Betting structures

David I am not sure who you are asking to reply to your question below?
Or actually understand what u are saying?

"but I notice that no-one has responded to my observation over the number of times trainers, even the biggest, with multiple entries in a race, so often nominate the wrong horse as their best bet."

Zietsman Oosthuizen Wrote:

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> if you want to see a big boom in exotics then take
> out couplings in the pick 6 .......more punters go
> for the jackpot because their is so much more
> value ......do it with the pick 6 also.........
>
> nobody play lotto to win R24 ...they play it for
> the R24 MILLION ......bigger the value the more
> interest their will be

Why not create two types of P6 bets, keep the current bet type where couplings apply, and start another where only the winning horse qualifies.

This way a punter has the option of two P6 bets. Call it the P6(existing bet), and call the new bet Winna 6, or whatever other name sounds appropriate.

Why not do a trial run for and see where it leads.

PeeKay Wrote:

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> Why not have 2 Pick6 options?? 1 with the current
> rules and 1 with the current Jackpot rules?
>
> Turnover WILL increase as punters will more than
> likely play both options and over time it will be
> interesting to see what the majority of punters
> like


Peekay, just came across your post, saw Ziets post and responded, my thoughts exactly

Scotia

If you read my original post you will see that the comment goes to couplings across the board

"in the good old days" (I have been playing horses for 60 years!) we used to enjoy couplings in all forms of bets when horses were trained or owned by the same person, whether in straight win bets or in exotics, the reason being that often the less favoured horse wins particularly when the stable is planning a coup. These days with TV interviews how often to you hear trainers tip the "wrong ,un"? Sometimes, to give them the benefit of the doubt, they don't know any better, other times, dare I say it, they are recording an interview before they can "get on".. I am not criticisng them - all is fair in love and gambling afterall - it's just that with the availability of couplings across the board, the punter has a better chance to re-coup.

As a corollary to this point, come race days, trainers and jockeys have a better idea of their horse's chances and were Tellytrack to play the interviews with winning trainers and jocks immediately after the race while "live" and not only during the recorded version, home-based punters with only TV access, would benefit from the responses when the interviewer askes trainer and jockey "what about the chances in rest of your card"


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