Not exactly a sporting event but in 1962 I lost almost 2 bucks trying to win a German Chocolate cake at the cakewalk at my elementary schools Fall Festival
What’s the most money you’ve ever won or lost...
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Kev what about you? Those super high 5’s and exotic bets are exciting when you hit and waiting on the payouts. That my friend is a addictive Drug!!!
My biggest payday was a pick 6 betting Belmont in 2009.
3 buddies and I decided to invest $250 a piece and try to hit it. The pool had grown to over $2 million after carrying over a couple of days.
We caught a couple of prices in the first four legs but only used 2 horses in the fifth leg and had a single in the final leg. We got a 7-2 shot home and then desperately needed the big favorite to win.
Well, it wasn’t easy, but the favorite got his head down at the wire and we knew we had a payday coming.
We ended splitting $360,000 four ways. We partied really hard that night.
These days I love the pick fives and pick fours. I’ve hit numerous pick fives that have paid anywhere from $60 to $54,000.
The pick fours really don’t pay as much as they once did since the pick 5 become commonplace a few years ago.
It’s a crazy high for sure. I bet the early pick 5 at Belmont a week ago Thursday. I had gotten the first four legs, including beating the 1-5 favorite with. 35-1 shot in race 2.
I singled an obvious favorite in the last leg and he won easily. As the payouts scrolled on the bottom of TVG’s screen, I was hoping for at least $12,000. As it turned out, it paid just ovEr $10,000. Still fun.
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Get the TwinSpires app and give us some daily picks. Lol damn 360,000
Well, I’ve also had some really expensive days. Lol.
I don’t do drugs. I like to drink, but betting the ponies gives me a high like I suppose meth or cocaine does to people.
As for the most I’ve lost in a day? About $18,000
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I won $800 in a split-the-pot drawing at a HS football game 10yrs ago.
In actual gambling I won $157 on a trifecta at the Red Mile back in 1990. That was maybe the fifth or sixth race. Cashed my ticket and called it a day.
I only gamble occasionally, and I have a hard limit of stopping after I’ve lost ~ $100, which I’ve done numerous times.
Lost all my $ the day I got married. My wife’s had it ever since.
A rather meager $840. As a rule I rarely gamble with money. I won it in the office pool for the 1998 NCAA tournament. “Bet” you can guess who I picked to win it all.