Editing Trifecta

{{Short description|Type of bet on a horse race}}
{{other uses|Trifecta (disambiguation)}}
{{mdy|date=April 2023}}
[[file:Trifecta.svg|thumb|Trifecta]]

A '''trifecta''' is a [[parimutuel betting|parimutuel bet]] placed on a [[horse race]] in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third, in the exact order.<ref name="BH">{{Cite book |title=The Blood-Horse authoritative guide to betting thoroughbreds |date=2005 |publisher=Eclipse Press |isbn=9781581501193 |edition=1st |location=Lexington, Kentucky |pages=39–41 |chapter=Trifectas}}</ref> Known as a trifecta in the US and Australia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Horse Betting Types |url=https://www.betnow.eu/horseracing/betting-types |website=BN.eu}}</ref> this is  known as a '''tricast''' in the UK,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forecast & Tricast Bets – Help |url=https://support.skybet.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/122 |access-date=2013-10-20 |website=SkyBet.com}}</ref> a  '''tierce''' in [[Hong Kong]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Pari-Mutuel Pools – Beginners guide |url=http://special.hkjc.com/racing/info/en/betting/guide_qualifications_pari.asp |access-date=2018-03-06 |website=special.hkjc.com |publisher=The Hong Kong Jockey Club}}</ref> a '''triactor''' in [[Canada]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Horse Racing Terms & Glossary |url=https://www.allhorseracing.ag/horseracingterms |access-date=2018-03-05 |website=All Horse Racing}}</ref> and a '''tiercé''' in [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PMU betting guide in English |url=http://horseraces.pmu.fr/betting-guide |access-date=2018-03-06 |website=PMU.fr |publisher=PMU International}}</ref> A  '''trio''', offered in Hong Kong and France, is a variation in which the order of the horses is not relevant.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Guide des Paris |url=https://www.eurotierce.be/eurotierce/UK/guide_des_paris_fran%C3%A7ais.html |access-date=2018-03-06 |website=eurotierce.be |publisher=Eurotiercé}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FB88 |url=https://88top1.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216074517/https://88top1.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 16, 2021}} Saturday, 5 June 2021</ref>

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==Variations==
===Boxed===
A "boxed" trifecta is where three horses are selected, and the player wins if these three horses finish first in any order.<ref name=BH/> Boxed bets are effectively equivalent to placing standard trifecta bets on all six possible outcomes of the selected horses. For example, a boxed trifecta of horses numbered 6, 7 and 9, wins if horses finish in any of these combinations of outcomes: 
* 6, 7, 9
* 6, 9, 7
* 7, 6, 9
* 7, 9, 6
* 9, 6, 7
* 9, 7, 6.

===Banker===
One horse (the "banker") is chosen to win the race, and two or more selections are boxed to come second and third. The "banker" must win in all possible combinations. For example, if horse number 2 is the banker, and the other three choices are numbered 6, 7 and 8, then there are a total six possible combinations for a winning bet: 
* 2, 6, 7
* 2, 6, 8
* 2, 7, 6
* 2, 7, 8
* 2, 8, 6
* 2, 8, 7.

===Roving banker or banker multiple===
One horse (the "banker") is chosen to finish in the first three, and three or more selections are boxed for the other two places – the banker must finish either 1st, 2nd or 3rd in each possible combination. For example, if horse number 6 is the banker, and horses number 7, 8 and 9 are the selections, then there are total of eighteen combinations for a winning bet, each with horse number 6 in them, for example: 
* 6, 7, 8 
* 7, 6, 8 
* 7, 8, 6
* 6, 8, 9 
* 8, 9, 6, and so on. 

==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>

==See also==
* [[Superfecta]]

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