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Hen Racing

  • 13-04-2012 4:29pm
    #1
    Hagz
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    Okay, this is going to sound weird, but I'm doing this thing for charity where I'm racing hens in a nature garden we have, except I have absolutely no idea about betting odds etcetera. There will be 6 hens in a race, and obviously there are no favorites or anything so the odds will have to be the same.

    Basically all I'm asking is what would be sensible odds to put on the hens. The maximum each person can bet is a fiver. Does 2/1 sound about right?

    I know this is is weird but any help given is greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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  • #2
    okidoki987
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    Depends on how you are going to it.
    If you go 2/1 each hen, you won't take a lot of stake money as people will be put off by 2/1 each of 6.
    Much better off doing a Tote system, sell tickets for each hen.
    "SP" will be determined by how many tickets have been sold and after "deductions by the Tote".
    What I used to do when organising charity events was, take 50% of the total sales and divide the balance left by the number of winning tickets to give you the "Tote return".
    If you are organising a few races, do one of the last races as an "auction race".
    Assuming there is some form of drink involved so the later it is and the drunker people are, the more they will pay for a hen in the last race.
    You can also sell each hen in each race, get the owners to name the hens, keep 50% of the proceeds for the charity and give the other 50% to the winner.


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