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Originally Posted by Mumtaz
I dunno, Hoss - that 5 seconds includes the break, initial observation (1-3 seconds?) then decision to cancel, and then getting the bet successfully canceled. Tight timeline.
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I've seen it done many times before.
It's much easier to do when no one is there. It's a piece of cake in an empty or near empty room.
If it's a busy day it's much harder - if so, the way it's done is that the teller holds the ticket, he closes his window as post time approaches (excuse like having to go to the bathroom, or having to check money for a short)
He watches the break from the big screen right in front of him, and if the horse doesn't break well, it's about 1/20 that he gets the ticket cancelled.
Hell, I've seen someone do double cancels with 100% accuracy before.
If you get a trotter race with breakers - and two dominant horses both at like 7/5 odds or so. Which you do is bet them both to win for the same amount. If one of them hasn't broke by the time the race starts, you cancel them both.
If one of them has broke you cancel only the breaker and you have an edge.
The person who did it told me he practiced a lot with $2 show tickets until he got it down pat where he never messed up.