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...have noticed a curious wagering pattern--part of a day of gambling that made one solitary punter $3.1 million richer. But when a 44-to-1 shot named Volponi blew away the field in the final race, he left behind thousands of Ultra Pick 6 losers and only one winner: Davis, who held all six winning tickets. What were the odds of that happening legit? Next to zero, say track officials, who withheld payment and started investigating. U.S. Attorney James Comey says the three frat brothers exploited a gap in horse racing's data network that allowed them to change...
...Pick 6, players have to call the winners in six different races. With so many possible outcomes, even the best handicappers typically bet on more than one horse to win each race. Davis, on the contrary, "singled" the first four races, picking only one horse, in each case the winner...
When the long shot Volponi took the Breeders' final race, the winner's payout from the $3.4 million pari-mutuel pool was enormous and immediately suspect. "If the payoff had been $70,000 [per ticket] instead of $400,000, we might not have known," says Bill Nader, senior vice president of the New York Racing Association. "To that end, we were very fortunate...
Still, his only field goal of the game was the game-winner. In his limited playing time, he also dished out three assists and grabbed two rebounds...
...rushing on 25 total carries. Senior defensive end Harry Flaster had 2.5 sacks in the game, adding to his league leading total of 9.5. Fellow senior defensive end Stewart Satullo had one against Princeton and has seven for the year, while classmates Jason Lange, a Second Team All-Ivy winner last year, and Mark Patterson each have five...