One thing that makes no sense to me is that Trotter buys a $50 win ticket, and after Charity wins the first race it pays off @ 28.50 to 1. So why would he only get $710 back?
shareWin ticket prices are based on a $2 bet.
25x 28.40 = $710.
Also, if the winning ticket paid $28.40 then the odds were 13-1
($26 plus your original $2 bet)
The $710 is right, based on a $2 bet. I finally figured out how 48 $50 win tickets (on the 3 horse in the 7th race) came out to "approximately" $69,000. I always thought he said 8 to 1; it must have been 58 to one. How Bernie could pick up the stack and know immediately it would be a $69,000 payout still makes no sense, though.
share48 $50 win tickets is $2400.
If you bet $2400 and win $69,000 then the odds are around 29-1.
I have it on old 20th century technology (VHS tape) I will re-watch it, and see
if they say "28-1".
I've seen this movie, without exaggeration, at least 300 times. Why I never watched with closed captioning to figure out what the odds were...I have no clue. But ya, I finally figured that out just tonight!
What still doesn't make sense, though, is how Bernie could pick up the stack of 48 $50 win tickets, and without looking or counting them, know they'd be worth $69,000.
(Every once in a while I play 48 50 3 7 8 69 on keno, because I thought it was 8:1 too!)
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