My earler "And You Thought Davis Was A Good Handicapper" post on the Sar pk6s was based on a story in the NY Post, itself not known as one of the most accurate publications around, though I still marvel at one of their most famous headlines,to wit, "Headless Woman Found In Topless Bar."

After thinking about it some more, and receiving some input from those who understand this better than I do, Harn probably didn't need a confederate at Catskill OTB. When this system was introduced many yrs ago, one's acct no. was your social security number, so all Davis would have had to do was disclose his to Harn. Also, I am advised that someone in Harn's position could locate the bet just by how it was structured.

As for the timing of any payout to the honest bettors who had 5 of 6, my take is that despite what Fountaine had to say this weekend, the only way Harn & Davis could collect is if they filed a civil suit, which they would never do because that would open them up to questioning in a setting in which they couldn't plead the 5th. I'm afraid it's going to be awhile before 5 of 6 collect anything.