Long-time full-court Jai-Alai competitor Dania re-opened for the first time on October 1 last week since shutting down Dania Jai-Alai back on March 15 due to the covid-19 pandemic. Dania re-opened allowing live viewing of up to 75-fans maximum while Magic City Jai-Alai has not allowed live Jai-Alai viewing since opening their 2020 season on May 1 of this year. Full seating capacity for live viewing at Dania is 400-seats. Magic City has played 22-weeks of short-court Jai-Alai since May 1.

Let’s take a look at some betting pool and payoff statistics on the most popular of betting pools offered by both frontons for last week. Payoff figures are rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

Dania average Trifecta Pool was $2,396 for the 50-games while Magic City was $1,225 for 54-games. Note that Magic City Trifecta Pool average for September and October combined to-date is $1,329 which is only about $1,000 lower than Dania which has offered Jai-Alai for 67-years. Note that Magic City Jai-Alai is a developing short-court Jai-Alai option that has only been in existence for less than 3-years.

Dania average $1.00 Trifecta Payoff was $197 while Magic City Week 22 was a season low of $120. Magic City season average for $1.00 Trifecta Payoffs is $204 (that includes the very low handle opening week in May and some consolation trifecta payoffs which tend to be much lower than average). Week 22 at Magic City Jai-Alai was a season low for Trifecta Payoffs as two players, Douglas and El Barba, won a combined 20-singles games wins of the 48-singles games played and bettors were on top of that, so therefore no surprise for the low weekly average.

Pick 3 Pools are a different story as Magic City Jai-Alai offers a lower takeout of 20% on all Pick-X wagers while Dania offers their standard high 25% takeout rate on all non-Win/Place/Show wagers.

Dania average Pick 3 Pool was $604 for 10-Pick 3’s while Magic City was $655 for 12-Pick 3’s. Magic City Pick 3 Pools cleared the $1,000 threshold several times during the week with a high of $1,456 while Dania’s highest Pick 3 Pool was $934.

Dania average $1.00 Pick 3 payoff was $245 while Magic City was $176. Domination by strong players at Magic City Jai-Alai accounts for lower payoffs which makes the Pick 3 wagers easier for bettors to score a payoff compared to Dania where the range of talent is more even among players.

Superfecta figures for last week reveal the following:

Dania average Superfecta Pool was $1,251 while Magic City was $619.

Dania average 10-cent Superfecta Payoff was $54 while Magic City was $61. Each Jai-Alai Fronton had one Superfecta Payoff over $100 for the 10-cent Superfecta Payoff last week. Dania’s largest Superfecta paid $119 while Magic City paid $192 for their largest 10-cent Superfecta Payoff.

Play at Magic City Jai-Alai in Miami, Florida resumes on Thursday at noon EST with 2-performances; the other one at 4-pm with nine exciting action-packed games offered at each performance. Dania Jai-Alai, located in Dania Beach, Florida to the north of Magic City starts its Jai-Alai week on Wednesday with a matinee at 1-pm EST and an evening performance at 7-pm with 10-games each performance. Magic City currently features 8-singles games each performance while Dania features 4-singles games.