exacta

When you bet on the Exacta or Perfecta, 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 or Perfecta, as shown on the racetrack board.
Betting the Exacta or Perfecta BoxWhen you bet on the Exacta, or Perfecta 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 or Perfecta bets in combination to set this bet up. Exacta or Perfecta Box can be done on a single ticket. This amounts to making two or more separate Exacta, or Perfecta 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, or Perfecta 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 or Perfecta Box with one key. You will win this single Exacta or Perfecta 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 or Perfecta Box wager only if the horse you keyed finishes in either of the specified positions, i.e., a Win or Place.