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Dania goes to 10-cent Pick 6

Dania Jai-Alai, which already has the cheapest poker game ($5 multitable tournaments at 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday) is starting an inexpensive way to bet the Pick Six at the jai-alai courts.

It is offering a 10-cent pick six, starting Tuesday. (Pick the winners in six straight jai-alai games, games 5 through 10).

Meanwhile, if no one hits the pick six on a certain night, the fronton pays out 25 percent of the prize pool to those who came the closest to getting the six. The other 75 percent carries over to the next night. The jackpot will cap at $250,000.

Many frontons had a pick 6, or Super 6 as it was called it at Miami Jai-Alai back in the 1980s, but never with a 10-cent bet on it, according to Marty Fleischman, assistant general manager of marketing at Dania. The minimum bet is $1 but you can bet 10-cent increments, so you have to bet at least 10 of the 10-cent bets.

"We think there is interest out there for a big jackpot bet where you can have many chances to win with a small amount like 10¢. People love penny slots so they will love this," Fleischman said.

The fronton is also offering 10-cent superfectas (pick the first four places), for games 4, 7, 9 and 12.


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