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Old 04-12-2007, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
The reality is that the exacta is mathematically the right bet and an aberational result that showed place bets " winning " would be deceptive and unfortunate.

I agree about the relatively small sample size, and always felt all you needed to do was look over six months of past results, but the contest was created for whatever reasons in this manner. Regardless, it's been fun.
Can you elaborate on why you feel "the exacta is mathematically the right bet"? There's something I'm missing with that, and I want to understand it.

I rarely make a place bets, and I even more rarely make "saver" exacta bets, but I just want to understand what you're talking about.

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