Louisiana Downs to pay out pick five on Saturday

Louisiana Downs will have a mandatory payout on its pick five on Saturday’s card, which includes the Louisiana Cup stakes. There will be a carryover of $349,763 in the pick five. The 50-cent bet will run on races 3-7.

Louisiana Downs received approval for the mandatory payout from the Louisiana Racing Commission.

“We approached the racing commission last week when the pick five carryover began to grow,” David Heitzmann, director of racing for Louisiana Downs, said in a press release.

Louisiana Downs is putting on six divisional stakes for Louisiana-breds on Saturday. The seven-race card will begin at 2:45 p.m. Central.