Woman’s 10-Cent Bet Pays $21,584 at Track

Woman’s 10-Cent Bet Pays $21,584 at Track
SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. (AP) — A woman placed a 10-cent bet at a Michigan horse track and won $21,584, a track official says. The Michigan woman, whose name was not released, made the bet Friday at Sports Creek Raceway in Swartz Creek, about 55 miles northwest of Detroit.

She placed two 10-cent Superfecta bets on a race being simulcast from the Hollywood Park track in Inglewood, Calif. The Superfecta requires gamblers to pick the four top-finishing horses in correct order.

“One of them won,” Sports Creek general manager Chris Locking told The Detroit News.

She returned to the track Monday to collect her winnings.

“Pretty good return for 10 cents, isn’t it?” Locking said.

Many tracks nationwide have introduced such 10-cent wagers to lure more customers, Locking said.

“It’s been very successful,” he said. “Twenty-thousand doesn’t happen every day, but on a regular basis you’ll see people winning $70, $200, $500 on a dime bet.”

My grandfather used to bet on horses all the time, but I don’t think he ever won that much. I didn’t realize that you could make such a small bet. It’s kind of cool that someone could gamble so little and win so much. I doubt I’d be that lucky.

I guess I best get this book if I want to do it.  I might at least be able to figure out what the hell I’m supposed to do.  The extent of my gambling are the slots up in Reno.

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