Win Strategy

Playing Exotics

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1. Enter how much you want to BET or how much PROFIT you want to make on the race.

3.  Click "Dutch-It" and E-Z-Dutch-It does the rest for you!

E-Z-Dutch-It is a computer program designed to work best if used with any online tote system. It can also be used on a notebook computer at the TAB, OTB or at the racetrack.

If you want to use E-Z-Dutch-It online with a live tote service such as Bris Super-Tote, Horseplayer Interactive, Phonebet, Youbet.com, Ladbrokes or TAB all you need to do is:

1. Start up E-Z-Dutch-It so that the window is on your screen.
2. Go online as normal - E-Z-Dutch-It will continue running on your screen, floating above your browser's window.
3. Position the E-Z-Dutch-It window where it is most convenient for you to use. If you wish you can shrink the E-Z-Dutch-It window to just the title bar by clicking the Shrink button in the upper left corner. Clicking it again will restore the window to full size.

Here are some of the unique features built into the program:

PREFERENCES - The "Preferences" button allows you customize most of the features listed below. The program is set to certain defaults but you can change them permanently or temporarily at any time.

SOUND - E-Z-Dutch-It has a number of audible sounds to alert you if you make a mistake in entering the correct information. If you do not want the sound you may turn if off at any time.

RACE INFO - You can type in information such Track, Race Number and Horse Number. This is valuable when you are phoning in your bet so that you have correct information when placing your bet.

BET COST or DESIRED PROFIT - When you click on the BET COST button it allows you to set the amount you want to BET on the race. So, if you want to bet $20 on the race you would type in 20 or set a default amount in Preferences. If you are on a budget and prefer to use the smallest bet possible, leave the cost box blank and E-Z-Dutch-It will calculate and display the minimum bet size possible.

When you click on the PROFIT button you can determine the Desired Profit you want. It defaults to a Desired Profit of $50 but you can type in any amount you want or change the default in Preferences.

ODDS / PAYOFF - The program defaults to ODDS which is used mostly in the U.S and Europe. If your track shows the actual payoffs you can use it on the PAYOFF mode. (Australian horse tracks and most dog tracks in the U.S. use payoffs instead of odds)

You may enter the odds in any number of ways. For example, a horse at 8 to 1 odds could be entered as 8:1, 8/1, 8-1 or simply 8. Decimals are also accepted so a horse with tote odds of 7 to 2 could be entered as 7/2, 7:2, 7-2 or 3.5. Payoffs can be entered as posted, e.g.: 5.20, 7.80 or 22. For even dollar payoffs you do not have to enter the cents ".00"

Once you are in cell number 1 you can just use the Tab key to move forward. So if you are tracking the live online odds, such as Bris Super-Tote, just keep the cursor in the first cell and when the odds change just move to the right.

If you use PAYOFF, the word Odds will change to Payoff. Nothing else will change. You just put in the payoffs such as 5.60. 8.40. 12.00, etc. This also allows you to put in the payoffs for Exactas, Quinellas, and Daily Doubles.

MIN (MINIMUM) - This allows you to set the minimum bet used by the track to post the odds or payoffs for each bet. It defaults to $2 but if your track has $1 bets you can click on it for $1. (If $2 is the minimum bet you can change this for $1.00 Exactas, Quinella or Daily Doubles). You can even type in any amount other than $1 or $2. For example you could type 5 for $5 exactas. The default minimum bet can always be changed in "Preferences".

SEL # This is Selection number. Here you will enter the number of the horse or horses. If you are figuring Exactas, Quinellas, or Doubles you can enter the number combinations as you would enter them on a bet card - 1-4, 2-5, etc. For example if you have a 3 horse Exacta box, you have 6 bets. In your SEL# boxes you would enter 1-2, 2-1, 1-3, 3-1, 2-3, 3-2. These are your 6 bets. The same idea applies to Daily Doubles. The you just type in the "probable payoffs" for each combination and figure out how you want to play the race.

This works well when you want a "Desired Profit". For instance, if a $2 Exacta combination 1-2 pays $9.00 (on a $12 box) you still make a profit. If you just boxed them and it paid $9 you would lose money. However you would have more money on this combination to guarantee a "Desired Profit" if ANY of the 6 combinations win.

AUTO EXOTICS FEATURE- To help you Box and Wheel your selections you can use the "Auto Exotics" feature. Just type in all the betting numbers into the Wheel/Box entry box  then select the type of bet (Exacta, Trifecta, Quinella, Double or Triple) from the Wheel/Box menu and the program fills in the bet numbers for you and opens the correct number of entry cells - automatically!

PROFIT - R.O.I. - E-Z-Dutch-It automatically tells you the COST of your bet, but in addition it also tells you the PROFIT and R.O.I. (Return On Investment). It shows you the amount of profit (in percentage) that you will earn on your bet. So for example if you bet $50 and get back $75 you have earned $25 or 50% on your $50 bet. This is your R.O.I. or Return On Investment.

If you want you can set the program to warn you of a minimum R.O.I. Let's say that your lowest acceptable R.O.I. is 20%. You can set the minimum R.O.I. to 20%. You will receive an audible warning and the R.O.I. window will appear in YELLOW to warn you that the bet will produce a profit below your specified R.O.I. percent of 20%. A RED R.O.I. box indicates a negative R.O.I. and that the bet will not make a profit.

E.W.P. - Equivalent Win Payoff -This shows you what the entire bet would pay if it was a simple win bet - for those of you who are more comfortable with these figures than R.O.I. percentages. For example, a bet with a R.O.I. of 50% would have a E.W.P. of $3.00 (on a $2.00 bet).

PLAY or PASS - This is one of the programs' most POWERFUL features. After you enter all your horses you can click on any of the PLAY buttons at the top of each cell and it automatically PASSES the horse. The program instantly recalculates the Dutch without the passed entry so you can see how the profit would improve by eliminating an entry. Also, the PLAY button name changes to PASS to remind you that the pick has been removed.

This is very handy because you can play around with the bet by clicking and unclicking PLAY to see what the bets would cost. You can experiment with multiple horses to see which is the best way to bet. In fact, you could enter the odds of every horse in the race and check out hundreds of different Dutch combinations until you have arrived at the ideal bet that will make the profit you desire.

"PoP Computer" - E-Z-Dutch-It has a unique feature which uses a concept which I call "PoP" to assist you in determining if you should Play, (Dutch) or Pass a certain horse. There will be times when you may not be certain whether to Dutch a horse or perhaps don't play it at all and take your chances and hope it doesn't win. Depending on how much it would cost to add it to the Dutch and how likely it is to win it might be more profitable in the long run to pass certain entries and take the loss whenever it does win. The PoP computer does 100 calculations on each pick and determines the "PoP Breakeven Percentage" for every horse. These numbers automatically appear in the PoP buttons below the selection. Simply stated, if you think the horse has a smaller percentage of winning than its PoP%, PASS it. Otherwise, PLAY it. You will find this to be a very valuable tool. ANd best of all - it's automatic!

CALCULATE UP TO 12 ENTRIES - You can Dutch up to 12 entries on one screen. The opening screen defaults to 4 entries but you can set the Preferences to any default up to 12 entries. If you want to adjust the number of entry cells showing you simply resize the E-Z-Dutch-It window by dragging the right side further to the right (to open more cells) or the left (to close some cells). You may open as many as 12 betting entry cells.

NEW E-Z-DUTCH-IT WINDOW - This is a small button just to the right of the "Reset" button. It is simply labeled "N". Clicking it will open a duplicate E-Z-Dutch-It window so you can do exotic bets in one window and win bets on the other, or do more than one track at the same time. You can open as many E-Z-Dutch-It windows as your computer's memory will allow.

RACE TIMER - This is a really neat feature. You can set the timer to warn you at a selected time before the race goes off so that you will remember to get your bets in on time! For example, set the timer at 3 minutes before post. The timer shows the countdown until post time and also gives you an audible warning 3 minutes before post time to place your bets! And if you collapse a window to save screen space it will automatically re-open when the timer goes off.

If you want to know more about betting Exotics such as the Quinella, Exacta and Daily Double, click here to check out Exotic Wagering!

A PC running Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP with 3 MB RAM and 1MB of hard drive space and a CD-ROM drive, or

Macintosh 68K or PPC running System 7.5 to 9.2 with 3 MB RAM and 1.5 MB of hard drive space and a CD-ROM drive.

Note: No version is currently being planned for PDA's or DOS machines. (Sorry!)