This rules!

Indian Charlie · #1 03-31-2009, 09:40 PM

Delaware, the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, will be the first state to offer bettors the chance to wager on which horse will finish last in a race. "Last" wagering, a new betting opportunity that track officials hope will stimulate pools, will make its debut at the Standardbred track Delaware Downs on Wednesday and could be in place for Delaware Park's opening day on April 18.

Racing officials are excited about the new wagering platform.

philcski · #2 03-31-2009, 09:41 PM

What???

Sightseek · #3 03-31-2009, 09:43 PM

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

asudevil · #4 03-31-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

So very true...story of my life.

philcski · #5 03-31-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

They do.

It's called "Win" and "Show".

Sightseek · #6 03-31-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by philcski

They do.

It's called "Win" and "Show".

VOL JACK · #7 03-31-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

I hear ya...This weekend I stooped on down to the 2nd and 3rd exacta.

SCUDSBROTHER · #8 03-31-2009, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

I got the 2nd-4th duo covered.

Linny · #9 04-01-2009, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

I call that the imperfecta. It would be my favorite bet.

ALostTexan · #10 04-01-2009, 09:45 AM

Often times this is actually the result of my win wagers anyway.

pointman · #11 04-01-2009, 10:09 AM

If only the Fillion's, Carmine Abitiello and some of the other old timers had the opportunity to go after a "last" wager, they would have been multi millionaires. I could just see it, going 4 or 5 wide, hanging their horses out to dry all around the track, trying to get them to break stride. This would make the stiff jobs easy!

joeydb · #12 04-01-2009, 10:34 AM

Interesting idea, about the last place finisher thing, but encouraging horses to slow down rather than speed up might lead to some loooooong races.

Also, does anyone know whether horses that don't finish (normally) count? I mean, if a horse is so far back that the chart callers can't get accurate "lengths beaten" numbers, but still crosses the finish line, that bet cashes right?

jwkniska · #13 04-01-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

First and Last for a new exacta...

good joke for today though!

alysheba4 · #14 04-01-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

.......no s@!t, then i would go 1st and 2nd.......

brockguy · #15 04-01-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Now if only someone would set up a wager where you have to pick the 1st and 3rd horses I'd be in business.

There is the Swinger bet - 2 of the top 3 in any order

"More ways to win when you swing" thats the Tote's motto!

Indian Charlie · #16 03-31-2009, 09:43 PM

Pretty sweet, huh?

philcski · #17 03-31-2009, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Pretty sweet, huh?

Racing comissions have always avoided wagers which could easily be, umm, "manipulated", and this one seems easily fixed.

I don't know what to think.

SCUDSBROTHER · #18 03-31-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Cardus

We'll see scenes like the harness race in Rodney Dangerfield's "Easy Money," where the driver on the lead horse starts dragging his feet on the ground to slow his horse.

I remember that scene, Funiculi Funicula, and Rodney driving a work van. Was a funny movie though.

eajinabi · #19 03-31-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Delaware, the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, will be the first state to offer bettors the chance to wager on which horse will finish last in a race. "Last" wagering, a new betting opportunity that track officials hope will stimulate pools, will make its debut at the Standardbred track Delaware Downs on Wednesday and could be in place for Delaware Park's opening day on April 18.

Racing officials are excited about the new wagering platform.

I have been picking horses who come in last for years now.

Scav · #20 03-31-2009, 10:31 PM

Its called April Fools