Woman wins $1.2 million on $18 Kentucky Derby bet

Comment #21

nikiiva — Thu, 10 May 2018 22:31:46 GMT

Congrats

Comment #20

Stack47 — Tue, 08 May 2018 20:33:29 GMT

The CBS TV affiliate in Lexington, KY identified the winner as Margaret Reid when reporting the story. Most tracks never cashed one ticket worth $5000 much less cashing a ticket worth $1.2 million so the Retama Park probably waited to identify her until all the papers were signed.

Comment #19

Coin Toss — Tue, 08 May 2018 15:34:36 GMT

noise-gate,

Now that's funny

Comment #18

noise-gate — Tue, 08 May 2018 14:02:43 GMT

Perhaps the shock of winning that much clouded her judgment Coin Toss. There was this case years ago, where this foolish bank robber handed the teller a demand for money written on the back of his own deposit slip...

Comment #17

TGOOD7 — Tue, 08 May 2018 10:10:22 GMT

Lol,,,I was thinking the same thing.To funny and i lived in Texas.

Comment #16

Coin Toss — Tue, 08 May 2018 04:17:23 GMT

Good for her......but not wanting to be identified and having your picture posted is a certainly a different approach

Comment #15

noise-gate — Mon, 07 May 2018 22:20:42 GMT

As Morpheus once said She did it. She made out like a bandit.

Comment #14

marcie — Mon, 07 May 2018 21:05:55 GMT

I went to the Race at Jacks Racino I pick the right horses but didn't box them I play 567 and 765 came at Church Hills Downs The Track was muddy I looked at Justified and I said he's a favor so I put him last because most times when the track is Muddy you will get long shots. That is why I didn't put him first. But even so I could of boxed it. Tri. Only paid $70.70 but the more money you had on the Race the more money.

Comment #13

dpoly1 — Mon, 07 May 2018 19:55:39 GMT

Way To Go!

Nice Win

Comment #12

Bleudog101 — Mon, 07 May 2018 19:47:27 GMT

Like I said 'off track betting'. She did this in Texas.

Comment #11

Todd — Mon, 07 May 2018 18:59:02 GMT

The comments here may be confusing. No changes or corrections were made to the news story. It is exactly the same as it was initially published this morning. I am not aware of anything that needs to be changed in it.

Comment #10

atoz — Mon, 07 May 2018 18:30:31 GMT

She bet the pick 5 while she was at the Retma race track on the races being run at Churchill Downs. All these races were ran at one track and that was at Churchill. I have played these pick 5 and pick 6 races before and gone in with a group as many people do. But for 18 dollars is fantastic. Its not uncommon to spend thousands to hit some long shots like she did in order to have a nice big payday. But she did it with !8 bucks... Good for Her thats fantastic.

Comment #9

music* — Mon, 07 May 2018 17:25:08 GMT

Her story is amazing and rare. Thanks for the corrections and updates.

Comment #8

sully16 — Mon, 07 May 2018 16:53:47 GMT

Awesome, congrats to the lucky lady.

Comment #7

Bleudog101 — Mon, 07 May 2018 16:52:00 GMT

As I understand it she did off track betting on the races @ Churchill Downs, so wasn't four different tracks.

Was going to send LP a message about this, glad Todd et al were on top of this and beat me to the punch.

For you outsiders we have Thurby on Thursday which is kind of a new day @ the Downs for Louisville residents unofficially. Friday...run for the fillies is Kentucky residents KY Derby--unofficially too. Then Saturday they race all day long too with Derby towards the end of the da... [ More ]

Comment #6

zephbe — Mon, 07 May 2018 16:03:36 GMT

Congrats to her That is amazing.

Comment #5

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 07 May 2018 15:26:24 GMT

All the races were at Churchill Downs.

Comment #4

Mrs. Lotto-nc — Mon, 07 May 2018 14:46:34 GMT

Congratulations

Comment #3

music* — Mon, 07 May 2018 14:35:23 GMT

Congratulations to the lucky woman! She won at six different race tracks. WOW!!

I am sure that the IRS will be waiting for a check from her.

Comment #2

lejardin — Mon, 07 May 2018 13:52:45 GMT

Congrats to the winner! But I have another comment, the woman didnt want to be identified yet let a picture be taken

Comment #1

Raven62 — Mon, 07 May 2018 13:14:54 GMT

A Lucky Day for sure

Woman wins $1.2 million on $18 Kentucky Derby bet

Lottery Post — Mon, 07 May 2018 12:35:18 GMT

It's called the sport of millionaires and horse racing just added a new one.

A Texas woman reaped $1.2 million on an $18 bet on a series of Kentucky Derby day races, officials said on Sunday.

The Austin woman, who did not want to be identified, made a Pick 5 wager at the Retama Park racetrack in Salem, Texas, on Saturday and watched as each of the ponies she picked ran on a rainy, muddy day at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, some 1,100 miles away.

Not only did she... [ More ]