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2022 Preakness: Here’s how much you would have made with a $1 superfecta bet

It’s not quite the gargantuan payout from the Kentucky Derby, but superfecta winners are still sitting pretty.

This year’s Preakness Stakes lost a bit of luster as Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike’s team chose not to participate and forfeit a chance at the triple crown.

Still, the 147th Preakness from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore was no less exciting as Early Voting (5-1) emerged victorious after an impressive push down the stretch.

The horse entered the derby with the third-best odds, so the superfecta betting payouts for this one won’t be as grandiose as what we saw at the Derby, but anyone with the foresight to successfully place a superfecta bet on the race is still enjoying a hefty payday.

For the uninitiated, to win a superfecta bet you must not only correctly predict the first-place finisher but the second, third and fourth-place finishers as well. In this case, that meant betting on Epicenter (7-5), Creative Minister (10-1) and Secret Oath (9-2) to fill those spots.

If you successfully pulled that off and bet just $1, you would net $162.90. You can imagine that anyone who bet a little more than a buck is celebrating tonight.

All eyes will now be on the Belmont Stakes on June 11, when Rich Strike and Early Voting will go head-to-head.

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Toyota Center opens as voting site in Houston for 2020 U.S. elections

As of Tuesday, the Houston Rockets’ downtown arena (Toyota Center) is now open as a voting site for the 2020 U.S. general election.

As of Tuesday, the Houston Rockets’ downtown arena (Toyota Center) is officially open as a voting site for the 2020 U.S. general election.

From Oct. 13 to Oct. 30, Toyota Center can be used by any registered voter in Harris County for the first time. Under the team’s plan, which was announced during the NBA’s August pause amid social justice protests, Toyota Center will be open to voters from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time on Monday through Saturday, and noon to 7 p.m. on Sundays.

From Oct. 27 to Oct. 30, in the final days of early voting, Toyota Center will have extended voting hours from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. Arena officials say the site will follow all U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and public health guidelines regarding social distancing, and county representatives have noted that using such a large facility for voting could make distancing easier than at typical smaller locations.

Toyota Center will also be open as a voting site on the official Election Day of Nov. 3. Marquee races on the ballot in Houston include the race for U.S. president, as well as one of two U.S. Senate slots from Texas.

The Rockets are partnering with Houston First to provide free parking at the Toyota Tundra Garage throughout the voting process.

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