I have been playing these three everyday and always lose on the races and only win the $350 or $750 on the scratches. How on earth does anyone get anything else?

Pick one dog in the dog races and ALWAYS stick with that dog. You should start winning every 4 or 5 times. On the car races, I pick the highest payoff no matter what car is there and I win about 1 in 6 or 7 races. It's all random anyway, so following my plan may not work for you. On the scratch offs, just keep playing. Ultimately you'll do okay even though it seems like a waste of time.

You are guaranteed to win at least 100 on the scratch off game. The dog races and car races appear to be random, and pay out at fair odds.

For the track and the cars, I usually pick the best odds and win a lot. Once I have won multiple times with the best odds, I choose one of the higher odds which has worked well for me.

I always choose the Red racer and Raise by wolves as they seem to win the most for me but its different for everyone else.

"BlackFloppyDisk;c-1614167" wrote:You are guaranteed to win at least 100 on the scratch off game. The dog races and car races appear to be random, and pay out at fair odds.Agreed. As far as I’m concerned the decision to play or not play these mini-games is a no-brainer. You’re guaranteed to come out ahead on virtually every Scratch-R transaction. I’ve heard other users complain that they ”never” win either at Springfield Downs or at the Go-Kart track. That certainly hasn’t been my experience. As an example, the stated probability of winning for the 2-1 contestant at Springfield Downs is 50.51%. That sounds right based on my gameplay. Given that the cost of a bet is $2K and the payout is $6K, the expected value of the wager is more than $2K. Why would you not place such a bet? (As I recall, the expected value for the 2-1 contestant is highest, but even for the 99-1 dog it’s around $1K.) Plus I don’t like those floating icons. I might be tempted to play even if I knew that in the long run I’d lose money.

Scratch and win and the car races and the dog races

smith69gers
8 years ago
I always pick Drool Britannia and the Blue racer. No matter where they are. I seem to get not bad returns with those 2.
rw228
8 years ago
I haven't played these in like a year. Feel like my in game cash is only useful for land and KEM farming and my reserves cover that easily.
surefirein93
8 years ago
Drool is my dog as well. He wins quite often, even when he's slotted at the worst odds. I've won the big payoff on dogs at least six times in the last month. No idea what the payoff odds might be on that. The car races are a crap shoot but I have won the biggest payoff several times of late.
74hands
New Spectator
8 years ago
I always take RbW and Stig, seems to work in out pretty well in the long run and I never have the regret of changing and then missing winners if I had only stuck with my preferences.
jaddy1874
8 years ago
Funny that we all have our own dogs. My very first race at the track had Not A Chance as the winner so I go with him a lot. I remember reading a breakdown of the odds in the RTTF thread and that betting on the longest odds was actually better in terms of long term return, so when I get bored of betting on Notty I bet on that until I win.
pevh
8 years ago
you can find somewhere on the tsto sites that the expected value of playing the dog race is 1000 money whatever option you choose. it wouldn't surprise me if the go-cart race follows suit. them ea programmers aren't stupid.

play the top option. the long run result will be the same but it is the smoothest ride.
lone_viper_wolf
8 years ago
I don't play the races as I thought in gambling, the house always win.
KrustyBrand
8 years ago
"pevh;c-1614564" wrote:
you can find somewhere on the tsto sites that the expected value of playing the dog race is 1000 money whatever option you choose. it wouldn't surprise me if the go-cart race follows suit. them ea programmers aren't stupid.

play the top option. the long run result will be the same but it is the smoothest ride.

Expected values for both Springfield Downs and the Go-Kart Track. The probabilities for winning are taken from the Simpsons wiki.
https://s4.postimg.org/sarxw6c6l/TSTO_SD_KG_EVs.jpg
pevh
8 years ago
good you did a check on that. it points out clearly what one should do unless feeling adventurous.
Castiel_Touk
Seasoned Newcomer
8 years ago
Since I mention what works for me on here, Its started to not work for me any more :(