Guaranteed Pools

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Originally Posted by justindew

Seeing over $7MM dumped into the Hollywood Pick 6 pool in one day makes me wonder why tracks don't try offering more frequent, large guaranteed pools.

I still say Street Sense is only 50/50 to race again, by the way.

Guaranteed pools are a con to make the bettors think they'll get a bigger payout than with a non-guaranteed pool. What's the advantage of playing a guaranteed pool?