Super Zoo

There are many ways to bet on horses, and there are various betting combinations. Su Ming didn't have the time to study them one by one, so he just picked a few simple and common ones to take a look.

Single win means guessing the first place in a certain game;

Position means guessing a horse to run in the top three;

The odds of winning these two categories are relatively high, so the odds are relatively low. Even if the odds of the horse itself are taken into account, the numbers are not surprising, just a few times or dozens of times. For example, in a game of 12 horses, if you win the single win, theoretically it is 12 times; the position is 4 times.

However, each horse has its own odds. For the same single win, if you buy the hot favorite, you will get less compensation, and if you win the big upset, you will get more.

If you buy the Governor's Scepter, which is the hottest single win this time, and the Governor's Scepter finally wins the first place, you can only get about 8.92. The big upset of the single win, 'Lion Castle Dragon', if it wins, the upset can be compensated 21 times.

Su Ming paid special attention to 'Lion Castle Dragon' before, hoping to make a big upset.

The result is disappointing. No wonder this horse is a big underdog. The state is very strange. There is no fighting spirit at all. It is quite decadent and a little rogue. It looks like a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. Anyway, I am at the bottom. Can I still run a negative ranking?

Horses are naturally competitive and unwilling to admit defeat. In the wild, when a horse in a herd of wild horses starts running, the rest of the horses will follow without hesitation. This is not following, but surpassing; humans often use the spirit of dragon and horse to describe a person's tenacious struggle. I don't know how the jockey trained him. He actually trained the naturally high-spirited racehorse into a decadent hooligan horse.

In addition to the single win, position and other types of small odds and simple gameplay, there are also several types of complex gameplay with large odds but very low chances of winning. It involves the permutations and combinations of middle school mathematics.

Win streak, guess the 1st and 2nd place in a race; 12 horses race, theoretically can reach 66 times;

Single T, guess the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, the order doesn't matter, can reach an astonishing 220 times;

Triple lottery, that is, accurately guess the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place horses; Su Ming's math teacher died early, and he used his mobile phone to fiddle with it for a while, and it exceeded a thousand times!

The most frightening is the four-color lottery and the four-link ring.

The four-color lottery and the four-link ring both guess 1234, the difference is that the former requires an accurate ranking, while the latter does not; if you want to correspond, the odds are about 10,000 times and 500 times...

"No wonder in Hong Kong movies, all Hong Kong people are like crazy betting on horses. Once they have the so-called insider information, they even borrow money to gamble. Buy a thousand yuan of four-color lottery, and win it. Ten million."

For the first time, Su Ming felt that his efficiency in making money was really too low!

Of course, it is not so easy to bet on it. Horse racing is quite complicated. Different betting methods, fluctuations in odds, horse status and performance, and many other factors constitute the various points of a constantly changing ‘matrix’. In theory, if you want to make money, you have to choose several points that are in the optimal state and make a move at the moment when this horse racing matrix is ​​most stable. Therefore, many horse racing books and newspapers are popular in Hong Kong, which specialize in teaching people to bet on horses, and various experts and horse racing gods have become popular.

However, it doesn’t matter. It’s the same as buying lottery tickets. If the expert horse racing god is really that good, why would he sell horse racing books?

Su Ming first bought Wang Hao a Governor’s Scepter single win for 500 yuan, and then thought about it and placed a bet based on the information he just got from the horses.

"No. 4 Grand Mercure single win 500 yuan; Grand Justice, Grand Mercure, Governor's Scepter triple color 500 yuan; Governor's Scepter, Grand Mercure consecutive win 500 yuan."

Nangong didn't understand anything, and said: "I also buy Grand Mercure single win, 500 yuan."

Two thousand Hong Kong dollars were handed over in exchange for four thin printed receipts. In most cases, this money is a waste of money, contributing to the charity and welfare of the SAR government and the development of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

After returning to the stands, the tractor on the field below has lowered the horse gate, and the riders are riding into the gate, waiting for the order to start the race.

There is also a small episode. The eleven horses followed their riders into the gate honestly, but the underdog, 'Lion Castle Dragon', used his head to hold the gate. No matter how the jockey urged, he just twisted his head and refused to enter the gate.

The audience on both floors of the racecourse burst into laughter. The jockey was also very embarrassed. He got off the horse and gently brushed the mane of the lion's calf with a brush. At the same time, he lay beside the lion's ear and muttered something, as if begging it.

Nangong was also very surprised and asked curiously: "Is there a racehorse that doesn't listen to its owner?"

"Of course, horses are animals after all." Su Ming shrugged. The relationship between racehorses and jockeys is a cooperative relationship, not a superior-subordinate relationship.

Not to mention racehorse jockeys, even animals in the zoo have their own personality characteristics. Sometimes when they get angry, they may not listen to you completely. You have to coax, deceive, and scare them like taking care of children.

When betting on horses, you often see this kind of interesting emergencies. Horses with personality are very popular, such as this lion's calf. Even though the record of each game is not good, the organizer will invite it and the jockey to attend every game.

"I think you treat women the same way, coaxing and deceiving." Nangong took out a lollipop and stuffed it into his mouth, muttering as he sucked it.

"You're so grown up, eat less lollipops, how can you go on TV if your teeth are damaged?!" Su Ming glared, snatched the lollipop and stuffed it into his mouth.

Nangong: "..."

The jockey kept talking for almost seven or eight minutes, and the Shibaolong finally twisted his legs and reluctantly got into the horse gate.

On the big screen of the racecourse, twelve horses were already waiting behind the gate, and the entire racecourse suddenly became silent.

Under mechanical control, a row of horse gates was slowly pulled upward at the same time, and all the horses rushed out of the gates almost at the same time!

Including the Shibaolong who refused to enter the gate at the beginning, the twelve horses rushed towards the finish line with four hooves like the wind. The jockey was already sitting on the horse with the stirrups on, his body floating. Bobbing up and down to the rhythm of the horse.

At the beginning of the game, the audience on the sidelines did not shout loudly. On the contrary, they all remained surprisingly quiet.

The only thing the audience could hear was the host's voice on the loudspeaker.

"The leader now is the Governor's Scepter. The Governor's Scepter is the favorite in this competition... Wow, the Justice is close behind, only half a horse away..."

The first race was only a short distance of 800 meters, and after running less than 300 meters, the order was already obvious. The first echelon is led by the two most popular horses in this game, the Governor's Scepter and the Chancellor.

And the unpopular Shibaolong lived up to expectations and landed in last place...

"What happened? Wow, Happy Life! It's Great Happy Life. After half a bend, Great Happy Life caught up and was already in third place. Wow, Great Happy Life passed the Justice again, and the Justice overtook him again. Wow. Enter the dragon and the tiger, the two horses are now tied for second place..."

Half a corner later, the happy horse in good condition suddenly exerted force and caught up from fifth place, keeping pace with the second place!

"It hurts so much!" Su Ming suddenly felt something pricked his palm hard. It turned out that Nangong was so nervous when he saw that the Duying Happy Happiness he bought was about to get upset, and his nails pinched his palm.

This 800-meter race is very short. From the time the horse leaves the gate to when it is almost finished, the host of the race only has time to say a few words.

When there were only the last fifty meters to the finish line, all eyes were focused on the three or four horses in the first group!

The racecourse, which had been unusually quiet just now, suddenly boiled into flames with a deafening roar when the winning horse passed the last corner and was less than fifty meters away from the finish line!

Almost all the gamblers stood up and rushed to the fence, or jumped directly on the stool, waving their horse tickets and cheering for the horse they bought at the top of their lungs!

"Great joy, come on, come on! Great joy!" Nangong was so excited that he sweated, and a wisp of sweat stuck to his forehead.

"The governor's scepter leads the way, great happiness, and the justice goes hand in hand... Oh God, Huanghe Industrial has exerted its strength, surpassing the two horses in front in a row, and actually competing with the justice for third place..."

When we were about to reach the end, something unexpected happened again! A horse named 'Huanghe Industry', who performed mediocrely in the competition, suddenly started to exert force, passing several horses in front of it, and even got rid of the three favorites of this race, 'Justice'. He split a length of horse and rushed to the third position, competing with Da Kuaihuo for second place!

The whole place was in an uproar, and even Su Ming couldn't help but stand up and cheer loudly for Happy!

This is the charm of horse racing. No matter how discerning the jockey is, no matter how knowledgeable the horse expert is, he still doesn’t know what will happen next!

Soon after, the Governor's Scepter was the first to cross the finish line, followed closely by Foxwoods and Huanghe Industrial almost at the same time, while the Chief Justice was two horses behind in fourth place. The horses filed in from behind.

Since there was only a slight gap between the second and third place, which could not be seen clearly by ordinary viewers, a slow-motion replay was played on the big screen, and the host's voice sounded: "The Governor's Scepter has lived up to expectations and won the championship. The competition for second place is so fierce. , Dahuihuo was an upset, leading Huanghe Industrial with a gap of half a horse's head..."

When the dust settled, the gamblers had different expressions. Those who had won were dancing and hugging each other to celebrate. Those who had not won threw their lottery tickets on the ground, and some even spat and cursed.

At this moment, there was another burst of laughter from the sidelines.

Everyone's attention was focused on the first group just now, and no one noticed what happened behind them.

Before the 'Shibaolong' ran five hundred meters, it was already dropped twenty or thirty meters by other horses, and no one noticed it. The jockey of Shibaolong was probably thrown off his horse. It was not until long after all the horses had passed the finish line that he held Shibaolong and limped across the finish line.

Despite the laughter, there was still sparse applause from the sidelines to praise the jockey’s professionalism. No matter what, he persisted in ‘finishing’ the race.

Shibaosaurus has probably never received so much attention before, and he shook his mane proudly.