NewsJuly 16, 2006
Woman makes small bet, wins big
SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. -- A Michigan woman's 10-cent bet turned into a small fortune -- she won $21,584. The Michigan woman, whose name was not released by track officials, made the bet Friday at Sports Creek Raceway in Swartz Creek, about 55 miles northwest of Detroit...
The Associated Press
SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. -- A Michigan woman's 10-cent bet turned into a small fortune -- she won $21,584.
The Michigan woman, whose name was not released by track officials, made the bet Friday at Sports Creek Raceway in Swartz Creek, about 55 miles northwest of Detroit.
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She placed two 10-cent Superfecta bets on a race being simulcast from the Hollywood Park track in Inglewood, Calif. The Superfecta requires gamblers to pick the four top-finishing horses in correct order.
"One of them won," Sports Creek general manager Chris Locking told The Detroit News.
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