Justice for a liitle guy/gal

[miff]

First inclination,run a forensic on the the flow of the winning ticket. Second, congrats on a nearly impossible handicapping feat.

DRF Mike Welch

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - One as of yet unidentified bettor walked away with a $791,364 payday for a 10-cent  wager after having the only winning ticket on Sunday's Rainbow  6 at Gulfstream Park. It is the highest single payoff on any wager in Gulfstream Park history.

According to the Gulfstream's  mutuel department, the ticket was purchased in Las Vegas at a cost of only $2.40.

The jackpot, which is paid out if there is just a single correct winning combination, was last hit on Feb. 20.

The winning sequence, which started in the sixth  race, was Kristina's Slew ($26.60), Smokin Ali ($153.30), Livingston Street ($7.40), Running Wildcat ($13.20), Miss Montreal ($7.80), and Master Achievement ($18).  The winning combination was 9,3,2,2,3,1.    

The winner's ticket was structured using the combinations 4,7,9,11/2,3/2/2/3/1,6,9.

Master Achievement, the one horse, held off a stretch long bid from the 2-1 favorite Power Emblem to win the finale. If Power Emblem had won, the Rainbow 6 would have carried over until Thursday

[sighthound]

Hey!  Don\'t knock \"grandkids birthdays\" as a handicapping method!

Seriously, congrats to the ticket holder.  well done!

I confess, I\'ll do that sometimes:  just take a \"lottery shot\" at pick 6\'s with an $8 ticket.   Doing that is far more odds-in-my-favor than $8 worth of Mega Millions.

[plasticman]

This \'feat\' is equivalent to being the solo winner of a pick 6 at Del Mar on the 5th or 6th day of a carryover and getting 15.8 million back while betting a 48 dollar ticket.

[Lost Cause]

plasticman Wrote:
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> This \'feat\' is equivalent to being the solo winner
> of a pick 6 at Del Mar on the 5th or 6th day of a
> carryover and getting 15.8 million back while
> betting a 48 dollar ticket.


You would also have to be the only one to hit it..

[plasticman]

Correct.

[TGJB]

I suspect it\'s more like hitting the lottery.I also suspect that guy never put $48 into a race in his life.

[sighthound]

The average pick 6, with 10 horses in a race, is a 1 in a million shot for a single choice per race ticket.   If you eliminate about half the horses in each race, you\'re quickly down to about 1 in 18,000 or so with only one pick per race. Pick 2-3 for a couple races, and the odds are really in your favor, with little to no handicapping at all.