7 days until they drop the bomb at GP

[tector]

While the world at large frets over NY's inability to deal with something everybody else figured out a decade ago, and still missing the Met Mile on Memorial Day, at least we horseplayers have something to look forward to: barring a kick in the guts on Saturday or Sunday, we are going to have the mother****ingest mandatory payout of all time on Memorial Day at GP. Last year one of our number took down a share ($5500?) on a ticket that cost like $56. Of course that was based on a $.10 increment, and this year it is $.20--which probably means the pool will be driven upwards even more than it might have been under the former structure.

Thank you, GP, for this wonderful distraction.

[Benny]

Here is the condition book for GP for Monday May 26 for the big day payoff o the Rainbow 6 . http://www.gulfstreampark.com/racing...ndition-book-8

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Benny

Here is the condition book for GP for Monday May 26 for the big day payoff o the Rainbow 6 . http://www.gulfstreampark.com/racing...ndition-book-8

This was brilliantly done by Gulfstream. They're going to draw both Sunday and Monday and pick the best 6 races between the two days to put in the sequence. They're also incentivizing horseman by given trainers an additional $500 to start. With the door being wide open on Memorial Day, they made a great decision.

I know I'll be involved. Any horseplayer absolutely has to be.

[Benny]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

This was brilliantly done by Gulfstream. They're going to draw both Sunday and Monday and pick the best 6 races between the two days to put in the sequence. They're also incentivizing horseman by given trainers an additional $500 to start. With the door being wide open on Memorial Day, they made a great decision.

I know I'll be involved. Any horseplayer absolutely has to be.

Thanks for the headsup on this. will be much harder now for the small player though. Obviously.

[ateamstupid]

I'll be taking it easy this week specifically so I can unload on Monday and try to make five figures. It's the best betting opportunity I can remember since I started playing the horses.

[tanner12oz]

I'm locked and loaded...adding more funds Friday...hopefully we can get a thread going when the card draws and we can take her down

[herkhorse]

Sheets is gonna do it again!!

[casp0555]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

Sheets is gonna do it again!!

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[MISTERGEE]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

This was brilliantly done by Gulfstream. They're going to draw both Sunday and Monday and pick the best 6 races between the two days to put in the sequence. They're also incentivizing horseman by given trainers an additional $500 to start. With the door being wide open on Memorial Day, they made a great decision.

I know I'll be involved. Any horseplayer absolutely has to be.

I dont know if it is the best 6 races. I heard it was the 6 largest fields drawn

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by MISTERGEE

I dont know if it is the best 6 races. I heard it was the 6 largest fields drawn

Best in the context of a Pick 6 is generally (in my opinion) the ones with the largest fields, but I understand your point.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Best in the context of a Pick 6 is generally (in my opinion) the ones with the largest fields, but I understand your point.

Doesn't simply utilizing the six races with the largest, most inscrutable fields work to the benefit of the whales - most likely the type of people who have not been playing the wager all along?

[Frost King]

Gulfstream wants the payout to be huge. That way they can say, for 0.20 you won $5M. It is in there best interest to make it as tough as possible to have 2/3 winners of this thing.

[tbonds]

Are they going to payout 5 of 6 as well? Or just to all 6 of 6

[lemoncrush]

Originally Posted by Frost King

Gulfstream wants the payout to be huge. That way they can say, for 0.20 you won $5M. It is in there best interest to make it as tough as possible to have 2/3 winners of this thing.

I think they would want a lot of winners, not just a few, esoecially to turn more people onto the wager next year.
And with a 20 cent increment and at least 4-5 million being bet into it, there will be a lot of winning tickets.

[tanner12oz]

I have a strong feeling that things might not be as they appear come Monday...too much money of the line for greed to not take hold

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by tbonds

Are they going to payout 5 of 6 as well? Or just to all 6 of 6

Only 6 of 6.

[asudevil]

What are we thinking for a final pool? 8, 10, 12M?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Frost King

Gulfstream wants the payout to be huge. That way they can say, for 0.20 you won $5M. It is in there best interest to make it as tough as possible to have 2/3 winners of this thing.

Actually, that is the exact opposite of what they want.

It is already quite possible the $6 million sitting in a proverbial shoebox has been damaging churn on a national level. If there were somehow two or three winners, a virtually impossible occurrence, it would be very bad for handle going further.

I hope reasonably short prices win every race and we can get the money back into the hands of players.

[casp0555]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Actually, that is the exact opposite of what they want.

It is already quite possible the $6 million sitting in a proverbial shoebox has been damaging churn on a national level. If there were somehow two or three winners, a virtually impossible occurrence, it would be very bad for handle going further.

I hope reasonably short prices win every race and we can get the money back into the hands of players.

well stated.....

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Actually, that is the exact opposite of what they want.

It is already quite possible the $6 million sitting in a proverbial shoebox has been damaging churn on a national level. If there were somehow two or three winners, a virtually impossible occurrence, it would be very bad for handle going further.

I hope reasonably short prices win every race and we can get the money back into the hands of players.

Exactly... the impact of this bet and Gulfstream's signal popularity as a result has had a significant trickle down effect felt by many.