Kelso
03-25-2008, 11:36 PM
Link from this evening's PA Home Page: http://feeds.bloodhorse.com/~r/Bloodhorse/TopHeadlines/~3/257993140/viewstory.asp (http://feeds.bloodhorse.com/~r/Bloodhorse/TopHeadlines/~3/257993140/viewstory.asp)
From the article:
"... Tom Casaregola, who handles audits and investigations for the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, said the agency has looked at eight incidents involving past-posting—the placing of bets after 'off' time of a race—in the past two years. They involved live races and simulcast races at off-track betting parlors.
"In one incident in early 2007, wagering was open 'not only for one race, but well into a second race,' Casaregola said. 'The best part of it was there were still losing wagers. We have to remember satellite sites are just as important, because that’s where most of the money is coming from.'”
"... Paul Bowlinger, executive vice president of RCI who spearheads RCI Integrity Services, said poll data from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association shows the betting public is most concerned with late changes in odds. Yet, the industry spends more money pursuing a medication overage for drugs used therapeutically in racehorses than it does on real-time monitoring of pari-mutuel wagers.
“'Shouldn’t this be taken as a warning shot through the forehead of this industry?' Bowlinger said of public opinion. 'The industry has not been forthcoming to us. We hold out our hand and ask, ‘Please join us in this effort.’ Without the industry joining us, we have forged a system by ourselves. RCI Integrity Services is a not-for-profit that’s not getting a lot of support from the industry.'”
"... In other updates, TRA president Bob Bork of Sam Houston Race Park said some tracks now cycle odds every 10 seconds instead of 30 seconds the last few minutes before post time, and it can be done uniformly if all tracks choose to do it. He also said the TRA, despite arguments from some quarters that wagering should close before a race begins, believes it would be a mistake to close pools before off time given the possibility of incidents in the gate."
Many cheers to RCI, while the TRA plows it's head deeper into the sand. Watch for other cheating-enablers to play off Bowlinger's "medication" comment to turn this into an either/or (e.g., "either fix the drug problem or stop the cheating, but it's impossible to do both ... can't be done, no way, no how ... mind yer own bizness and lemme cheat in peace ... sob, sniffle, whinel")
Stop all wagering (including cancellations) and post FINAL odds before the first horse loads. Problems in the gate should be regarded as just another element of racing luck.
From the article:
"... Tom Casaregola, who handles audits and investigations for the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, said the agency has looked at eight incidents involving past-posting—the placing of bets after 'off' time of a race—in the past two years. They involved live races and simulcast races at off-track betting parlors.
"In one incident in early 2007, wagering was open 'not only for one race, but well into a second race,' Casaregola said. 'The best part of it was there were still losing wagers. We have to remember satellite sites are just as important, because that’s where most of the money is coming from.'”
"... Paul Bowlinger, executive vice president of RCI who spearheads RCI Integrity Services, said poll data from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association shows the betting public is most concerned with late changes in odds. Yet, the industry spends more money pursuing a medication overage for drugs used therapeutically in racehorses than it does on real-time monitoring of pari-mutuel wagers.
“'Shouldn’t this be taken as a warning shot through the forehead of this industry?' Bowlinger said of public opinion. 'The industry has not been forthcoming to us. We hold out our hand and ask, ‘Please join us in this effort.’ Without the industry joining us, we have forged a system by ourselves. RCI Integrity Services is a not-for-profit that’s not getting a lot of support from the industry.'”
"... In other updates, TRA president Bob Bork of Sam Houston Race Park said some tracks now cycle odds every 10 seconds instead of 30 seconds the last few minutes before post time, and it can be done uniformly if all tracks choose to do it. He also said the TRA, despite arguments from some quarters that wagering should close before a race begins, believes it would be a mistake to close pools before off time given the possibility of incidents in the gate."
Many cheers to RCI, while the TRA plows it's head deeper into the sand. Watch for other cheating-enablers to play off Bowlinger's "medication" comment to turn this into an either/or (e.g., "either fix the drug problem or stop the cheating, but it's impossible to do both ... can't be done, no way, no how ... mind yer own bizness and lemme cheat in peace ... sob, sniffle, whinel")
Stop all wagering (including cancellations) and post FINAL odds before the first horse loads. Problems in the gate should be regarded as just another element of racing luck.