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Betting through your hat

By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, April 13, 2009

On the list of PLACES TO GO BEFORE YOU GO BROKE, the Kentucky Derby is right up there. I have been twice and am not quite over paying for both trips, at least in a psychological sense. One race, I bet $300 to win on something like a 4-5 shot. Let me tell you about that experience. There for a second, it appeared that there would be photo finishes for places first through seventh. Did my horse win? Has any odds-on horse you bet to win with $300 in ATM money ever won? Of course it hasn't. My i ...

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