Deadheat with an Evens shot

[MarkTT]

A treble :

Mac Aeda wins at 10-1
Sire De Grugy wins 10-3
( prices taken )

Urbain De Sivola deadheats at Evens.

I make no money from that third winner at all

* Edit – Hang on – multi tasking has its faults !!!

[Zarkava]

Yes this is exactly why the rules were changed about 4 years ago re. deadheats. Previously you’d get half the odds from your stake, which would mean that you’d still make money from a 1/10 shot if he deadheated.

However, now bookies only give you half the stake, which means despite getting a winner, you lose pretty much half your money instead in the same scenario.

[betlarge]

Yes this is exactly why the rules were changed about 4 years ago re. deadheats. Previously you’d get half the odds from your stake, which would mean that you’d still make money from a 1/10 shot if he deadheated.

However, now bookies only give you half the stake, which means despite getting a winner, you lose pretty much half your money instead in the same scenario.

Not to my knowledge, was settling a DH as half-stake at full odds back in 1982!

Mike

[Zarkava]

Ah really? I didn’t know that. I once had a deadheat settled at half the odds about 5 years ago. Next time it happened I was told it was now half the stake.

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