Yonkers’ Monday Pick-5 gets some action, reward

by Frank Drucker, Publicity Director, Empire City at Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers, NY — Yonkers Raceway’s Monday evening (April 16) Pick-5 wager figured to get some extra ganders, and indeed it did.

The gimmick, which carried over from Saturday (April 14), started with $7,066.26 of unclaimed coinage. The $20,000 guaranteed pool (in conjunction with the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program) was easily hurdled when $36,288 of new investments chimed in. After new-money takeout, there was a pool of $34,282.75.

The single winning combination of 4/3/6/6/1 returned that season-high $34,282.75, as one ticket took down the pool. Legs one, two and five in the sequence were driven by Joe Bongiorno.

The Pick-5 is a 50-cent base wager comprising races seven through 11 every racing program (for cards that have at least 11 races, otherwise races six through 10). It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case Saturday night), the entire pool (minus takeout) moves to the next racing program.

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