The last race carryover for The Meadowlands Jackpot Super
Hi-5 grew to $102,498 after Saturday’s program.
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (Tuesday February 10, 2015) – After
the last race was declared official on Saturday night at The Meadowlands,
thanks to there being more than one winning ticket, the Jackpot Super Hi-5
Carryover pool swelled to $102,498. Following a one month period that saw
the wager hit several times, the last race jackpot has now gone unclaimed since
Saturday, December 6, 2014.
Not only is the carryover pool continuing to grow, but the
average pool size continues to increase as well. This past Saturday, the
$36,193 wagered into the last race Jackpot Hi-5 was the largest single pool to
date.
The wager has returned an average payout each night of over
$1,000, thanks to 75-percent of the pool being paid out each night and the
industry-low 8-percent takeout rate.
“You can feel the momentum growing with this wager,” said
Director of Racing Operations Darin Zoccali. “We are handling double in
that pool what we were just two months ago. Obviously part of that is
because the carryover is growing, but also because of the extremely low takeout
rate and the fact that this wager returns more to our bettors on each
night than any other jackpot wager.”
In addition, the fifth race Jackpot Super Hi-5 carryover
stands at $16,540.98 going into the Thursday program.
The feature race on Thursday night is race six, the second
round of the Charles Singer Memorial Trotting series with a purse of
$15,000. Round one saw JL Cruze continue his supremacy with an impressive
victory over his rival, Opulent Yankee. It was the third time in four
tries that JL Cruze had defeated that foe. He will begin as the 4/5
morning line favorite and will start from post position two with his usual
pilot, John Campbell. Opulent Yankee is part of a three-horse entry,
joining forces with Blocking The Way and Propulsion, an entry that has been
established as a 2-1 second choice. Opulent Yankee will leave from post position
four with Andy Miller in the sulky.
In addition to the Jackpot Super Hi-5 carryovers, the
Thursday night program features three guaranteed pools that continue to grow in
average pool-size.
The $.50 Cent Pick 5 begins in the first race, with an
average pool of $53,457 coming into the Thursday program. On Saturday the
wager yielded a payout of $11,356. The average Pick 5 payout in 2015 is
$1,783 and has paid over $1,000 on six different occasions since the start of
the new year.
The $.50 Cent Early Pick 4 kicks off in race three. That
average pool is now $50,339 with an average payout of $817. The $.50 Cent
Late Pick 4 will commence in race seven, covering the last four races of the
program. Last Thursday there was $75,299 wagered into the Late Pick 4 pool
and this past Saturday there was $95,344 in the pool. The average Late
Pick 4 pool stands at $72,962 with an average payout of $2,639. That
wager has returned over $1,000 for the $.50 cent minimum on eight occasions
since the calendar turned to 2015.
Post time for the Thursday program is 7:15 P.M.
