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Old 03-27-2013, 02:23 PM
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Why even bother with it until closing day?

You either need to play an extremely large ticket and get extremely fortunate, or you are making a disadvantageous long-term bet.

It's sucker bait until closing day.
We covered this ground during the last 7 figure run-up.. People are playing small-moderate tix for the daily payoff and are having fun with it. I stopped trying to argue against the logic of it.. I hit one myself actually.
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Old 03-27-2013, 05:35 PM
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I must be a sucker then. Would't be the first time and certainly isn't my last time. I personally find the wager to be a fun alternative to playing vertically race after race.

All I know is that I could throw up a $300 ticket on all remaining racing days (not that i would) and $1000 on mandatory payout day, have them all burn up in flames, and STILL walk away profitable from that specific wager. I was fortunate enough to hit the wager 4 times (twice alone on cheaper tickets, twice in a 'syndicate' ).

Caveman-esque? Surely. You'll never hear me say otherwise. Lots of fun to track while on the clock though, perhaps that's why I was suckered in.
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Old 03-27-2013, 05:55 PM
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Not hit today--the countdown is at 7.
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Old 03-28-2013, 06:16 PM
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it's going to be an effectively zero takeout bet the last day assuming no one hits before. i'm a fan for that reason alone.
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