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03-10-2011, 12:26 PM
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Laurel park pick 4 200k pool?
Something doesn't add up at Laurel pk 4 on Wed.
Laurel averages about $7,500 pick 4 but yesterday the pool was $200k with a payout of 75k.
Odds were 4-5/7-1/10-1/7-1.
What gives?
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03-10-2011, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jelly
Something doesn't add up at Laurel pk 4 on Wed.
Laurel averages about $7,500 pick 4 but yesterday the pool was $200k with a payout of 75k.
Odds were 4-5/7-1/10-1/7-1.
What gives?
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THE MOB 
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03-10-2011, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jelly
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A possible "mistake" by a whale. 
Mistaken wagers create windfall for lucky pick four bettors at Laurel by Big Event Blog
The pick four on a winter Wednesday at Laurel Park normally handles about $10,000, so you can imagine track officials’ surprise on March 9 when the bet generated $203,194 in action. The robust handle was such an anomaly that the mutuel department immediately began investigating its origin.
“We picked up on it early because we track handle race by race, and when we saw the pick four handle jump to $203,000 we said, ‘That can’t be right,” said Dave Scheing, director of cash and auditing operations for the Maryland Jockey Club. “We started looking into it right away.”
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03-10-2011, 01:38 PM
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Isn't that something. How about the guy with the errant wagers? 
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03-10-2011, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jelly
Something doesn't add up at Laurel pk 4 on Wed.
Laurel averages about $7,500 pick 4 but yesterday the pool was $200k with a payout of 75k.
Odds were 4-5/7-1/10-1/7-1.
What gives?
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Essentially, it's like hitting a pick 3 with two 7-1 shots and a 10-1 for 35K. Incredible!!
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03-10-2011, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bit
Isn't that something. How about the guy with the errant wagers? |
Wow my friend once took down the whole P4 pool (14k) at Laurel. I just emailed him the link it's his favorite track.
Of course when they listed the payout it said 28k
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03-10-2011, 03:10 PM
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Holy Crap. That's a whopper of a mistake. That person must have had a heck of a lot of money in his wagering account!
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03-10-2011, 03:51 PM
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I wonder if the guy who made the mistake had any of the winning tickets. Ouch, that is one hell of a mistake.
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03-10-2011, 04:02 PM
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That's why I try to keep my account really low. 
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03-10-2011, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Charli125
I wonder if the guy who made the mistake had any of the winning tickets. Ouch, that is one hell of a mistake.
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Very unlikely, the article said it appears he may have made 4k pick fours instead of 4 dollar pick fours. There were only 4 dollars worth of winning tickets.
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03-10-2011, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Shelby
That's why I try to keep my account really low. |
who has to try ?
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03-10-2011, 05:10 PM
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If the guy would have won, the pick 4 would probably have paid like 2.60.
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03-10-2011, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ronsmac
Very unlikely, the article said it appears he may have made 4k pick fours instead of 4 dollar pick fours. There were only 4 dollars worth of winning tickets.
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Gotcha, didn't read that part. Wow, that's a horrible day at the office.
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