On Thursday, October 6, the Woodbine Entertainment Group announced that beginning Friday, October 7 it will offer 20-cent minimum bets for the Pick-4 and Superfecta to its loyal and expanding fan base in the United States
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Canadians have had access to fractional wagers on racing from Woodbine and Mohawk since 2005.
"One of the reasons we've seen increased pool size in the Pick-4 and Superfecta is the introduction of the 20-cent minimum bet," said WEG Director of Wagering Operations Greg Martin. "We're pleased to now be able to offer this to our customers in the United States. The American racing fan has shown interest in fractional bet offerings, so we worked hard to accommodate them."
The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency and AmTote International were key partners with WEG in the development of the standards and software of the innovative foreign fractional wagering concept.
"The 20-cent base bet allows U.S. horse players another strategy option previously offered to only Canadian bettors," said Martin.
The change is offered across all tote systems in the U.S., therefore available to Americans playing Woodbine-hosted pools, which include the current live standardbred and thoroughbred meets at Woodbine, the Mohawk summer meet and the simulcasts of racing from Australia.
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Is anyone lobbying for the
Is anyone lobbying for the Canadian punter to be allowed to bet the U.S. fractional wagers as well? Particularly grating are the 50-cent base bets they have on virtually every pick 4 and pick 5 now that puts us at a huge disadvantage. That allows them to use twice as many horses in one leg for the same total ticket cost. What about the DIME Supers that we are forced to bet $1 on. It's ridiculous if this only goes one way.
The reverse would be in .50
The reverse would be in .50 cent fractional denominations since US tracks don't accept .20 cent bets. Meadowlands has a .50 Pick 5 and a lot of other tracks are adding new .50 cent triactors and Win 4's. Hopefully, WEG will work on allowing Canadian customers to access these US pools for the .50 cent dominations they offer.
In reply to The reverse would be in .50 by JWood
Yes there are many wagers
Yes there are many wagers that are 50 cent denominations such as Win 4, Pick 5 and trifectas as they are referred to in the US. However many tracks also offer a 10 cent superfecta.
This also needs to be in
This also needs to be in reverse, where we can bet on the US product in 20 cent base bets.