At BTW Online Racebook we accept the following wager types on horses:

Win/Place/Show

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, 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.

Exactas

Betting the Exacta

When you bet on the Exacta, 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, as shown on the racetrack board.

Betting the Exacta Box

When you bet on the Exacta 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 bets in combination to set this bet up.

Exacta Box can be done on a single ticket. This amounts to making two or more separate Exacta Box bets. In this particular case, you would calculate the total amount that 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 Box, as shown on the racetrack board.

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 Box with one key. You will win this single Exacta 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 Box wager only if the horse you keyed finishes in either of the specified positions, i.e., a Win or Place.

Trifectas

Betting the Trifecta

When you bet on the Trifecta, 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 fewer than seven horses in a field (contesting the race), the Trifecta 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 six or five horse field (depends on the track) before post-time (the start of the race), all Trifecta wagers made will be deemed to be no action (invalid).

If your selections win, you will receive the payoff amount opposite the word, Trifecta, as shown on the racetrack board.

Betting the Trifecta Box

When you bet on 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 fewer 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 six or five horse field (depends on the track) 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.

For example, let us say you select horses 3, 6, 7 and 9, and decide to key horse number 7 to Place and number 9 to Win in the wager setup screen. Your resulting wager would be a Trifecta Box, with two keys. You will win this Trifecta Box wager only if the number 9 horse crosses the finish line in first position, a Win, the number 7 horse in Place position and either of the number 3 or 6 horses crosses in the Show position.

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 in either of the specified positions, i.e., win, place or show.

Daily Doubles

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 most of the racetracks, the Daily Double will be the first and second race or the 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.

Pick Three

Betting the Pick Three

This wager requires the player to pick the winners of three consecutive races. Some racetracks have a rolling pick three, which is when the player must pick three races in a row and, if he wins, the bet continues for the next three races. Not all the tracks and races offer this type of wager. Customer has to be sure there is a payout for this bet. There are some special events which combine races in different tracks.

Pick Four

Betting the Pick Four

This wager requires the player to pick the winners of four consecutive races. Not all the tracks and races offer this type of wager. Customer has to be sure there is a payout for this bet. There are some special events which combine races in different tracks.