Racing has turned into a numbers game: trifecta and other exotic bets.

At all three tracks, the exotic bets outhandled the straight ones by more than 3-2.

Bettors usually make multiple wagers on exotic bets.

The tax on exotic bets involving three or more horses will stay at 7.5 percent.

On exotic bets, it stays at 25 cents per dollar.

Many bookmakers now offer what are known as "exotic" bets, which are lines offered on non-traditional events.

Now there is more and more interest in the exciting, if unlikely, prospect, of winning an exotic bet.

Other forms of Dutch books can exist when incoherent odds are offered on exotic bets such as forecasting the order in which horses will finish.

Banker: A key selection in an exotic bet which must win, or run a particular place to guarantee any return.

Treble: An exotic bet consisting of selections in 3 separate races, all of which must win for the wager to be successful.