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Originally Posted by Donk4Life
You were exactly right about my thinking. The money not hitting the pools has to be +EV. I also agree with you on the Pick 6, but if you can play a Pick 4 on a site (I noticed bodog allows Pick 4 wagering) wouldn't you also go with them on the same reasoning?
A couple of reasons why going local for p4 and p6.
1) You never know if you are gonna get paid when dealing with offshores. Not a big deal when talking about a few bucks but, if you hit a nice five figure score, you don't want to risk it.
2) There is a cap on the payouts depending on the track and the site. I remember hitting a pick four on a site years ago that paid over around 7k and the max payout was 5000:1 so i "lost" 2k.
If you are a large bettor in WPS pools.. then I can definately see the allure but, it is safer IMO to stay local with horizontals..
Imagine being the lone winning pick six ticket in a huge pool and because "technically" there is no winning 6 of 6 ticket... all you can get is a bunch of 5 of 6 consos!!
Seriously.. how can they pay you 6 of 6 when, it didn't really happen according to the "pool".