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III. Results of Investigation

F. The Rose-Janszen Debt Dispute

3. Rose's Role in Winning the January 1989 "Pik-Six" at Turfway Racetrack

On January 25, 1989, Rose and Jerry Carroll, the Owner and Chairman of Turfway Racetrack, had a winning Pik-Six ticket which paid $265,669.20.[432] Rose paid $1,340 for his half of the ticket.[433] Neither Rose nor Carroll, however, signed for the ticket.[434] Instead, Arnie Metz, a former groundskeeper for the Cincinnati Reds and runner for Rose, signed for the ticket.[435] Rose testified that Metz was "in for 15%."[436]

Although Metz signed for the ticket, he did not cash it for two days, when Rose or Carroll told him to do so.[437] Metz delivered $109,000 to Rose, of which Rose gave Metz approximately $8,000.[438] Rose put the remaining money in a satchel and took it to Spring training in Florida.[439]

Although Rose admitted winning the 1989 Pik-Six during his deposition, prior to this deposition he had denied that he was a Pik-Six winner to the press.[440] Rose also had told Commissioner Giamatti, former Commissioner Ueberroth and others, at a meeting at the Commissioner's office in New York on February 20, 1989, that he was not a winner on the January 25, 1989 Pik-Six. When asked about his denial to the Commissioner and the others at the February 20, 1989 meeting, Rose responded that he did not recall making such a statement.[441] He further stated that the only mention of the Pik-Six at the meeting that he recalled was a statement by Mr. Ueberroth or Commissioner Giamatti to Rose that "we don't care about Pik-Six's.''[442]

Footnotes:

432) Rose Dep. at 34-38.

433) Rose Dep. at 36.

434) Rose Dep. at 38.

435) Rose Dep. at 24-26, 38.

436) Rose Dep. at 36.

437) Rose Dep. at 43. Transcript of Arnold Metz Interview, April 19, 1989, at 61-64. See Exhibit 70.

438) Rose Dep. at 44.

439) Rose Dep. at 43-44. Rose said he used the $109,000 to buy his wife a $23,000 ring; a golf cart for $3,600; and a tennis court for $24,000. Rose Dep. at 206. Rose stated that he still has $25,000, and that the remainder was spent in Florida. Rose Dep. at 206.

440) Rose Dep. at 200-204.

441) Rose Dep. at 50.

442) Rose Dep. at 50.

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