Dana666 Wrote:
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> Seems like over the past few years, California
> pick 4s, pick 5s and pick 6s seem to pay very
> small when a solid favorite wins the last leg,
> conversely if you beat the favorite in the last
> leg, the price goes up exponentially. I don't know
> why there is such a huge difference out there as
> opposed to other tracks, huge betters? big
> tickets??? It's almost not worth playing if you
> love the favorite in the last leg. Great picks for
> the analysis for sure but that's a horrible pay
> out unless you hammered it. And was the rail
> slowish yesterday??? Seemed like many horses that
> normally would not have lost at SA got run down
> late on the rail. How in the hell can the rail be
> dead on the first day of racing?? And why do they
> take twenty minutes for a close photo finish at So
> Cal tracks when every other track in the world
> takes like 30 seconds no matter how close. See how
> fast they have a photo in Australia or Hong Kong.
> Ridiculous nonsense from a place they should have
> the best cameras on planet earth. Just stupid
> questions from a stupid gambler.

Congrats to the analysis on nailing this with a small ticket.

As to the payout, it paid more than the parlay would have paid.

I have had problems in California (documented on this board), where the Pick 4 paid a fraction of the parlay. Trust me, yesterday's payout was not "horrible" if you compare with others -- there are plenty of times it pays less than the parlay and sometimes a lot less.