by Tom Kelley, publicity director, Balmoral Park

Crete, IL — Once again Balmoral Park will offer another lucrative guaranteed Pick-5 pool of $25,000 on Saturday (May 30).

Because the 50 cent minimum wager was not hit last Sunday night a nice carryover of $11,081 will be added to Saturday’s pool. The popular low cost Pick-5 wager will be offered on races four through eight on Saturday night.

In addition to the Pick-5 guarantee, fans will have a chance to walk away with a big payday right after that as Balmoral will also offer its usual $15,000 guaranteed pool on their $1 Pick-4 wager. The Pick-4, which is on races nine through 12 on Saturday night, features a low takeout of just 15 percent.

Handicappers across North America can get a head start on their competition with free 12 line program pages for the guaranteed pools courtesy of the USTA Strategic Wagering Program and TrackMaster on the handicapping section at www.ustrotting.com.

Post time for Saturday’s opener at Balmoral is 7:10 p.m. (CDT). There will be plenty of televisions with game seven of the Stanley Cup Western Conference finals on as well so Blackhawk fans will not miss a moment of the action during the game. Saturday is also another Miller Lite Saturday Night with live entertainment on the apron as well as great food and drink specials throughout the night.

Balmoral Park has also announced that beginning on Saturday (June 6), the Pick-4 guarantee on Saturdays will be boosted to $20,000 instead of the current $15,000 guarantee that has been in place.