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Originally Posted by Scav
Pat, if you give me the structure you want, I can most likely put it together within excel now that I have the formula writing down. You can actually use the same file for Pick four, although it doesn't multiple the AB/AB/AB/AB out for some reason....but for organization purposes it works well
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Thanks. Definitely make some pk4 play this weekend. I will use your sheet for organizational purposes and see what formatting I would use for ticket structure.
I have tried to structure that 2A, 2B ticket structure manually and it takes a lot of doing (and end up with lots of tix). But it can shave some bucks off the ticket cost. Especially if you use a lot of B's.
Take a mythical series. We can forget about AA and AC's.
Leg #1
A - 1,2
B - 3,4
Leg #2
A - 1
B - 2,3
Leg #3
A - 1,2
B - 3
Leg #4
A - 1,2
B - 3
Total AB cost on a buck is 4 X 3 X 3 X 3 = $108
To me, preferred play is as follows.
AAAA 2 X 1 X 2 X 2 = $8
BAAA 2 X 1 x 2 X 2 = $8
BBAA. 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 = $16
BABA 2 X 1 X 1 X 2 = $4
BAAB 2 X 1 X 2 X 2 = $8
ABAA 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 = $16
ABBA 2 X 2 X 1 X 2 = $8
ABAB 2 X 2 X 2 X 1 = $8
AABA 2 X 2 X 1 X 2 = $8
AABB 2 X 2 X 1 X 1 = $4
AAAB 2 X 2 X 2 X 1 = $8
Total AB Cost = $108
Total Multi Ticket Cost = $96
% Savings = 11%
The dollars don't seem like much, but reducing ticket cost by 11% is nothing to sneeze at. Figure if total tickets were $175 with additional AA and AC covers, it's still almost 7%. Also, when there are more B's than example the % savings can get quite a bit higher.
Tough to zig zag. But personally, I have never hit BBBB or ABBB.
Anyone take it to this extreme?