If you bet $56 to win $4,502, what were the odds on your wager? Mike Pierce knows.

The 70-year-old trainer from Nebraska bet both his horses to the board in a $1 Pick 4 on Wednesday night at Assiniboia Downs and got an 80-1 return on his investment.

Where else can you do that in an hour?

The Pick 4 is a $1 minimum bet that requires you to pick the winners of four consecutive races on one ticket. The wager offers a guaranteed pool of $50,000 every race night, and it has been a huge hit at the Downs this year, with pools averaging over $100,000.

Pierce played a simple Pick 4 ticket keying his horses in the fourth and seventh races, with all eight horses in the fifth race and all seven horses in the sixth race. The cost of a Pick 4 ticket is calculated by multiplying the number of horses

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