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- From: zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd)
- Newsgroups: rec.gambling
- Subject: Re: Easy money!
- Message-ID: <zlsiida.835@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 11:51:25 GMT
- References: <zlsiida.771@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> <C15syw.423@animal.er.bell.ca>
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- In article <C15syw.423@animal.er.bell.ca> rpark@stam.QE.Bell.CA (Richard Park) writes:
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- >In article <zlsiida.771@fs1.mcc.ac.uk>, zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:
- >|> At Waikato greyhound track in Wellington, New Zealand, last week, the Tote
- >|> continued to accept bets for 3 minutes after one of the races was over.....
- >|> 36 people were smart enough to bet on the winning tricast (1-2-3 in correct
- >|> order), which paid out 3000pounds.
- >|> 153 people bet on the WRONG dog!
- >|>
- >Did the 153 people bet thinking it was the next race?
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- I reckon so. Or else they're REAL dumb in NZ
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- >SO what happened to the 36 lucky people, did they end up cashing their tickets?
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- The govt is trying to get the money back, claiming fraud (govt run Tote)
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- >Wouldn't the additonal trifecta tickets decrease the payout??
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- Must have - somebody who posts in alt.folklore.urban knows more about it...
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- All creatures will make merry (on pain of death)
- Dave Budd, MCC, Oxford Rd, Manchester, England (44|0)61-275-6033
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