A bird in the hand. Of course it is better to get all of the money in your hand and pay the taxes later(if you can't offset them which I find hard to believe unless it's a real big number) but to think the winnings are diluted by small players pushing all buttons is ridiculous. They just add to the pool which can't be bad. To change topics a bit, what about takeout. Monmouth offers a 15% takeout pick 4 twice a day. The problem is with the pool hovering around 20k it is a great bet when the parlay is 500-2000 as the payouts are oftens 2 to 5 times the parlay but eventually the pick 4 should pay over 20k and you will be stuck with a ticket that is short due to pool size. I guess the pick 4 probably will only pay 20k a couple a times a meet but it is still a factor. Maybe Monmouth should offer 10 cent pick 4's. E