Week 8 of exciting Jai-alai action at Magic City Jai-alai in Miami was a big bonus for trifecta players with BIG trifecta payoffs averaging $295 for the $1 trifecta! Just how big are these prices? Let’s do some comparing.

The average $1 trifecta payoff for the 2019 season at Magic City Jai-alai was $224.

During the 2019 Magic City season, only 1-week had a higher average $1 trifecta payoff than the $295 for Week 8. One week in 2019 had an average payoff of $307. Now that’s huge!

The 2020 Magic City season started slow for week 1 with only the on-line wagering option offered, so week 1 payoffs have to be discounted, but Week 2 had an average $1 trifecta payoff of $257 and even this is high! Week 6 was a $239 average. Week 7 of Magic City was a $249 average.

There has been a lot of complaining on Tiger’s Chalk Talk about low trifecta prices at Magic City Jai-alai, but is this really true? Let’s take a look at some real data from trifecta prices at Dania Jai-alai encompassing the last 3-years. Take into consideration too, that Dania has larger wagering pools and the take-out rates are the same 25% at both sites.

Some history I have on all trifecta prices at Dania Jai-alai from 2018 from 11/28 through 12/15 show an average $1 trifecta payoff of $211. This is 6.2% lower than the 2019 Magic City season average of $224.

Dania Jai-alai for the first 4-weeks in January 2019 with larger wagering pools show the following $1 trifecta payoff averages:

Week 1 $235, Week 2 $216, Week 3 $230, Week 4 $279

Let’s look at some $1 trifecta average payoffs at Dania Jai-alai for 2020: Week 1 $228, Week 2 $223

The last 2-weeks at Dania Jai-alai in March 2020 before the closure due to covid-19 were even lower: $205 and $213

Sounds like the Chalk Talk posters that are whining about Magic City trifecta payoffs are spouting a bunch of bat guano when you look at the facts! Enough said on this topic, lol, let’s put it to rest! I’m looking forward to another exciting week of the fast-paced short-court Jai-alai action at Magic City Jai-alai! Keep on keeping on!