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Originally Posted by castaway01
How in the world does a $153 horse leading to there being one winner mean this isn't a sucker bet? I can sit in the casino today and watch people hit jackpots on the slot machines too. Does that make slots a good play?
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I really need to explain this? Anybody can catch one longshot, whether they due so by chance (as it appears the winner did) or they do so with hitting the all button in the right race or structuring their play to catch the longshots on the instances they hit. The fact that someone was able to claim the single ticket reward (the value in the bet) on a pick six in which 4 of the winners were among the top two favorites and 5 of the winners were among the top 3 favorites on a 20 cent pick six(with a pool of over $400,000) is truly amazing. If you want to compare that to hitting some jackpot on a slot machine or hitting the lottery, be my guest, but there is no comparison imo. Obviously on days where there are abundant short fields this type of opportunity does not exist, but on a holiday card with some large fields..............look what happened.
