Racing fans have plenty to look forward to at this Saturday’s Sha Tin race meeting as the Club will be offering a two million dollar jackpot on the Quartet & First 4 Merged Pool. 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 carrying one million dollars.
According to betting data of the winning tickets, so far the most popular bet formula used for the Quartet & First 4 Merged Pool employed a banker selection. Over 80 per cent of winning tickets on the Quartet and over 60 per cent of winning tickets on the First 4 used a banker-bet formula.
Using a banker-bet formula is a way to obtain a larger number of horse selections for a relatively small betting outlay. Below are some winning Quartet & First 4 bets that made use of the banker formula:
Quartet
| Race meeting |
Quartet formula
|
No. of combination
|
Unit bet amount
|
Bet amount
|
Total dividend
|
|
15/ 3/ 2015
|
Single Banker:
1 banker 4 selections
|
24
|
$5
|
$120
|
$293,450.50
|
|
25/ 1/ 2015
|
Single Banker:
1 banker 5 selections
|
60
|
$5
|
$300
|
$277,906.00
|
|
4/ 2/ 2015
|
Banker Multiple:
1 banker 4 selections
|
96
|
$5
|
$480
|
$212,483.50
|
|
8/ 3/ 2015
|
Banker Multiple:
1 banker 5 selections
|
240
|
$2
|
$480
|
$206,665.00
|
First 4
| Race meeting |
First 4 formula
|
No. of combination
|
Unit bet amount
|
Bet amount
|
Total dividend
|
|
25/ 1/ 2015
|
1 banker 7 selections
|
35
|
$10
|
$350
|
$42,143.00
|
|
25/ 1/ 2015
|
2 bankers 10 selections
|
45
|
$10
|
$450
|
$42,143.00
|
|
25/ 2/ 2015
|
1 banker 7 selections
|
35
|
$10
|
$350
|
$39,514.00
|
|
25/ 2/ 2015
|
2 bankers 8 selections
|
28
|
$10
|
$280
|
$39,514.00
|
All betting pools for this Saturday’s race meeting, including Quartet & First 4 Merged Pool will start selling from noon this Friday, 26 June.
*Customers must be aged 18 and above
