When to bet using the ‘All’ button

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Pushing the “All” button in an exotic wager such as an exacta is an acquired taste among handicappers.

Some loathe it for the inevitable array of losing tickets it generates — even when you select the right horse.

Others are enamored with the way it can lead to the cashing of a gargantuan ticket that a conventional handicapping process would not have covered.

Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

Relying on that “All” button too frequently will definitely drag down a ROI (return on investment) in the long run, but there’s at least two cases for using it judiciously.

A prime time for covering all the bases would be when you like a longshot. Let’s face it. What’s worse than liking a 20-1 shot, covering him with four of the other eight horses in the race, and then ripping up your tickets when a 50-1 shot that you viewed as hopeless and left it out of your wagers completes an exacta that requires IRS information to collect it.

The other would be a turf race. If there’s a certain type of race that …

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