5Dimes Deadheat Rule Sucks
5-Dimes used to pay full odds for top 5 or top 10 ties in golf, but they recently went to dead heat rules. I figure that would divide your profits in cases of a tie, but never did Ithink I could lose on it.
Case in point, I played Immelman+225 for Top Ten @ $100 this weekend. He finished in a 5-way tie for 10th. I figure to get one fifth of the $225 back plus my original $100 back. But instead of $145 coming back I get only $65...a $35 loss,
Tony of 5D explains that the $100 stake and $225 win is combined and divided by the # tied. So 325/5 = $65 and that's all I get for my original $100.
So even though I won, I'm out $35. Hell, if horses finish in a DH, the bettors are assured of getting at least their stake back plus a small profit. This is a ripoff at 5D.
Case in point, I played Immelman+225 for Top Ten @ $100 this weekend. He finished in a 5-way tie for 10th. I figure to get one fifth of the $225 back plus my original $100 back. But instead of $145 coming back I get only $65...a $35 loss,
Tony of 5D explains that the $100 stake and $225 win is combined and divided by the # tied. So 325/5 = $65 and that's all I get for my original $100.
So even though I won, I'm out $35. Hell, if horses finish in a DH, the bettors are assured of getting at least their stake back plus a small profit. This is a ripoff at 5D.