Am I reading this right?

Originally Posted by philcski

Agreed, you would expect about a 3X multiplier with a 11/2 choice in 3rd and that's what it got (people often overestimate the value of the 3rd slot- exacta pays $20 and a 20-1 finishes third "it should pay $400!" no stupid, $160 if you're lucky.) My "finger in the air" test says $550 and $1800, minimum. The favorite was ridden by Ramon Dominguez...

I wasn't going to reply to this but I've seen a lot of low payoffs in NY lately on intrarace bets. The multirace payoffs seem very much in line, I was shocked that someone actually picked 6 yesterday with no carryover but I suppose if you were clairvoyant enough to go deep in the two maiden races you could have had it as the others were all very logical. I don't believe there's any funny business going on but past-posting scares me. It could potentially destroy the game, and given the running of the race (the 2 taking a huge lead into the stretch) there's no reason someone with the ability to crack the pools couldn't punch a late bet or two, you know what i mean?

Not to mention the shockingly low payout on the pik-3 that ended in race 5.

Far less than half the parlay.
I find it sickening the people make jusice accusations all the time, and paranoid about so many things, yet when payouts like the ones we've seen the last 2-4 weeks are brought up, fears are dismissed.
This shakes peoples confidence in how on the level these races are far more than a late scrtach.