selling picks

Anyone ever have this experience?

At Santa Anita/Hollywood Park back in the 80's it was a regular experience while walking back to your car to find alleged "tout sheets" strewn about like trash after the 5th race.

Amazingly they would all seem to have the cold exacta in whichever race paid the most. And usually the daily double (only available on the 1st and 2nd races back then). They weren't stupid either. They would put a few losers in. Races 6-9 were always chalk plays.

I don't know who fell for this scam but even if 1/100 did that was more sales for the tout whenever the sucker returned.

This was back when you could buy tout sheets just inside the entrance to any SoCal track. They don't sell them anymore and amazingly the parking lots are a lot cleaner these days.