[2 for 2028]

Per ESPN:


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[font=BentonSansMedium][size=11px][color=rgb(26, 26, 26)]$315,829 UNCLAIMED AFTER PHAROAH WIN[font=BentonSansMedium][size=11px][color=rgb(26, 26, 26)][font=BentonSans][size=12px][color=rgb(102, 102, 102)]Belmont Stakes spokesman John Durso Jr. told ESPN's Darren Rovell that 94,128 $2 American-Pharoah-to-win tickets were bought at Belmont Park and Aqueduct Racetrack, but 90,237 of the $2 tickets, worth $3.50, went uncashed.[/color]

95% of winning $2 bet tickets went unclaimed! Even when the track loses, it wins. I suspect the sell these $2 tix precisely because they expect people to give up on cashing them in as the mob is heading for the door.

It's because they are worth more as collector's items.  They are going for about $25 on ebay.  Winning ticket and program going for about $80.

[2 for 2028]

Per ESPN:


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[font=BentonSansMedium][size=11px][color=rgb(26, 26, 26)]$315,829 UNCLAIMED AFTER PHAROAH WIN[font=BentonSansMedium][size=11px][color=rgb(26, 26, 26)][font=BentonSans][size=12px][color=rgb(102, 102, 102)]Belmont Stakes spokesman John Durso Jr. told ESPN's Darren Rovell that 94,128 $2 American-Pharoah-to-win tickets were bought at Belmont Park and Aqueduct Racetrack, but 90,237 of the $2 tickets, worth $3.50, went uncashed.[/color]

95% of winning $2 bet tickets went unclaimed! Even when the track loses, it wins. I suspect the sell these $2 tix precisely because they expect people to give up on cashing them in as the mob is heading for the door.

It's because they are worth more as collector's items.  They are going for about $25 on ebay.  Winning ticket and program going for about $80.