How Much You Win. The amount you win is calculated by dividing up the pool of money* that the entire betting community spent on trifectas in a race by the amount of correct $1 bets. Therefore, if you place a $5 Trifecta bet, you'll have five shares in the winning Trifecta pool.
Trifecta Box Costs:
$1 Trifecta Box with three horses | $6 (6 possible combinations) |
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$1 Trifecta Box with four horses | $24 (24 possible combinations) |
$1 Trifecta Box with five horses | $60 (60 possible combinations) |
$1 Trifecta Box with six horses | $120 (120 possible combinations) |
How to place a Boxed Trifecta
combinations in a particular leg of a wager with the selected horses in the other legs. Example: A 50-cent Trifecta Wheel 6-All-4 costs $4.50 (in an 11 horse field) because it covers the following 9 different trifecta combinations: 6-1-4, 6-2-4, 6-3-4, 6-5-4, 6-7-4, 6-8-4, 6-9-4, 6-10-4, and 6-11-4.
The average payout of a trifecta is usually around $7,000 during the Kentucky Derby. However, that amount drops significantly once you start looking at other races from around the world. It's still worth mentioning, however, that you will only spend $2 on a trifecta bet.
One of the most common Trifecta wagers is the four horse box. This is a $48 bet for a $2 Trifecta. This wager contains only one possible winning combination and 23 combinations that are 100% guaranteed to lose. Over time, consistently making this kind of wager will surely cost you money.
How to place a Boxed Trifecta
A Boxed Trifecta is an alternate Trifecta type which allows the horses picked to place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in any order for your bet to count as a win. This means if you have the same three numbers, they can finish in any order for you to win the bet. Any one of the above combinations would be a winning bet.