TX woman's $18 Pick 5 play at Retama returns $1.25 mil

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by cal828

I'd like to know, if she is really a handicapper or did she just play some random numbers? Seems like I read about some guy back when Giacomo won the derby winning some god awful amount of money on a superfecta at a racetrack where you could bet a quick pick ticket on a race similar to a quick pick for a lottery. Some people are like that. They don't want to have to think about anything. My wife was like that. She loved to play slot machines because there was no thought that went in to it.

I’d love to know how she came up with Funny Duck on a slim ticket. Didn’t the horse get trounced once he races against winners in Transylvania Stakes (I think). That result boggled my mind, but it seems like there’s ALWAYS one head scratcher on big days ala Bar of Gold

[cal828]

Originally Posted by declansharbor

I’d love to know how she came up with Funny Duck on a slim ticket. Didn’t the horse get trounced once he races against winners in Transylvania Stakes (I think). That result boggled my mind, but it seems like there’s ALWAYS one head scratcher on big days ala Bar of Gold

My wife would have said you put too much thought into it. Funny Duck perfectly logical for a racetrack that looked like a lake.

[cal828]

Actually, I'm a little surprised that the first three slots of the derby were so chalky. On a wet track, you would have thought that maybe a real longshot might have run second or third. I played Justify over 15 of them hoping to hit some outrageous longshot like Instilled Regard, but no luck this year.

[richard burch]

I don't like math. The pool was $2,923,064....payout 1$ was $1,241,654...Does anyone know how many winners there were?

[Alabama Stakes]

With $2.9 million bet, After takeout it looks like 4 winners on fifty cent tickets. I wonder how much the NYRA bets pick 5 handled ....maybe drop a couple of zeros

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by richard burch

I don't like math. The pool was $2,923,064....payout 1$ was $1,241,654...Does anyone know how many winners there were?

Four winners at $.50 each.