Oaklawn reduces minimum bets

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Bet it more times for 50-cents.

If anything -- lower minimums make the game more beatable because they greatly diminish your chances of having to deal with withholding on a big paying ticket and they greatly reduce the amount of times you sign.

Unfortunately there is no analysis that supports what you said. Payouts are watered down and simply doubling up doesn't get it done. Players will bet the same amount as always and have more combinations thus watering down the payout. One thing it is doing is driving down handle probably pushing some whales out of the door. Would love to see some hard and true analysis on the effect of lower minimums

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by jms62

Unfortunately there is no analysis that supports what you said. Payouts are watered down and simply doubling up doesn't get it done. Players will bet the same amount as always and have more combinations thus watering down the payout. One thing it is doing is driving down handle probably pushing some whales out of the door. Would love to see some hard and true analysis on the effect of lower minimums

They drive down the biggest payouts, but they drive up others. We'll see how handle compares to last year, but anything that makes the pool bigger should help a player with an edge.