Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A pick 6 is a type of wager offered by horse racing tracks. It requires bettors to select the winners of six consecutive races. Because of the great difficulty in picking six straight winners, plus the number of betting interests involved, payoffs for successful wagers are quite high, sometimes in the millions of dollars.
Quinella-Place (拡大連勝複式, Kakudai Renshō Fukushiki), also known as Wide (ワイド) or Kaku-renpuku (拡連複): The bettor must pick the two runners which finish the top three — no need to specify an order (For example, when the result of race is 3-6-2-4-5-1, the top three runners are 2, 3 and 6, and winning combinations are 2-3 ...
Hong Kong generates the largest horse racing revenue in the world and is home to some of the largest horse betting circles including the Hong Kong Jockey Club founded in 1884. In 2009, Hong Kong generated an average US$ 12.7 million in gambling turnover per race 6 times larger than its closest rival France at US$2 million while the United ...
In order to find out what racing executives think about the future of racing in California and the U.S., The Times spent several days at the 50th Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson in December.
Pick 6 may refer to: Pick 6 (horse racing), a wager in which a bettor picks one horse in each of six races; Pick 6 (lottery), a game in which six numbers are picked; Pick-six, an interception returned for a touchdown in gridiron football "Pick Six", a ranking system used by Ring of Honor to determine championship contenders
When computer technology took over, more exotic wagers were introduced, such as the trifecta, superfecta and "pick 6". The higher payouts for these wagers tended to diminish interest in the daily double, but it is still offered, sometimes more than once during a program. "Pick 3" and "pick 4" wagers are derived from the daily double.
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) is an independent agency of the State of California, United States. Established in 1933, The CHRB has authority over the regulation of horse racing and parimutuel betting at licensed California race tracks. The function of the CHRB is to watch over authorized California horse races to protect the public ...