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New Jersey: Fixed-Odds Wagering Bill Headed To Governor’s Desk

Both the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly unanimously passed legislation to legalize fixed-odds wagering, and the bill will now head to Gov. Phil Murphy, who is expected to sign it, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News.

Australian firm BetMakers has secured an exclusive 10-year agreement with New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen Association and Darby Development LLC., the operator of Monmouth Park racetrack, to deliver and manage fixed-odds wagering on Thoroughbred racing in New Jersey. BetMakers expects fixed-odds wagering be operational in time for Haskell Day on July 17.

Takeout on the fixed-odds wagers will 12.5 percent.

BetMakers' head of international operations Dallas Baker said the company hopes to see fixed-odds wagering revitalize the horse racing industry in the United States, increasing both handle and purse accounts, as it has done in Australia.

“Our ultimate goal is to have what happened in Australia over the last 10 years or so and after online betting was deregulated happen here,” Baker told the TDN. “In that time, the handle has doubled and purse money doubled as well. That's what we want to see here, too. The opportunity exists in the U.S. to have that happen here and on a quicker time line than 10 years.”

Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.

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Cross Country Pick 5 Pays Big On Saturday

Saturday's Cross Country Pick 5 featuring racing from Belmont Park in Elmont, Ny. and Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., paid $37,936 for selecting all five winners for the 50-cent wager. The total pool was $89,270.

Churchill commenced the action when Exult rallied from eighth to win a starter allowance for 3-year-olds and up going one mile on the turf in Race 6. Exult, trained by Rodolphe Brisset and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, was fifth in the stretch before turning it on to post a 1 3/4-length victory with a final time of 1:35.33, returning $8.80 on a $2 win wager.

Belmont was the site of the sequence's first stakes, as Sport Model won the $150,000 New York Stallion Stakes Series Cupecoy's Joy for eligible state-sired 3-year-old fillies going seven furlongs on the Widener turf course in Race 6. The Christophe Clement-trained Sport Model, under jockey Luis Saez, outkicked Funwhileitlasted by a half-length, completing the course in 1:21.16. Sport Model paid $14.80.

The action stayed at Belmont for Race 8, as My First Grammy edged Top Gun Tommy by a neck to win a starter allowance going a one-turn mile on Big Sandy in Race 8. My First Grammy, conditioned by Oscar Barrera, was piloted by Manny Franco, hitting the wire in 1:36.78. Off at 9-1, My First Grammy returned $20.20.

Witez bested Take Charge Ro by three-quarters of a length in Churchill's Race 9, winning at 13-1 in paying $29.60 for the sequence's biggest upset. The Ian Wilkes trainee completed the 1 1/8-mile turf course in 1:48.43 under Chris Landeros, topping a 10-horse field of fillies and mares 3-years-old and up in an allowance optional claimer.

The $150,000 NYSSS Spectacular Bid in Belmont's Race 9 concluded the Cross Country Pick 5, with Ocala Dream repelling the favorite Step Dancer's late charge to win the seven-furlong Widener turf contest for 3-year-olds by one length. Trained by Tom Morley, Ocala Dream, ridden by Junior Alvarado, notched a final time of 1:21.20 and paid $8.40.

The minimum bet for the multi-track, multi-race wager is 50 cents. Wagering on the Cross Country Pick 5 is also available on track, on ADW platforms, and at simulcast facilities across the country. Every week will feature a mandatory payout of the net pool.

The Cross Country Pick 5 will continue each Saturday throughout the year. For more information, visit NYRABets.com.

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Gulfstream Park: Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Has $650,000 Guaranteed Jackpot

Father's Day at Gulfstream will include a 10-day race program and a guaranteed pool in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 of $650,000.

No one selected six winners Saturday at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track. Consolation tickets with five winners returned $1,998.76. It was the 12^th day the Rainbow 6 went unsolved.

Sunday's Rainbow 6 begins with Race 5, a maiden claimer at seven furlongs, and ends with Race 10, a mile turf event for maiden claimers. A key race in the sequence will be Race 9 featuring Collaborate, a son of Into Mischief owned by Three Chimneys Farm and e Five Racing Thoroughbreds who finished fifth in the Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill 'n' Dale Farms at Xalapa. After a short break Collaborate returned May 15 to finish third in the Roar Stakes behind stablemate Moonlite Strike.

The carryover jackpot is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

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A Record Rainbow 6 Jackpot Up For Grabs At Pimlico

Look no further than Sunday's nine-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course for a chance to surprise Dad with the ultimate Father's Day gift – a million-dollar payday.

The Maryland state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 will once again be up for grabs, growing to $1,205,592.51 after the popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the 21st consecutive racing day Saturday.

Last solved for a $23,346.70 payout May 7, the Rainbow 6 began with a $1,140,043.97 carryover from Friday and saw another $204,882 added to the pool. Multiple tickets with all six winners each returned $6,554.84.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out only when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 60 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 40 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Introduced in Maryland April 2, 2015 on opening day of Pimlico's spring meet, the Rainbow 6 has far surpassed its previous state record carryover of $345,898.33 spanning 31 racing programs before being solved by one lucky bettor for a life-changing $399,545.94 payout April 15, 2018 at Laurel Park. The winning ticket was purchased through Maine off-track betting.

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Sunday's Rainbow 6 spans Races 4-9, kicked off by a five-furlong turf sprint for maiden fillies age 3, 4, and 5 that attracted an overflow field of 14. The 5-2 program favorite is Venezuelan Talent, third on the also-eligible list, unraced since last fall at Gulfstream Park West. Miranda's Desmond (7-2) came from 14 lengths back going the same distance in debut May 14 to run second by a half-length for trainer Brittany Russell.

Race 5 is a six-furlong claimer for 3-year-olds and up where Rock and Fellers is narrowly favored to win his fifth career race and first since September 2018 over Tom Terrific, racing second time off the claim for trainer Anthony Aguirre, and Russell's Talented Dr. B, second in two starts this year.

Fillies and mares age 3, 4, and 5 will hit the turf course in a 1 1/16-mile maiden claimer in Race 6 led by Perfume River, the 5-2 program favorite over fellow second-time starter Downcomesthenite, also from the Russell barn, and trainer Kelly Rubley's debut runner Sherylaway.

Wicked Hot, a 12-length maiden winner May 28 at Pimlico, looks to make it two in a row for trainer Graham Motion in Race 7, a six-furlong allowance for Maryland-bred/sired fillies and mares 3 years old and up. Marvella Nasty and Hell in a Shell also exit wins, while Quiet Imagination was stakes-placed in back-to-back races last fall, including to Hello Beautiful in the Maryland Million Distaff at Laurel Park.

An open allowance for fillies and mares 3 years old and up sprinting six furlongs serves as Sunday's feature in Race 8. The group of six is led by Day Dayenu, a 4-year-old Into Mischief filly in her season debut for Rubley after making her previous five starts at Woodbine for Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse. Meet-leading trainer Claudio Gonzalez counters with Mischiefs Model, a one-length allowance winner May 31 at Pimlico.

Race 9, a five-furlong turf dash for fillies and mares 3 years old and up, concludes the sequence. Three horses – The Boss of You, Fast Lani, and Merry Maid – are racing for the first time this year, while Not My Money, in the money in 15 of 26 starts including six seconds and eight thirds, is favored at 2-1 on the morning line.

There will also be a $1 Super Hi-5 carryover of $1,188.63.

First race post time Sunday is 12:40 p.m.

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