Pick 6 vs a Rainbow 6

[Flysofree]

Refresh my memory...Isn't the Rainbow 6 more of a sucker than a normal Pick 6 at another big track?

[Stillriledup]

Some think the Rainbow 6 is a better bet because you can bet it for 10 or 20 cents (depends on the track) and even though they lop off a part of the payout to give to the next day's carryover, there are so many "Stabbers" in the pools on no hoper horses, that if you hit the payout with a bunch of realistic horses, the payout isn't so terrible.

With a regular pick 6, its much harder to actually HIT because of the 2 dollar minimum wager.

[tcasolo]

Rainbow is only a good bet on mandatory payout days.

[JohnGalt1]

A regular pick 6 also pays 5/6.

Though I remember once last year GP's did.

[Some_One]

See this post from the Tgraph forum

https://www.thorograph.com/phorum/read.php?1,84344,84407

Some highlights:
NYRA/SoCal Noncarryover days (10 meets, 290 days): Median Payout: 27% higher than equivalent win parlay - $14,092
NYRA/SoCal Carryover days (10 meets, 102 days): Median Payout: 78% higher than equivalent win parlay - $31,082
GP Rainbow 6 (12/2/12-3/15/14, 158 days): Median Payout: 98% higher than equivalent win parlay - $30,448

[therussmeister]

See this post from the Tgraph forum

https://www.thorograph.com/phorum/read.php?1,84344,84407

Some highlights:
🎇 I don't know that his analysis accounts for the likelihood that a bettor that wins a standard pick 6 likely has numerous consolation tickets too.