Anyone play 27 horse Pick 6 at Belmont today?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Isn't it a better alternative than making bettors have to keep their turf choices in dirt races like Florida does when a race gets rained off after a multi has started?

It's obviously a much better alternative - so long as the takeout is kept and the rest of the pool is redistributed in form of winning payoffs.

To confiscate the majority of the pool - like in this instance - that should never have been permitted to happen.

[Calzone Lord]

Here is the worst old-time rule I could find:

Up until the year 1886 - a jockey could not dismount after a race unless he first asked permission to dismount from the stewards.

This made it easy to stiff a superior horse - all you do is go out and win the race at odds of 1/10 - and the jockey hops off before he asks permission - horse gets DQ'd - bettors become outraged.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

It's obviously a much better alternative - so long as the takeout is kept and the rest of the pool is redistributed in form of winning payoffs.

To confiscate the majority of the pool - like in this instance - that should never have been permitted to happen.

I hear ya. I missed that part the first time around.

[Indian Charlie]

http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-pick...d-over-mistake

[robfla]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-pick...d-over-mistake

from the article:

Two legs of Friday’s pick six were transferred from the turf to the dirt, but before wagering had closed, so there was no reason to enact that rule. But apparently that news wasn’t received by the mutuel department until after the first leg of the pick six had been run.

[Indian Charlie]

I wonder what the real payout should have been.

[Port Conway Lane]

$30.40?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

$30.40?

The $2 Pick 3 paid $30.80 in races #5, 6, and 7.

The Pick 6 consisted of races #4, 5, 6, and 7 - and it paid $7.60 for $2


Because of the ALL's - people with winning tickets collected a bunch of $7.60's - on something that figured to pay $50+ each

The people who win in this situation - are the people who hit the Pick 6 today. The carryover is basically money that was taken out of the pockets of yesterdays winners.

[OTM Al]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I wonder what the real payout should have been.

Considering that they paid the same number of winners out of 25% of the pool that could have been paid out of the 75% pool, that would have been a stunning $22.80

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by OTM Al

Considering that they paid the same number of winners out of 25% of the pool that could have been paid out of the 75% pool, that would have been a stunning $22.80

Yeah, I suppose so.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-pick...d-over-mistake

Between the actual rule itself - and the mutual dept screw-up .... it's like a three stooges bit.