Exacta Box Betting
The following is a discussion of Exactas Box betting. Successful exacta box bettors can win solid amounts of money. The exacta box bet is safer than a straight exacta bet because you are allowed to include more horses in your bet.
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Exacta Box Bet
See Also: Exacta Bet | Exacta Wheel Bet
Unlike a straight Exacta bet, Exacta Box betting involves picking the top two horses that will finish the race in ANY order. Exacta Box betting improves your chances of being successful because the order in which the horses finish is unimportant.
There's one small catch: Exacta Box bets cost more than a straight Exacta bet. Each possible winning combination of your Exacta Box bet costs $1. So, if you have a 3 horse Exacta Box bet, there are 6 possible finishing combinations of 3 horses. Therefore, your Exacta Box bet will cost $1 per combination, for a total of $6. The $6 amount is usually the minimum wager required to make a Exaccta Box Bet. There's no such thing as a two horse Exacta Box bet, because that is actually a Quinella bet, discussed on another page of our site.
Example: $1 Exacta Box Bet
Sample for how to make an Exacta Box Bet from a horse racebook.
1. First, make sure you select the "Exacta" betting option from your horse racebook's wagering menu.
2. Note the horses listed in the race, usually on the left hand side of the screen. The column to the right lists the odds - the "ML" column in the above diagram.
3. Make your picks for the horses that will place first and second in any order, with 3 horses being the minimum. In this diagram, you must click the blue "Box" option to make a Exacta Box Bet.
A $1 Exacta Box bet on horses 13-2-9 means that there are 6 different possible winning combinations in which these horses can finish. Therefore, your cost is $1 per combination, for a total of $6. The bet wins if horses 13, 2, or 9 finish in the top 2 in any order.
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Exacta Box Combinations on horses 13, 2, and 9 at $1 each:
Finishing 13-2 = $1
Finishing 2-13 = $1
Finishing 13-9 = $1
Finishing 9-13 = $1
Finishing 9-2 = $1
Finishing 2-9 = $1
Total 3 Horse Exacta Box = $6
Exacta Betting Reference Examples:
Exacta Box
3 horse $1 Exacta Box = $6 Wager
4 horse $1 Exacta Box = $12 Wager
5 horse $1 Exacta Box = $20 Wager
6 horse $1 Exacta Box = $30 Wager
7 horse $1 Exacta Box = $42 Wager
8 horse $1 Exacta Box = $56 Wager
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Tracks Supported: All major North American tracks (including Canada). Tracks have tiered maximum payout limits.