Not My Kind Of Luck

Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 5/3/09 @ 8:50 pm - Filed Under Uncategorized

Yesterday I attended the first birthday party of my buddy’s son. At the party I was talking to his brother and asked him who he bet on in the upcoming Kentucky Derby. He said he put $100 to show on the longshot - #8.

I really didn’t think much of it (I didn’t even get to watch the race this year) until this morning when I decided to check the results. Much to my surprise #8 won the race at 50-1 odds. I looked at the payout and figured he had just won $1200 - quite a nice payday.

But it turns out his buddy that placed the bet misunderstood what he wanted and made a different bet. Fortunately he put $50 to win, place AND show on #8 - winning him a cool five large. Like I said, ain’t my kind of luck…