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Originally Posted by ranger5830
It has always been my experience that you chose the second leg after the first race was official, that half (or some other arbitrary percentage) of the pool was paid to people who got the first leg correct, and then the rest went to the bigger second leg payout. After the first leg is official you would go to the window, collect your winnings and get a ticket for the second leg at no extra cost. Perhaps NYRA is envisioning doing things differently than that, but that's what I would imagine.
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When you say "always" I assume you are referring to any number of different venues that offered the wager in the past. I am only familiar with Charles Town in the late 70's. I can tell you that I received one exchange for my single ticket the only time I played with no consolation.
I find it interesting that there is an added benefit of not committing to the second leg until after you see the post parade and odds of the horses.
There is no reason a pick 3 or pick 4 couldn't be structured in the same manner.