Reduced takeout/Pick 6 added for this meet

courtesy of www.tampabaydowns.com:

DOWNS REDUCES TAKEOUTS, ADDS PICK 6 WAGERING
12/5/2007

OLDSMAR, Fla. (December 4, 2007) Tampa Bay Downs is pleased to announce new reduced takeouts from several of our most popular wagers in order to provide patrons with a more pleasant and lucrative wagering experience. “In keeping with Tampa Bay Downs’ pledge to ensure the best Thoroughbred racing and wagering experience for patrons, we’re continuing to offer reduced takeouts on many of our wagers, including a significant reduction of takeout for Pick 4 wagering,” says Tampa Bay Downs Vice President and General Manager Peter Berube. “We have also added Pick 6 wagering to the menu in our bid to continue to supply a consistently competitive racing product, both at Tampa Bay Downs and to the simulcast networks throughout the country.”
The takeout for Pick 4 wagering has been substantially reduced, from 25% to 20%, giving patrons an added incentive to try their hands at exotic wagering; win, place and show wagers has been reduced to 17 ½ from last year’s 18%. Similarly, the Pick 3 takeout has been reduced from 21 ½% to 20%.
In lieu of the Twin Tri, the Oldsmar oval will for the first time offer fans Pick 6 wagering. Patrons will be able to place wagers on the last six races on each day’s card; for example, on a ten-race program, races 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 would be eligible for Pick 6 play. Likewise, Pick Four wagers will be available on the last four races of the day: on a ten-race card, races 7, 8, 9 and 10 will be the designated Pick 4 races.
Tampa Bay Downs will open for live racing on Saturday, December 8, 2007. The Opening Day card will be headlined by the Lightning City Stakes, a test for fillies and mares three years old and upwards travelling about five furlongs on the lawn.