Preakness Stakes 2018: What did the trifecta pay out?

Congratulations to all the sports bettors who correctly picked the trifecta at the 2018 Preakness Stakes. Here’s the pay out.

A trifecta bet is a bet that calls the top three finishers. To cash in, you need to correctly pick not only the finishers, but the order that they finish in. While simple, it’s can be hard, and the pay out for trifecta bets reflects that: $148.30 on a $1 bet.

Justify won the Preakness confidently and easily, with a chance for the Triple Crown. Good Magic kept it close for at least half the race, but ultimately fell to fourth. Meanwhile, Bravazo and Tenfold, who both went in with 20-1, snagged second and third, respectively.

As the week leading up to the Preakness Stakes came to an end, Derby winner and Triple Crown candidate Justify (1-2) and Derby runner-up Good Magic (3-1) were ahead of the pack in terms of odds, but as for that third spot, it was anyone’s race.  Lone Sailor (15-2) boasted the next best odds, followed by Quip (12-1), with Bravazo and Tenfold sharing 20-1 odds and Sporting Chance and Diamond King sharing 30-1 odds. Of course, in addition to picking the right three, you also have to get the order right, and no doubt a lot of time was spent alternating between betting on Justify or Good Magic in that top spot.

The superfecta — an even trickier bet to get right — paid out $372.50 on a $1 bet in 2018 for everyone who successfully picked Good Magic to finish fourth.

In 2017, after an unpredictable race that saw Cloud Computing make a late run after a quiet Derby, the trifecta paid out $1,097.30 on a $1 bet. The superfecta paid out $8,162 on a $1 bet at the 2017 Preakness Stakes.

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