Del Mar has Pick 6 guarantee Friday, mandatory payout Saturday

Pick Six players will have two shots at cashing in on the popular wager Friday and Saturday when Del Mar offers value-plus on the exotic bet, which requires selecting the winners of the last six races on a program.

On Friday, the track will guarantee a $1 million score to any single-ticket winner of the bet, which can be attempted for as little as 20 cents a ticket. If a person is the only one to hit the wager, they would win the prize, which might be as much as $400,000, after which Del Mar will write them an additional check to bring their final score up to $1 million.

Then on Saturday’s special Pacific Classic day card, there will be no carryovers on the wager. All monies in the pool will be paid out to those with the most winners. If present carryovers continue into the Saturday card, a total prize of as much as $4 million on the mandatory payout is possible.

The current Pick Six carryover going into Thursday’s program is $255,282.

The record for a Pick Six payout at Del Mar is the $2,100,017 winning ticket on Aug. 1, 2004.

Friday’s program will offer eight races, and Saturday’s will have 11. Friday’s first post is 6 p.m. EDT, and Saturday’s is 4:30 p.m.