less than 5 runners No PLACE betting; 5-7 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 8-15 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD; 16 or more runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH. Non-Handicaps = Less than 5 runners NO Place betting; 5-7 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 8 or more runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD. If more than 30 carded, TAB operates SA pools on race and TAB SA rules apply. In such races all runners numbered 30 and higher are bracketed as Number 30, which can only qualify once for dividend purposes.

    6.2 DUBAI & SAUDI ARABIA

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:
    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = when only six races (in which case normally no Pick 6) or first six races on selected meetings
    > Pick 6 = last six races (selected meetings only)
    > Jackpot = last four races
    > Pick 3 = last three races
    > Daily Double = last two races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

    COMMINGLED POOLS: All.

     GENERAL:
    All bets R1 unit (TAB SA commingle into PGI); minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R3 Win, R3 Place = R6). DAILY DOUBLE, ROLLING DOUBLE, PICK 3 amount bet must be multiple of R2 so bet R6, R12, R14 not R7 or R9. PLACE rules: Less than 6 runners no Place betting; 6 or more runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD. Pick 6: No fractional betting; must be won; 70% of pool all 6 winners and 30% any 5. Pick 3: Must be won (any 2 if no all-3 winners).

    6.3 IRELAND

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:
    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = when only six races (in which case normally no Pick 6) or first six races on selected meetings|
    > Pick 6 = last six races (selected meetings only)
    > Jackpot = last four races
    > Quartet/First4 – Insufficient Finishers – if less than four horses finish the race, all combinations shall be deemed to be losing and the entire gross pool will be carried forward to another race as decided by the Tote.

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

    COMMINGLED POOLS:
    Win, Place, Exacta and selected Quartets (First4).

    GENERAL:
    All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R3 Win, R3 Place = R6; 3-horse EXACTA or 4-horse TRIFECTA Box or 4-horse SWINGER Box @ R6 cost can be taken). Irish Tote PLACE Rules: Less than 5 runners NO Place betting; 5-7 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 8 or more runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD. In handicap races with 16 or more runners there may be a payout for FOURTH. If more than 30 carded, TAB operates SA pools on race and TAB SA rules apply. In such races all runners numbered 30 and higher are bracketed as Number 30, which can only qualify once for dividend purposes.

    6.4 FRANCE

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:
    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = when only six races (in which case normally no Pick 6) or first six races on selected meetings
    > Pick 6 = last six races (selected meetings only)
    > Jackpot = last four races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

     COMMINGLED POOLS:

    Win, Place, Exacta OR Swinger and Quinella (FIRST, SECOND any order).

    GENERAL:

     

    NOTE: All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R3 Win, R3 Place = R6). French PMU Tote Rules: SWINGER and QUINELLA if 8 or more runners; EXACTA if 4 to 7 runners. PLACE: Less than 4 runners no Place betting; 4-7 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 8 or more runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD. If more than 30 carded, TAB operates SA pools on race and TAB SA rules apply. In such races all runners numbered 30 and higher are bracketed as Number 30, which can only qualify once for dividend purposes.

     

    6.5 HONG KONG

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:

    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = normally first six or last six races depending on timeframe
    > Pick 6 = last six races
    > Jackpot = last four races
    > Pick 3 = last three races
    > Daily Double = last two races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

     

    COMMINGLED POOLS:
    Win, Place, Swinger (7 or more runners), Quinella (FIRST, SECOND any order).

     

    GENERAL:

    All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R6 Win, R6 Place = R12). WIN, PLACE, SWINGER, QUINELLA amount bet must be multiple of R3 so bet R9, R12, R21 not R7 or R16 (3-horse SWINGER or QUINELLA Box = R9; 4-horse Box = R18). DAILY DOUBLE, PICK 3 amount bet must be multiple of R2 so bet R8, R10, R12. HKJC PLACE Rules: Less than 4 runners no Place betting; 4-6 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 7 or more runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD.

     6.6 SINGAPORE

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:

    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = normally first six or last six races depending on timeframe
    > Pick 6 = last six races
    > Jackpot = last four races
    > Pick 3 = last three races
    > Daily Double = last two races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

    COMMINGLED POOLS:

    Win, Place.

    GENERAL:

    NOTE: All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R3 Win, R3 Place = R6; 3-horse EXACTA or TRIFECTA Box or 4-horse SWINGER Box @ R6 cost can be taken). DAILY DOUBLE, PICK 3 amount bet must be multiple of R2 so bet R6, R12, R14 not R7 or R9. STC PLACE Rules: Less than 4 runners no Place betting; 4-7 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 8 or more runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD.

    6.7 AUSTRALIA

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:

    > Jackpot = last four races if race meeting for thoroughbreds; harness race meeting races five to eight or last four races if less than eight races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

    COMMINGLED POOLS:

    Win, Place, Exacta, Rolling Double (Races 1-2; 2-3 etc), Jackpot (Quaddie).

    GENERAL:

    All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R6 Win, R6 Place = R12); Commingled JACKPOT no fractional betting, no tickets going forward/will pays; ROLLING DOUBLE amount bet must be multiple of R2 so bet R6, R12, R14 not R7 or R9. TABCORP Australia PLACE rules: Less than 5 carded no Place betting; 5-7 carded payouts FIRST, SECOND; 8 or more carded payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD. If more than 30 runners carded, TAB operates SA pools on race and TAB SA rules apply. In such races all runners numbered 30 and higher are bracketed as Number 30, which can only qualify once for dividend purposes.

    6.8 MAURITIUS

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:

    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = when only six races or first six races if eight races or more
    > Pick 6 = last six races
    > Jackpot = last four races
    > Pick 3 = last three races
    > Daily Double = last two races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

    GENERAL:

    All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R3 Win, R3 Place = R6; 3-horse EXACTA or TRIFECTA Box or 4-horse SWINGER Box @ R6 cost can be taken). DAILY DOUBLE, PICK 3 amount bet must be multiple of R2 so bet R6, R12, R14 not R7 or R9. TAB PLACE rules: Less than 6 runners no Place betting; 6-7 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 8-15 runners FIRST, SECOND, THIRD; 16 or more FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH. Fractional betting Trifecta, Quartet, Bipot, PA, Pick 6, Jackpot.

    6.9 KENYA, ZIMBABWE

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:

    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = first six races if eight races or more
    > Pick 6 = last six races
    > Jackpot = last four races
    > Pick 3 = last three races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

    GENERAL:

    All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R3 Win, R3 Place = R6; 3-horse EXACTA or TRIFECTA Box or 4-horse SWINGER Box @ R6 cost can be taken). PICK 3 amount bet must be multiple of R2 so bet R6, R12, R14 not R7 or R9. TAB PLACE rules: Less than 6 runners no Place betting; 6-7 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 8-15 runners FIRST, SECOND, THIRD; 16 or more FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH. Fractional betting Trifecta, Quartet, Bipot, PA, Pick 6, Jackpot.

    6.10 SWEDEN, DENMARK, NORWAY

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:

    > Place Accumulator = last seven races
    > Bipot = six races only
    > Jackpot = last four races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

    COMMINGLED POOLS:

    Win, Place (Host Show pool) and usually Quinella (FIRST, SECOND any order; Quinella in operation on most but not all meetings).

    GENERAL:

    NOTE: All bets R1 unit; minimum bet R6 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R3 Win, R3 Place = R6; 3 or 4-horse TRIFECTA Box @ R6 cost can be taken). QUINELLA not always offered. ATG PLACE Rules: Less than 4 runners no Place betting; 4-6 runners payouts FIRST, SECOND; 7 or more runners payouts FIRST, SECOND, THIRD.

    6.11 USA & CANADA

    MULTI-RACE BET RANGE:
    > Place Accumulator = seven designated races
    > Pick 6 = six designated races
    > Jackpot = four designated races

    NOTE: ABOVE APPLIES

    ONLY TO RACES SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST TELLYTRACK (TT1)

    COMMINGLED POOLS:
    Win, Place (Host Show pool), Exacta, and Rolling Pick 3 (Races 1-3; 2-4 etc).

    GENERAL:

    NOTE: All bets R1 unit; TAB pools minimum bet R6; COMMINGLED pools minimum bet R19 (minimum EACHWAY Bet = R19 Win, R19 Place = R38; 2-horse EXACTA Box = R10 + R10 = R20 or 3-horse EXACTA Box = R24; PICK 3 = R1 per combination, R19 minimum). Coupled runners have same number and are differentiated by letter A or B or C etc after the number of the horse/s in the coupling (example 1, 1A, 1B, 1C). For dividend purposes, all coupled runners are coupled for all bet types. If result is First 1; Second 1A; Third 4; Fourth 1B; Fifth 7 then: Win = number 1; Place = numbers 1 and 4 with 2/3 of pool allocated to number 1; Exacta = 1x4; Swinger = 1x4, 1x7, 4x7; Trifecta = 1x4x7; Place Accumulator = numbers 1 and 4 qualify.