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Originally Posted by Kasept
Thanks Freddy.. Appreciate that. It means a lot to me to be able to get people like Wolff on whom the playing public should hear from.
I'm wavering constantly on whether this wager should be 'promoted' actively given its' obvious shortcomings, but it is clear from the pools and those playing and enjoying it, that there's an eager audience for it. As Maury said, it has the lotto attributes the game has wanted to create for years. And Andy has made the perfect point that it can be viewed as a low cost action bet even if it is outrageously 'expensive' and in practical terms, 'impossible'.
It seems that it has found a perfect storm at GP this winter and as I mentioned the other day, you would think that a finite meet like Saratoga, Keeneland & Del Mar would have room for a successful incantation of this.
I'm leaning towards thinking that the thing is a net positive for the learning curve benefits of the ticket-building at a low cost for new players. I think their experience -- the capping of the sequences and the ticket constructs -- will translate into other multi-race wagering ('Normal' P6, P5-P4-P3's, Supers, Hi-5's, etc.) long term.
It's a fascinating conversation.
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Common sense tells you it is a horrible wager unless there is a forced pay out. Common sense tells you that GP holding 3 mil stagnant vs. players churning 3 million tells you its not churn friendly. All that said it looks like it's here to stay in some capacity. I am dubious on how many folks will learn how to structure traditional Pik 3,4,5 and 6 tickets and become mainstream players, especially considering the current pay outs at GP. All the negatives given it seems like a bad thing has caught on and as such is now a good thing. Closing day is go to be (going to borrow a Bykism) "interesting".
02-17-2013, 10:47 AM
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