Tag: Superfecta

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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2022 Kentucky Derby: Here’s how much you would’ve made with a $1 superfecta

That’s a lot of Benjamins…

“The most exciting two minutes in sports” certainly lived up to its name on Saturday, as longshot Rich Strike captured the 148th Kentucky Derby with an incredible push at the end.

Rich Strike entered the Derby with the worst odds in the group at 80-1, but came away victorious in what was one of the biggest upsets in the history of the race. Only Donerail (91.5-1) in 1913 won with lower odds entering the event.

Anyone who had the foresight to place a bet on Rich Strike to win has certainly struck rich, but what if you were brilliant (insane?) enough to correctly place a $1 superfecta bet?

To win a superfecta bet, one must correctly predict not just the winner of the Derby, but also the second, third and fourth place finishers. This year, that was Epicenter (4-1), Zandon (6-1) and Simplification (35-1), respectively.

Getting all of those right, which would have been a truly unbelievable feat, would have netted a rightfully unbelievable payout. With just a $1 bet, you would win $321,500.10.

Sheesh.

Given Rich Strike’s unlikely odds to win, it seems fair to assume that there were very few (if any) people who won this superfecta bet. But at the same time, if someone did make that bet, they likely put more than $1 up.

Bottom line: Someone may have had a really good day on Saturday—aside from Rich Strike’s team.

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