Place Your Line Wagers
How payouts are calculated
Win, Place, and Show are three separate pools. Win pays only wagers on the Line that finishes 1st, Place only wagers on the 2nd-place Line, and Show only wagers on the 3rd-place Line (ranked by total match points) — a pick in one pool does not carry over to another.
For each pool, a house takeout is removed and the remaining net pool is divided among that pool's winning wagers in proportion to how much each person wagered. Your stake is not returned separately; your payout is simply your share of the net pool.
Win, Place, and Show are three separate pools (Lines are ranked by total match points), and a Line can pay in more than one. Win pays only wagers on the Line that finishes 1st. Place pays wagers on either of the top two Lines. Show pays wagers on any of the top three.
For each pool, a house takeout is removed first. The Win pool's net is divided among the 1st-place Line's backers in proportion to how much each person wagered. The Place pool's net is split in half — one half for each of the top two Lines, divided among that Line's backers in proportion to wager. The Show pool's net is split in thirds the same way. If a paying Line drew no wagers, the remaining Lines split the whole net pool. Your stake is not returned separately; your payout is simply your share.