Editing Trifecta (section)

==History==
The term was first used in the 1970s,<ref name="Garner">{{Cite book |last=Garner |first=Bryan A. |title=Garner's modern American usage |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195382754 |edition=3rd |location=New York |page=823 |chapter=Trifecta}}</ref> and was derived from ''[[Perfecta (gambling)|perfecta]]'' (a bet on which horses will finish first and second)<ref name=Garner/> and ''[[tri-]]'' (three).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Room |first=Adrian |title=Dictionary of Sports and Games Terminology. |date=2010 |publisher=McFarland & Co., Publishers |isbn=9780786457571 |location=Jefferson |page=163 |chapter=Trifecta}}</ref>

In the United States, the trifecta was introduced at [[Arlington Park]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=William N. |title=Gambling in America : an encyclopedia of history, issues, and society |date=2001 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781576071595 |location=Santa Barbara, California |page=[https://archive.org/details/gamblinginameric0000thom/page/182 182] |chapter=Horse racing. Tracks and track organizations |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/gamblinginameric0000thom/page/182}}</ref> It was first used in Australia in April 1977 by [[Totalisator Agency Board|TAB]] New South Wales, and was introduced in New Zealand in December 1983.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grant |first=David |title=Two over three on goodtime sugar; The New Zealand TAB turns 50 |date=2000 |publisher=Victoria University Press |isbn=9780864734013 |location=Wellington |page=213 |chapter=Chapter 10: The TAB and bet types}}</ref>