The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission ordered Remington Park to pull its jackpot-style Sooner 6ix bet from its menu on Friday after a bettor filed a formal complaint with the commission about a payout that occurred a week earlier.The complaint, filed on behalf of Jeff Arthur of Virginia on April 17, disputed the payout of the consolation pool on April 10. While Arthur had the only winning bet that day, the pick six sequence for the wager included a dead heat. Arthur’s ticket included both horses in the dead heat for win, and Remington Park said that the inclusion of both horses on the ticket created two winning tickets, nullifying the distribution of the jackpot.Arthur received consolation payouts worth $8,920. The jackpot pool that night was $35,145.Jackpot-style bets award a portion of the pool when the sequence is hit by multiple players, while reserving a portion of each pool to a jackpot that is only distributed when there is one winning bet. The bets have proved popular in many jurisdictions, through the bets have also been criticized for creating excessive takeout rates and reducing churn. Kelly Cathey, the executive director of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, said on Monday that he ordered the bet to be suspended after Arthur’s representatives filed the complaint. He said that the complaint will require a hearing, and that he anticipates scheduling a hearing in the near future. “Right now we’re having legal look at it,” Cathey said. “It will have to go to a hearing unless something happens between the two parties.” Matt Vance, the vice president of racing operations for the company that owns Remington Park, did not respond to a phone message on Monday.The payout of the consolation and not the full jackpot drew the attention of the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation, a racing advocacy group started several years ago by the owner and breeder Craig Bernick. Patrick Cummings, the executive director of the group, said that the TIF held a telephonic meeting with Remington Park officials requesting the track award the full jackpot, but that Remington officials said the track’s existing rules treat dead heats as two separate outcomes.Cummings has been critical of jackpot-style wagers in the past. On Friday, he distributed a piece on behalf of the TIF that was critical of Remington’s decision in the case.“Horseplayers need to be given a fair shake, and it was pretty clear after a review of the rules and the entire situation that [Arthur] has a unique winning ticket and rightfully deserves the jackpot,” Cummings wrote. In an interview, Cummings said that rules governing jackpot wagers in California and West Virginia specifically state that a ticket that includes both winners in a dead heat shall be treated as a single ticket.