Gulfstream Payouts.

[SoCalMan2]

SoCalMan2 Wrote:
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> johnnym Wrote:
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> > TY Rocky..
> > 50% variation is kind of a large spread no?
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> This is only anecdotal, but I have had payoffs
> where I wish the variation was only 50%.  Sadly,
> these tend to occur on what should be the largest
> hits ever (I wouldn\'t be so upset about them if
> the nominal payoff was a more commonplace one).
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> the worst ever was at Garden State (the racetrack
> of the 21st century).  I hit a pick three with the
> following payoffs -- $32, $98, $48.  It was on a
> Friday night and including a featured Stakes race.
>  For $1, it paid $2,358 (Prices OK).  I did manage
> to take down the entire pool.  Usually, these
> terrible situations happen to me in the late SoCal
> Pick 4, and truth be told I can only cite less
> than a full handful.

Out of fairness, I need to point out a P4 at Santa Anita that paid well.  It may not be sexy or exciting, but yesterday\'s late pick 4 at Santa Anita paid $289 per 50 cents and if I did my math right the parlay should have paid only $118....so the pick 4 was almost 250% of the parlay.  Of course, sequences with low priced horses and low payoffs are not sexy.  But, the variance cuts both ways.  the win payoffs in the sequence were $7.40, $7.60, $6.60, and $10.20.....the 50 cent pick 4 paid $289.10.

[FrankD.]

Rocky,

Here is one for the ages!!!
Rainbow 6 today at Gulf today. I\'m alive to 1,2,3,4 in the last leg on a $102.40 ticket. 6K with 4, 11K with 1, 24K with 3, 102K with 2, I\'m cursing up a storm as the race collapses and the 5 swoops the group. The 4 breaks bad JJ rides the rail gets shut off totally in the lane with a ton of horse.

No one picked 6, pick 4 and 5 paid $9500 & $44000 with 7/5 and 2/1 shots in the sequence and 5 out of 6 paid $1180. My losers payoff X 4 was 80% of the return if the 4 won the race and I hit it!

Frank D,

[Mathcapper]

Frankie Rainbow –

Congrats on that 5 of 6 payout. Yeah, crazy day - I was surprised no one had all six. The $.20 parlay was $22.5K with a pool of $83.6K, so just based on the math, after adjusting for takeout there should've been one or two tickets on that combo, and that's without taking into consideration that the longer combinations are often overbet in the Rainbow sixer.

I took a look at the Pk4 and Pk5 payouts and the Pk4 did indeed come back generous. At GP, it should on average pay about 68.5% more than the parlay but it ended up paying 140% more. Believe it or not though, the Pk 5 actually came back a little light. At GP, it should pay around 116% more than the parlay but it only paid about 71% more. I think the parlay was so high, even with those 7/5 and 2-1 winners, because of the two $30 horses and the other double digit winner. Just goes to show you that you can get some pretty sizable payoffs even with a couple of short-priced faves in the sequence..

Rocky R.