Tell Churchill Downs You Want Dime Supers!

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I think you've hit the nail on the head here. I simply don't agree with their view on fractional wagering.

Fair enough.

One question that needs to be asked is where does it end. Or maybe it shouldn't.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

One question that needs to be asked is where does it end.

Personally, I would draw the line at wagers that require three horses (triples, pic-3s).

[miraja2]

Why not have penny exactas? Wouldn't that be fun? We could all start bringing buckets of change to the track and count it out every time we want to place a wager!
I basically just hate the dime-super and wish it would go away forever. But then again, I hate the Breeders' Cup too, so perhaps I am just too old-fashioned.

[SniperSB23]

I like the dime super but think it should be an online bet only on big days. If it has to be allowed on track then close the pools for it at 10 MTP so people spending $2.40 on a complicated superfecta play don't clog up the lines.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

something is wrong with this, i have never seen this happen. its always 1/10th of the dollar payout.

my kids and i all exchanged long looks at the machine when it showed the payout. too late now tho if it was wrong, it was last year.

[2MinsToPost]

Ok so for those who support dime supers on Derby Day I propose this thought which could also be listed as fact without question.

Derby Day gets more then enough money in the pools, all of them including the super and all of us know this. Derby Day is also amatuer day when you get a ton, a ton, of people who only bet one day a year. The lines are long at every cotton pickin teller line from coast to coast and God knows this. Tellers get all kinds walking up saying give me $2 across on Funny Cide, etc etc.. Let me get to my point..................

Dime supers are fine thru the year but on traditional days like the Derby they have no place. Not when you have all the money pumping in from across the world on the single biggest day of the year in racing. Tradition has taken a step back in a lot of areas in this business (see polytrack) but for crying out loud let Derby Day be what it is, a day when a bunch of people bet their horse(s) across the board, etc etc but please the LAST thing that needs to be implemeted is dime supers.

Its bad enough on a Saturday in January, and it sure as hell has no place on the 1st Saturday in May. If you can't afford to box 4 horses in a super on May 3rd for a $1 maybe you should reconsider your gambling budget because May 3rd does not need several thousand people trying to box Big Brown, Monba, Smooth Air and Pyro at 5:45pm for a dime.

Some things are better left alone, and Derby Day is one of them.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by 2MinsToPost

Ok so for those who support dime supers on Derby Day I propose this thought which could also be listed as fact without question.

Derby Day gets more then enough money in the pools, all of them including the super and all of us know this. Derby Day is also amatuer day when you get a ton, a ton, of people who only bet one day a year. The lines are long at every cotton pickin teller line from coast to coast and God knows this. Tellers get all kinds walking up saying give me $2 across on Funny Cide, etc etc.. Let me get to my point..................

Dime supers are fine thru the year but on traditional days like the Derby they have no place. Not when you have all the money pumping in from across the world on the single biggest day of the year in racing. Tradition has taken a step back in a lot of areas in this business (see polytrack) but for crying out loud let Derby Day be what it is, a day when a bunch of people bet their horse(s) across the board, etc etc but please the LAST thing that needs to be implemeted is dime supers.

Its bad enough on a Saturday in January, and it sure as hell has no place on the 1st Saturday in May. If you can't afford to box 4 horses in a super on May 3rd for a $1 maybe you should reconsider your gambling budget because May 3rd does not need several thousand people trying to box Big Brown, Monba, Smooth Air and Pyro at 5:45pm for a dime.

Some things are better left alone, and Derby Day is one of them.

What would be the problem in offering the bet online only, assuming an ADW contract was worked out?

[hockey2315]

I don't feel like reading through all this - so this may have already been mentioned. But the best part of 10-cent supers is that you have a better choice of avoiding the tax man if you hit. I had planned on playing the same 10-cent supers multiple times next saturday but I guess I'll have to stick to TRIs now. . .

[2MinsToPost]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

What would be the problem in offering the bet online only, assuming an ADW contract was worked out?

Good point and agree

[Alan07]

They have been busy:
http://horseracing.aforumfree.com/ra...pa-t64.htm#145

[Scav]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

What would be the problem in offering the bet online only, assuming an ADW contract was worked out?

I think it is more all or nothing. I agree with the 'sense' that it makes, but someone on track is going to want to do it and they will throw a fit.

I have given up on this industry and its abilitiy to do things that make sense

The bottom line is this. The people with alot of cash to not want to share the big hits with people who will be spending 500-1000 rather than thousands so they can keep all the cash for themselves. money going to money.... big surprize. I still dont understand the difference between an 700000 dollar super and maybe a 500000 for every dollar. just plan old greedyness. What else is new?