[ig-zak-tuh] 
| 1. | a type of bet, esp. on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first- and second-place finishers in exact order. |
| 2. | a race in which such bets are made. |
| ex·act·a (ĭg-zāk'tə) n. A method of betting, as on a horserace, in which the bettor must correctly pick those finishing in the first and second places in precisely that sequence. Also called perfecta. [From American Spanish quiniela exacta, exact quiniela (a game of chance), from Spanish exacta, feminine of exacto, from Latin exāctus; see exact.] |
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