Melbourne Cup 2022 sweep poster: How to do a sweep for the Melbourne Cup 2022, how many horses, race favourites
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The Melbourne Cup is taking place on Tuesday, November 1 at 3pm AEDT at Flemington. There is a field of 24 horses competing for the $8 million prize money.
Deauville Legend is the favourite for the Melbourne Cup. First place will take home $4.4m, second $1.1m and third $550k. The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth will collect $160k each.
Two horses have been scratched from the final field as of Tuesday morning.
How to do a Melbourne Cup sweep is easy. There are 24 people who want to play and pay $5 each. They will draw a horse from a hat and collect $120. The winner will get 50% of the jackpot. Second place will receive 30%, third place 10%. Last place gets 10% and the winner takes the lot.
The poster for the Melbourne Cup 2022 shows how to do a sweep.