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I once won a total of $3600 on consecutive race exactas at The Meadowlands. ($1200 on one race and $2400 on the second. I also won $2700 on a pick 4 at Hawthorne harness several years ago.
Then, many years ago, I was at Hawthorne for the standardbreds. I had made my bets on the race when I noticed the 8 and 9 in the race were both close to 100 to 1. I said, "Just for the heck of it, I should put a $2 exacta box on that.
Of course I didn't and of course it came in and paid $5,000.
Finally, a story that was not about a pari mutual bet. This happened in 1973 and the office I was working in was having a pool on the Kentucky Derby. Of course that is the year Secretariat won. It was ten dollars a horse winner take all. 13 horses; a prize of $130 to the winner.
They held the drawing on Friday afternoon and I picked Sham. I was a big Secretariat fan so I was quite disappointed. Just then one of my coworkers, Charlie, came over to my desk. Charlie had drawn Secretariat. He offered to trade me Secretariat for Sham and as incentive he offered me $10.
I would have traded even up; in fact, I would have paid him $10. We all know what happened. Secretarial won and I collected $130 for which I paid nothing.
Poor Charlie lost $20.
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"When you come at the King, You'd best not miss." Omar Little
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