Big M to ring in New Year with wagering changes
East Rutherford, NJ — With calendars about to flip from 2018 to 2019, Meadowlands fans – in addition to resolving to stop smoking, lose weight and pick more winners – can look forward to a bit of a shakeup in the track’s wagering format.
Effective Friday, Jan. 4 – the first card of 2019 – these will be the changes for bettors to take note of:
· The 50-Cent Pick-5 will get underway in Race 1
· There will only be one Pick-3 offered, and it will be available on the final three races of the night
· Something popular at mainly thoroughbred tracks will now be offered at the Big M as rolling Daily Doubles will be on the menu, meaning the bet will be available on Races 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, etc.
· The “Survivor Wager” will now begin in Race 3, thus, for a 10-race card, it will be a 20-Cent Survivor Pick-8, and on an 11-race card, it will be a 20-Cent Survivor Pick-9, etc.
“Here at the Meadowlands,” said track Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Jason Settlemoir, “every so often we like to provide our fans with some new challenges with a fresh look. While the Pick-5 and Survivor wagers are merely moving to new spots in the order, we are optimistic that the new Rolling Doubles will be a hit with our players.”
Settlemoir also had a message for all of those about to sing “Auld Land Syne”: “I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of our employees, horse owners, trainers and drivers and, of course, our loyal fans, a healthy and prosperous Happy New Year.”
STILL THREE CARDS TO GO: Before players can dig into the new wagering format, there is still the business of closing out the current year. Live racing at the Meadowlands will be conducted this Thursday through Saturday (Dec. 27-29) with a post time of 7:15 p.m.
The opportunities to make a score will be plentiful, during the course of the 38 races, 36 will offer at least nine betting interests while 25 with have the full 10 wagering possibilities.
The track’s 50-Cent Pick-5 will have its usual $25,000 guaranteed pool while the 50-Cent Pick-4 will offer a $35,000 promise on Thursday and $50,000 on Friday and Saturday
So the dumbasses want to swap the rolling PK3's (which I like and play) for a rolling Daily Double which nobody want to play at a harness track! Why?
Clearly these idiots don't understand the limits of their shitty pools compared to the tbreds.
When Burke has multiple entries or other juicers have a 1/9 in a race that new Rolling DD will pay less than $3!
But those same horses winning can still pay a decent PK3 worth playing.
No Harness player is playing a rolling DD's for a $4-$8 payout.
Clearly the size of the tbred pools allow for a large bet on a small DD without killing the payout.
If the goal is to attract some tbred players with DD's then these clowns are dumber than they look.
