In Kentucky Derby - I placed $5 win. place, show bet on Street Sense...what's my payout?

Question

Did I need to say "across the board" in order to get most of bet -- $15 total bet amount?

Answer 1

you got $57 coming back to you ($42 profit)

it paid 11.80 to win 6.40 to place and 4.60 to show.

the payoff is for $2 and you had it 2.5 times with a $5 bet

Answer 2

The best way to figure this out, is first of all to know that all win place and show payoffs are based on a two dollar wager. Without knowing what Street Sense paid across the board if you bet him $5 across, add up the total amounts he paid to win place and show and multiply it by 2 1/2. that will give you the amount of the return on your wager.