Anyone play 27 horse Pick 6 at Belmont today?

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by philcski

Agreed. The rule that 'all wins' when it comes off the turf is great for the bettors and should be kept as is in NY and implemented in all jurisdictions. It's the fact that the 2-legs-off provision creates a carryover is a flat out crime. Honestly, after reading the rule, it sounds like it was written by someone who didn't understand what they were talking about.

I don't think for one second it was written with bad intentions, but today it created a bet with a 75% or so takeout

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

I don't think for one second it was written with bad intentions, but today it created a bet with a 75% or so takeout

Exactly.

It was almost certainly extreme incompetence over bad intentions by the people or person who designed and implemented the rule.

In order for a fair-shake - the people who got $7.60 (for hitting what amounted to a $2 pick 4! Ever see a P4 pay $3.80 for a buck? It did today) should have recieved the carryover portion of the pool. They were basically robbed.