The Quartet & First 4 Merged Pool will be topped up with a two million dollar jackpot from the Jackpot Reserve Pool for the Sha Tin race meeting this Sunday, 31 May. The jackpot will be allocated to Races 5 and 10, i.e. the second leg of the Triple Trio and the last race, with each race being allocated one million dollars.
Customers may wish to consider using Flexi Bet when making their horse selections. Normally the minimum unit bet is $10, but with Flexi Bet the minimum unit bet can be as low as $1, allowing customers to pick more selections. For Quartet with Flexi Bet, customers can enjoy a minimum unit bet of $1 when the total bet amount is $24 or more. For First 4 with Flexi Bet, customers can enjoy a minimum unit bet of $1 when the total bet amount is $100 or more.
Flexi Bet also allows customers to nominate their desired total bet amount for their bet combination, which the computer system will then divide evenly between each bet combination. The dividend will be calculated in proportion to the bet amount on each bet combination.
With reference to the dividend records of Quartet & First 4 Merged Pool, some winners benefited from the use of Flexi Bet to receive a favourable payout. The winning cases using Flexi Bet are shown as follows:
Quartet
| Race meeting |
Quartet formula
|
Total bet amount
|
No. of combinations
|
Unit bet amount
|
Total dividend
|
|
25/1/2015
|
1 banker 5 selections
|
$300
|
60
|
$5
|
$277,906.00
|
|
8/ 3/ 2015
|
Banker Multiple:
1 banker 5 selections
|
$480
|
240
|
$2
|
$206,665.00
|
First 4
| Race meeting |
First 4 formula
|
Total bet amount
|
No. of combinations
|
Unit bet amount
|
Total dividend
|
|
25/ 1/ 2015
|
2 bankers 7 selections
|
$200
|
21
|
$9.52
|
$40,136.00
|
|
8/ 3/ 2015
|
2 bankers 9 selections
|
$288
|
36
|
$8
|
$29,801.60
|
All betting pools for this Sunday’s race meeting, including Quartet & First 4 Merged Pool will start selling from noon this Saturday, 30 May.
*Customers must be aged 18 or above
