Pick 6 Races?

Question

I see on some results forms that the pick 6 pays on 4 numbers. How does this work, I am guessing that is it because nobody correctly picked 5 or 6 numbers so it drops to 4. So that would mean I dont nessesarily have to be correct with all the races but have to have more correct picks than anyone else. Please explain

Answer 1

Bold4bs is overgeneralizing. I've seen Aqueduct pay for 4 horses in the consolation pick 6, and I'd say it's a major metropolitan track. I've seen Turfway Park pay on as little as 3, maybe not metropolitan, but it's the major track in Kentucky during its season; how anyone could argue that New York and Kentucky racing would not be worth following is beyond me. In all of those cases, there were multiple upsets during the pick 6 sequence, so nobody even had as many as five.

Anyway, gettin back to the original question. The pick 6 pool is won by those bettors who have the winner in all 6 races. If you miss a race, you still get a consolation pay out of a small percentage of the pot. I've never hit 6, but I've hit 5 and I was happy to take it. The whole pot will never pay out for less than 6 numbers with one exception: on the last day of a particular track's meet, there will be a mandatory payout of the pick 6 poll, so whoever has the most correct numbers will receive a winning share. Otherwise, there will be a small payout for those tickets that have the most winners and around 75% of the pool carries over to the next day. This leads to some huge jackpots, not unlike the Lotto or Powerball.

Answer 2

You have the right idea. You have to pick the winners in 6 consecutive races, if no one picks 6 then it goes to 5. It's pretty rare for it to go down to only 4 winners, but it does happen.

When the pick 6 payout goes really high I know people who pool their money and handicapping skills, these tickets can go very high in cost. It's like TVG often says this could be a life changing event IF you hit...LOL!

Answer 3

The tracks that pay off on 4 numbers on a Pick 6 should all be ignored. The big metropolitan tracks around the country do not
pay off on four (4) numbers. Minimum five (5) numbers.

A consolation Pick 6 is based solely on picking five (5) winners from six (6). The payoff is based on the money collected less
taxes. Usually the cost of taxes exceeds 25% of each dollar collected.

Focus your racing prowess in picking six (6) consecutive winners. Concentrating on anything less than five (5) potential winners would be a waste of your valuable time.

Answer 4

I agree with go4gin, in addition, if the winning combo goes all the way down to just 4 winners, you do not get the full amount in the prize pool, rather you get a certain percentage. Thus, the pool keeps growing until someone correctly matches all 6 winners for that particular race card.

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Answer 5

Pick Six is an exotic type of bet on horse racing. It is considered as the most difficult bet in horse racing and perhaps the most lucrative. You win by selecting the winner of six consecutive races. You must place the bet before the start of the first of the six races.

Most tracks offer nine or ten races per day, usually in the afternoon. Some tracks put the Pick Six as the first six races, the middle six races, or the last six races. Meetings, or consecutive days of racing at a track, continue for one month or longer in the United States. British meetings are usually only several days in length. Many tracks have carry over pools for the Pick Six that can grow to as much as a million dollars.

A Pick Six bettor can "wheel" or select more than one horse in each of the six races. "Wheeling" generally increases your chance of winning, but this also increases the amount of your wager.

To compute the cost of your Pick Six wager, multiply the number of horses selected in the first race by the number of horses selected on the second race. Then, multiply the product by the number of horses selected on the third race. Next, multiply the product by the number of horses selected on the fourth race. Afterwards, multiply the product by the number of horses selected on the fifth race. Afterwards, multiply the product by the number of horses selected on the sixth race. Finally, multiply the product by the amount you want to wager.

Answer 6

Melissa M is a handicapper from way back. She is right on the money for explaining it to you as simply as possible. I agree with her answer as well.
With a dad that's nickname was racetrack Frank, I have some knowledge of the game.

Answer 7

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