Wacky, tough bet to launch with PIM opening: The Slider

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I didn't get that impression.

To me - it sounded like a wager you'd call out:

50 cent Slider:

3
With
4-2
With
8-3-1
With
5-6-1-4

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I didn't get that impression.

To me - it sounded like a wager you'd call out:

50 cent Slider:

3
With
4-2
With
8-3-1
With
5-6-1-4

Yeah, I think you're right. That's painfully stupid.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I didn't get that impression.

To me - it sounded like a wager you'd call out:

50 cent Slider:

3
With
4-2
With
8-3-1
With
5-6-1-4

Yeah then:
3
with
2-4
with
8-3-1
with
5-6-1-4

then
3
with
2-4
with
3-8-1
with 5-6-1-4

then.....

[eajinabi]

I think the superfecta in the last leg is a bit too much. 3 legs with the winner, exacta, tri is reasonable.

[richard]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

I think the superfecta in the last leg is a bit too much. 3 legs with the winner, exacta, tri is reasonable.

Piece a cake.

[PatCummings]

I think we're missing the point...

With 252 million combos on a sequence involving 8 horses in each race...you might as well play the lottery. Surely, some combos will be more bet than others, but if my odds at 252,000,000-1, just on pure chance, then how much do I really trim those odds when there is some intellect going behind them?

The odds of hitting Powerball = 192,000,000-1 or so, and the base payout is $5 million. Yeah, sign me up to have a guaranteed pool of $100,000.

If the number of horses in a selected sequence were 8,9,10,10 then the number of combinations...wait for it...




2,090,188,800

Yes, that's 2 billion combinations. Give me 20 powerball quickpicks and five punches to the gut and I'll be on my way.

[Alan07]

Pimlico set there wagering menu this weekend. Slider wasn't mentioned.

Among other wagers:
*Pick 6 dropped to make way for 18% P5
*50¢ P3, P4, P5 Wagers.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Yeah then:
3
with
2-4
with
8-3-1
with
5-6-1-4

then
3
with
2-4
with
3-8-1
with 5-6-1-4

then.....

You're assuming someone will be taking the bet halfway seriously - that probably won't happen until one of two things occur.

1.) There is about a million dollar carryover and the sequence doesn't look brutal .... or

2.) it's a mandatory payout on the last day of the meet - and you're trying to swipe shares of the pool by getting past the exacta in the 2nd leg.