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Greyhound Handicap – Are Dimes a Silly Bet?

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Do you play dime superffects? Many people do.

“Why not?” they calculate. “It’s just a dime bet and sometimes it really pays off.”

While that’s true, there are a couple of other points to consider before you go upstairs. One point is how quickly that dime can turn into a much more expensive bet. I’m talking about what happens when you bet super dime combinations.

It’s very easy to get sucked into betting more and more combinations, because you want to “cover” more dogs. Well that’s a good idea sure, but it may get to a point where you’re betting a lot more than you’re likely to win. While I admit that some ten cent super hit rewards are great, most are not much bigger than a pool.

A box for four dogs costs him $ 2.40. So for ten races, you would spend $ 24.00. While that may not sound like a lot, what if you did that on every show and only made dimes on every second or third show? What if they were small? You would lose your shirt.

Unless you are going to bet lightly only on some of the races, I think it is best to stick with the win, pool and trifecta bets. That is unless you really like the thrill of betting and prefer to bet very small amounts. Some people would rather do that than handicap and actually have a chance to hit something big.

I would never discourage anyone from doing what they think is best on the track or anywhere else, but I wonder why they would want to bet more than a little on such a dubious bet. It makes more sense to me to box dogs in the pool or tri in a few races, rather than playing dimes in all of them.

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