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General Horse Racing Betting Rules:

  1. Once bets/wagers are placed and confirmed, they may not be changed, canceled, or modified in any way.
  2. Bets/Wagers placed after the official posted time will be considered void and will have No Action.
  3. All wagers are made on the saddlecloth/gate or program number, not on the horse’s name. In the event there is a mismatch between the horse’s name and the saddlecloth/gate number, only the number will have action.
  4. BetUS offers live post times on all horse wagers. Wagers entered after the actual post time will be graded as No Action.
  5. BetUS is not responsible for any bets/wagers that do not get in for any reason.
  6. In the event that a client places a wager that is higher than our posted limits, the wager will have action only up to the posted limit. The rest of the wager will have no action.
  7. BetUS will settle any wagering disputes according to industry standards and guidelines.
  8. BetUS reserves the right to limit and, or, refuse wagers.
  9. BetUS accepts wagers on all major thoroughbred and harness racetracks.
  10. Exotic wagers will only have action if the track offers payouts for that type of wager and BetUS maximum payouts apply.
  11. If a track is on our betting menu, but not listed on the Horse Track Categories, the Maximum Net Profits defaults to $1,000.
  12. Any attempt to play negative pool hedges will result in account suspension and loss of money from said wager.
  13. Any Account found Manipulating Track Pools will have their entire account balance confiscated, this includes deposits and any type of wager winnings. The account will be permanently suspended.
  14. A race must have at least 5 running horses for matchup wagers to have action.
  15. For all fixed odds horse racing markets, wagers will be all action, no refunds.
  16. Maximum amount any given player can win in a 24-hour period is $50,000.
  17. Maximum payout on American fixed odds wagering is $15,000 / International fixed odds is $2,000 per customer – per race. Any account to have been found to be manipulating the fixed odds in any manner will have all said fixed odds winnings confiscated and the account suspended.

Scratched Horse Rules

  1. Win/Place/Show: BetUS will issue a refund for all parts of your wager involving a scratched horse.
  2. Exacta/Trifecta: Combo bets that contain a scratched horse will have the scratched portion refunded. (Please note that these rules may not apply to wagers on entries. See entry rules for details).
  3. Daily Doubles: If a horse is scratched before the second leg, a consolation will be paid on that combo, as specified by track payouts.
  4. Pick 3’s, Pick 4’s, and Pick 6’s: If a horse is scratched in any leg, you will receive the track favorite or any official consolation payoffs.

Entry Rules

If you wager on a horse that is coupled with one or more horses, your wager includes all horses under the said number. If one of your entries is scratched but another horse runs, your wager has action. BetUS does not accept “must go” wagers. As long as one of the coupled horses runs, all entry wagers have action.

Misc. Rules

  1. All horse racing futures and proposition wagers that are offered in BetUS Sportsbook on the Triple Crown, Breeders Cup, and including fixed odds are considered action. Therefore, there will be no refunds.
  2. Non U.S Horse Futures (UK, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia) are considered action, all in run or not.
  3. For head-to-head matchups between horses, both listed horses must run for action. The horse you choose doesn’t have to win the race; instead, it just has to finish ahead of the other horse in the matchup. For example, if you wager on the 3 horse to defeat the 4 horse, and your horse comes in third and the 4 horse comes in fourth, you will be declared the winner of your wager. Your horse must come ahead of the horse you have wagered against regardless of whether you win the race or not. In the event of a dead heat between the two horses the wager will be considered no action.
  4. If you wager on a multi-horse matchup (where you have one or more horses running against one or more other horses) once again all the horses must run for action. Your horses may not have to win the race for you to win your wager. They just have to finish ahead of the horses you have wagered against. Dead Heat Rules Apply.
  5. 3 Way Horse Matchup – You can wager against 2 other horses in a 3-way matchup. Your horse would have to defeat 2 horses for you to win. For example, if you bet on the 3 horse to defeat the 1 and 2 horse, your horse needs to come ahead of these two horses when the race finishes for you to be a winner. You do not have to win the race, but you do need to finish ahead of the two other horses you have wagered against. Dead Heat Rules Apply.
  6. All Daily Double, Pick 3’s, Pick 4’s, and Pick 6’s wager payouts count towards the last race in the wager when the maximum amount paid out per race is calculated. For example, if you place a Daily Double wager on the first and second races at Saratoga Park, which has a per race payout limit of $30,000, and you won $15,000 on that wager, you cannot win more than $15,000 on the remaining of your wagers, on the second race.

Category A

Max Gross Payout Per Race: $40,000
Qualifying Tracks Wager Type Min Bet Max Bet
Aqueduct Win $1.00 $2,500
Belmont Park Place $1.00 $1,500
Churchill Downs Show $1.00 $1,500
Del Mar Quinella $0.50 $500
Gulfstream Park Exacta $0.50 $500
Keeneland Trifecta $0.50 $500
Monmouth Park Superfecta $0.50 $500
Pimlico Daily Double $0.50 $500
Santa Anita Park Pick 3 $0.50 $500
Saratoga Race Course Pick 4 $0.50 $500
Pick 6 $0.50 $500

Category B

Max Gross Payout Per Race: $20,000
Qualifying Tracks Wager Type Min Bet Max Bet
Fair Grounds Win $1.00 $1,500
Monmouth Park Place $1.00 $1,000
Oaklawn Park Show $1.00 $1,000
Parx Racing Quinella $0.50 $500
Turfway Park Exacta $0.50 $500
Woodbine Trifecta $0.50 $500
Superfecta $0.50 $250
Daily Double $0.50 $250
Pick 3 $0.50 $250
Pick 4 $0.50 $250
Pick 6 $0.50 $250

Category C

Max Gross Payout Per Race: $10,000
Qualifying Tracks Wager Type Min Bet Max Bet
Colonial Downs Win $1.00 $750
Delaware Park Place $1.00 $750
Delta Downs Show $1.00 $750
Ellis Park Quinella $0.50 $250
Horseshoe Indianapolis Exacta $0.50 $250
Kentucky Downs Trifecta $0.50 $250
Los Alamitos Racecourse Superfecta $0.50 $250
Meadowlands Daily Double $0.50 $250
Meadowlands Harness Pick 3 $0.50 $250
Meydan Pick 4 $0.50 $250
Mountaineer Park Pick 6 $0.50 $250

Category D

Max Gross Payout Per Race: $5,000
Qualifying Tracks Wager Type Min Bet Max Bet
Arapahoe Park Win $1.00 $500
Australia A Place $1.00 $500
Australia B Show $1.00 $200
Australia C Quinella $0.50 $200
Australia D Exacta $0.50 $200
Belterra Trifecta $0.50 $200
Cal Expo Superfecta $0.50 $100
Canterbury Park Daily Double $0.50 $100
Charles Town Pick 3 $0.50 $25
Emerald Downs Pick 4 $0.50 $25
Evangeline Downs Pick 6 $0.50 $25

Category E

Max Gross Payout Per Race: $2,000
Qualifying Tracks Wager Type Min Bet Max Bet
Albuquerque Win $1.00 $200
Assiniboia Place $1.00 $200
Buffalo Raceway Harness Show $1.00 $50
Dover Downs Quinella $0.50 $100
FD Racing Exacta $0.50 $100
Finger Lakes Trifecta $0.50 $100
Fort Erie Superfecta $0.50 $100
Freehold Raceway Daily Double $0.50 $100
Fresno Pick 3 $0.50 $25

International Tracks

Max Gross Payout Per Race: $2,000

International Tracks:

Aby Aintree Amal
Auteuil Racecourse Axevalla Ayr
Ballinrobe Bangor-on-Dee Bath
Bellewstown Bergsaker Beverley
Boden Bollnas Brighton
Bro Park Carlisle Cartmel
Catterick Chantilly Racecourse Chelmsford City
Cheltenham Chepstow Chester
Clonmel Compiegne Cork Racecourse
Curragh Dannero Dax
Deauville-La Touques Doncaster Racecourse Down Royal
Downpatrick Dundalk Durbanville
Epsom Downs Eskilstuna Exeter
Fairview Fakenham Farjestad
Ffos Las Fontainebleau Fontwell
Galway Gavle Goodwood
Gowran Greyville Hagmyren
Greyville Hagmyren Halmstad
Hamilton Happy Valley Hexham
Huntingdon Jagersro Jagersro Galopp
Kalmar Karlshamn Kelso
Kempton Kenilworth Kilbeggan
Killarney King Abdulaziz La Teste
Laytown Leicester Leopardstown
Limerick Lindesberg Lingfield
Listowel Longchamp Ludlow
Lycksele Mantorp Market Rasenx
Mont de Marsan Musselburgh Naas Racecourse
Newcastle Newmarket Newton Abbot
Nottingham Orebro Ostersund
Oviken Perth Plumpton
Pontefract Punchestown Rattvik
Redcar Ripon Romme
Roscommon Saint-Cloud Sandown
Scottsville Sedgefield Sha Tin
Skelleftea Sligo Solanget
Solvalla Southwell Stratford
Tarbes Taunton Thirsk
Thurles Tingsryd Tipperary
Tramore Turffontein Umaker
Uttoxeter Vaal Vaggeryd
Visby Warwick Wetherby
Wexford Wincanton Windsor
Wolverhampton Worcester Yarmouth
York