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08-03-2012, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by fiveouttasix
Wager Type Winning Numbers Payoff
$2 Pick 3 1-7-3 (3 correct) 10,024.00
This is how they listed the payout...looks like only 1 winning 50 cent wager.
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When the winning payoff is exaggerated in such a manner...isn't it a deliberate attempt to mislead the public as to the size of the wagering pool?
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08-03-2012, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
I found out the size of the wagering pool later that evening, when I looked up the chart online...and I was stunned.
Like I said, I don't play Hoosier...and I had no idea that the pools were so small.
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Was this an aberrationally low pool for Hoosier?
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08-03-2012, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by the little guy
Was this an aberrationally low pool for Hoosier?
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As it turns out...no.
But, with the way some tracks choose to report some of their exotics payoffs...it's impossible to determine the actual size of these pools without consulting the result charts.
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08-03-2012, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
When the winning payoff is exaggerated in such a manner...isn't it a deliberate attempt to mislead the public as to the size of the wagering pool?
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Honestly, though that seems possible, I doubt it. In my mind it is just another of the countless reminders that the sport remains about 50 years behind in the technological area.
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08-03-2012, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
When the winning payoff is exaggerated in such a manner...isn't it a deliberate attempt to mislead the public as to the size of the wagering pool?
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I think it is deliberately done to generate handle in the future for the bet as uniformed bettors look at the payoffs and say "look what I could have hit"
Jim
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08-03-2012, 04:08 PM
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Pool for this P-3 was $3194 not $1223.
.50 cent p-3 paid $2506.
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08-03-2012, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JimG
I think it is deliberately done to generate handle in the future for the bet as uniformed bettors look at the payoffs and say "look what I could have hit"
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I don't think so. Bettors are too fiercely independent as to have to wear a uniform.
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08-03-2012, 04:23 PM
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I don't think so. Bettors are too fiercely independent as to have to wear a uniform.
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08-03-2012, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rastajenk
I don't think so. Bettors are too fiercely independent as to have to wear a uniform.
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But some are capable of making uninformed replies on a message board.
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Last edited by JimG; 08-03-2012 at 04:46 PM.
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08-03-2012, 05:00 PM
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Nice avatar JimG. We have good taste. 
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08-03-2012, 05:05 PM
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Nice avatar JimG. We have good taste. |
Thanks Mel. That iconic poster was on my wall as a teenager. Don't think I was the only one.
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08-04-2012, 09:45 PM
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What avatar?
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08-04-2012, 11:21 PM
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The invisible man?
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08-05-2012, 07:07 AM
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What avatar?
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Maybe Jim decided to edit his own avatar. That's his call. I can assure you it was there and a very well known picture.
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08-05-2012, 07:42 AM
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Sorry for the confusion. I reinstated the avatar for now.
Jim
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