Last week there was a video circulated of a drunk David Hasselhoff eating a hamburger off the floor. It was made by his daughter who wanted to show her father how he acted while drunk so that he would redouble his efforts at staying sober.
Hopefully a Rochester man had a similar video made for him on Saturday about his gambling habits.
According to witnesses, the man entered the parlor around noon and asked how much it would cost to buy every possible trifecta combination (a bettor must pick the first three finishers in exact order) in the 20-horse field. After being told it would cost $13,680, he left — presumably to visit his bank.
He returned shortly thereafter, purchased his tickets and left.
Obviously one of his tickets hit when the race finished with Street Sense's bold run from 19th place all the way to first but it wasn't exactly a winning investment. The trifecta paid just $440 leaving Mr. Intelligent more than 13K in the hole. What's a real head-scratcher even beyond the general stupidity of making that many bets is that this savvy investor didn't do much homework. In the last six years the trifecta only paid off at a higher number than the amount he invested twice.
2006 — $11,418.40.
2005 — $133,134.80.
2004 — $987.60.
2003 — $664.00.
2002 — $18,378.20.
2001 — $12,238.40.
I don't feel bad for this guy at all. Winning a bet is supposed to make you feel happy and make you feel smarter than the next guy. There are much better ways to invest $13,000 than by buying every combination in a horse race. If you are just looking to hit on a longshot combination why not throw a $2 box on six or seven of the longest shots? Or 20 of them, clearly you've got the money to burn. I had a few trifectas bet on Saturday - and had Street Sense and Hard Spun in one of them, damn you Scat Daddy! - but when the $440 number came up as a winner it no big deal that I missed out. This genius, on the other hand, was one of the few people to ever be unhappy about winning a bet.
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