Question on P4 Payoff with Dead Heat

The Maven

DRF.com shows that the late P4 at Spa yesterday (R9-R12) paid the same if you had the 3 or the 6 in the Travers: $2 Pick 4 (2/9-8-1-3/6) 4 Correct Paid: $990.00 Pick 4 Pool $1,837,082.00.

How can this be? This seems grossly unfair to anyone playing the 3 but maybe this is not correct? I see the P6 payoffs under R13 are shown same way.

I would have been pissed if I had the 3 but pleased if I had the 6.

John Greenhaw

You are right!!

It was a real screw job to bettors who had the price horse. Very good breakdown from a math person on the race story on Ray Paulick report web site. Paulick Report

rayphil

if you actually look at it the pick 3 ending in the travers with the 3 pays 1900 bucks....what a rip man..

The Maven

John Greenhaw wrote: »

You are right!!

It was a real screw job to bettors who had the price horse. Very good breakdown from a math person on the race story on Ray Paulick report web site. Paulick Report

Thanks - do you mind sharing a link to this story?

John Greenhaw

try this, it may work--I'm not a computer type

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/thoroughbred-racing/alpha-goldenticket-in-a-travers-deadheat/

John Greenhaw

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/thoroughbred-racing/alpha-goledn-ticket-in-a-travers-deadheat/

John Greenhaw

won't let me post this site

go to paulick report and search for Alphn golden Ticket in a travers dead-heat and scroll down thru the article until you get to comments at the end---comment from Bearded Lady