Why must the P6 be a $2 wager?

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Originally Posted by unassailable08

What the hell is a sob.

thank u for whoever got that.

Steven Crist in his book Exotic Betting made a good point that it deserves to have a 2 dollar minimum b/c of the carryovers make the track more money than there would if there were a 50 cent minimum.

I agree, though the bet caters to the large bettor and does not really attract the person to bet who is looking for that grand payoff, they are priced out.

[unassailable08]

you can play the ticket with 100 bucks and cover urself decent.

i will do it eventually but im sticking to pick 4's right now which have a $1 dollar minimum and .50 cent minimum at Lone Star Park my home track.

But u can win a pick 6 with a 2 dollar ticket, i heard on ATRAB of someone doing so.

its possible.

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Originally Posted by unassailable08

you can play the ticket with 100 bucks and cover urself decent.

i will do it eventually but im sticking to pick 4's right now which have a $1 dollar minimum and .50 cent minimum at Lone Star Park my home track.

But u can win a pick 6 with a 2 dollar ticket, i heard on ATRAB of someone doing so.

its possible.

I think 100 pick 6 tickets which is 50 combos is a quick ticket to the poor house. Sure lightening can strike but I wouldnt bet on it.

100 bucks would be much better invested in a complicated pick 4 bet.

[unassailable08]

u can hit a pick 6 with a smaller bankroll. if ur really concerned about it what I would do is get three or 4 buddies to chip in 32 bucks with you to where u can cover alot more combinations.

but ur right i would much rather put 100 on a Pick 4 than a Pick 6 although 100 on a Pick 4 is too much for me 50 is my max.

[skippy3481]

Of course you can hit a pick 6 with any bankroll, its just much much harder to do so with a small bankroll. You can do all the research you want, but in the end they still have to run the race. Your still going to get bad rides, bad dq's, horses that don't fire etc. 100 dollars just does not buy you much of a pick 6 ticket.

[Byebyemermaid]

My friends years ago you couldn't bet a dollar on anything.In fact depending how old some of you are the minimum bet on and exacta at Santa Anita was $5.

[JJP]

Originally Posted by Byebyemermaid

My friends years ago you couldn't bet a dollar on anything.In fact depending how old some of you are the minimum bet on and exacta at Santa Anita was $5.

Yeah I remember that. What exactly was the point of $5 exacta minimums? And what happened to the handle after they did away with that? It went much higher.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by unassailable08

you can play the ticket with 100 bucks and cover urself decent.

i will do it eventually but im sticking to pick 4's right now which have a $1 dollar minimum and .50 cent minimum at Lone Star Park my home track.

But u can win a pick 6 with a 2 dollar ticket, i heard on ATRAB of someone doing so.

its possible.

I've hit the pick 6 (twice) on a $96 ticket for $8k and $3k, both carryover days on the inner track. It's next to impossible, though. Both times I had TWO super-solid singles and fortunately got through them both.

You need to invest $500, minimum, to REALLY play the pick 6.

[NoChanceToDance]

We have a similar bet over here, on saturdays only called the 'scoop six' and on many occassions it has gone over the £1m barrier.

It has been won by the 'small players' a few times now. But it is almost impossible, these people will have had an enormous amount of luck.

As Philcski said, you need to be playing with at least three figures to have more than an average chance of collecting it.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by philcski

I've hit the pick 6 (twice) on a $96 ticket for $8k and $3k, both carryover days on the inner track. It's next to impossible, though. Both times I had TWO super-solid singles and fortunately got through them both.

You need to invest $500, minimum, to REALLY play the pick 6.

But is this wise...unless you feel like you can REALLY win?


I mean there must be a lot of people who REALLY play the pick 6 yet there are still many carryover days.



I think a lot of big betters are REALLY losing a lot.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by mortyfeatherhands

But is this wise...unless you feel like you can REALLY win?
I mean there must be a lot of people who REALLY play the pick 6 yet there are still many carryover days.
I think a lot of big betters are REALLY losing a lot.

No question... somebody has to supply the money for these carryovers, and it isn't the $100 p6 players. The thing is, the big bettors might lose a LOT 10 times in a row, then hit the 11th time for a huge number. The small player is more likely to lose 100 times in a row and not hit at all.

[ShadowRoll]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I think the pick-6 should be a minimum $5.00 per combo.
You want to win big ? Bet big.

Let's not get crazy. I'm still coming to terms with $5 beers at the track.