Reward: 4GB Apple Ipod Nano (retail $149)

Youbet Advantage

Cost: 86,144 points

Exchange rate:

Minor tracks - 13 points per dollar on straight wagers and 22 points per dollar on exotics
Wagering dollars need to  earn reward - $6,626 on straight wagers, $3,916 on exotics
Implied rebate:  2.25% on straight wagers, 3.81% on exotics

Major tracks - No points


Twin Spires Club

Cost: 220,000 points

Exchange rate:

CDI Tracks - 4 points per dollar
Wagering dollars need to  earn reward - $55,000
Implied rebate - 0.27%

All other track - 2 points per dollar
Wagering dollars need to  earn reward - $110,000
Implied rebate - 0.14%


I bet with whoever offers me the best price. I like low takeout tracks and ADWs that compensate me with money or rewards. Premier Turf Club gives rebates and I bet through them whenever possible. My rebates with PTC total over $300. Unfortunately PTC doesn't carry Australian racing or NYRA tracks so I do most of my betting through Youbet. I am only 12,000 points shy of a Sony Viao laptop computer and I've already gotten two Ipod nanos this year. My Twinspires account is only used for Tracknet Media tracks because of the above example. My 2008 wagering total across all ADWs, live racing, and simulcasts, would not yet amount to one Ipod nano from Twin Spires Club despite earning me $300, two Ipod nanos and close to a laptop computer (~$600 wagering dollars short). Xpressbet gives no rewards and gets very little of my business. I took advantage of their bet $100 get $100 back promotion in the month of April and liquidated my account by betting Adriano in the Derby. The worst case (most expensive) scenario is driving to West Memphis to bet at the dog track. I was forced to do this on Derby and Oaks day because of the ADW dispute between the CD and the horsemen.