From the
Meadowlands Media Relations Department
EAST
RUTHERFORD, N.J. – While winter’s chill has been covering the Northeast of
late, the action – as well as the payoffs – at the Meadowlands have been
white-hot.
Racing
resumes at the Big M this evening for the final race week of 2017 with a
10-race program that gets underway at 6:35 p.m. The track will then come back
with back-to-back 14-race cards on Friday and Saturday with the same
earlier-than-normal winter post time, which will be in effect through the end
of February.
There will
be many opportunities for bettors over the course of the three programs, as of
the 38 races, 34 of them have full 10-horse fields. Couple that with Pick Fours
and Pick Fives that have a low takeout of 15 percent, and you have the recipe
for a post-Christmas score.
“The winter
meet offers great opportunities for vertical and horizontal bettors,” said Big
M chief operating officer and general manager Jason Settlemoir. “The full
10-horse fields combined with the long stretch at the Meadowlands makes racing
a little more unpredictable, which makes the pools larger because the bigger
payouts now become possible. We’re looking forward to a great 2018.”
Given how
things went last weekend, he has good reason to be optimistic:
· All-source handle on Saturday night
totaled $2,771,241
· The Pick Four pool on Friday was $68,192
and $64,196 on Saturday
· The 50 Cent Pick Five payout on Friday was
$4,375 and $3,671 on Saturday
· The average payoff for the 20 Cent
Survivor Pick 10 was $8,479
· The first race Trifecta on Saturday
returned $12,390. It was outdone one race later, when $27,399 was the payout
· One lucky bettor in Chicago cashed in for
$28,332 Saturday when he or she had the only ticket with the winning
combination of 6-8-3-1-9 in the Early 20 Cent Jackpot Super High Five
· This evening’s Late 20 Cent Jackpot Super
High Five (Race 10) sports a carryover of $53,076
