| Dime supers, or superfectas, have become very | | | | to hit the big score, but simply another gadget bets for |
| popular at many horse tracks as well as greyhound | | | | nickel and dimers who are looking for some fun and a |
| race tracks. The one dollar superfecta has been seen | | | | chance to cash a ticket. While there is certainly nothing |
| as a very difficult and costly bet in the past, but with | | | | wrong with that and horseracing should be fun, a few |
| the advent of the dime super, many people starting | | | | big players will lament the loss of an opportunity to use |
| taking a chance and trying to figure which horses | | | | their betting muscle to make a big score. |
| would be the first four horses across the finish line. | | | | When playing dime supers, though they may pay well, |
| Part of the allure of the superfecta in the past was | | | | it is important to note that you are not going to hit a |
| the big payoffs that were possible. | | | | dime super that pays a half million dollars. Dime super |
| The payoff for the 2008 Kentucky Derby, for instance, | | | | players are not necessarily all handicapper and many |
| was over $58,000. Moving forward to the 2009 Derby, | | | | may simply be playing favorite numbers. At just $2.40 |
| it was an incredible $557,006.40. The reasons for the | | | | for a four horse box, it becomes an attractive bet for |
| high payouts, were the large fields, longshots either | | | | a player to play four favorite numbers in every race. |
| winning or completing the superfecta, and the one | | | | This can drastically reduce the chances for a big |
| dollar minimum bet. The one dollar minimum bet makes | | | | score and evens out the playing field for all players. |
| it so expensive to play, that many people simply | | | | If you are looking for the big hit and playing longshots, it |
| cannot afford, or will not risk, enough to play many | | | | is better to find the track that still offers a one dollar |
| possible combinations. | | | | base bet. While you can play the dime super multiple |
| But if Churchill Downs does add the bet after the | | | | times, you will probably find that playing the dime super |
| Derby, and offers it next near for the next Derby, it will | | | | ten times, the equivalent of a dollar super, will not offer |
| change the whole dynamic of the superfecta bet on | | | | the same profits as playing a dollar super bet in a race |
| the Kentucky Derby. It will no longer be seen as a way | | | | where there is no dime super, only the dollar super. |