andymays
05-13-2011, 09:07 AM
http://www.dailynews.com/rss/ci_18054770
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The guys and gals who comprise the Thoroughbred Owners of California might soon be receiving a huge thank-you note from the folks at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla.
The TOC might not realize it, but it had a huge hand in Tampa Bay Downs' 8 percent increase in all-sources handle for a 90-day meet that wrapped up Saturday.
A lot of large bettors who normally might have been wagering on California races turned to Tampa Bay Downs this year after a new bill in Sacramento, strongly supported by the TOC, raised the takeout on exotic bets as much as 3percent and spurred a players' boycott of the California tracks.
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As one longtime bettor wrote in a mass e-mail to industry officials: "It's not rocket science yet it took how many months/years to get the (low-takeout pick five) put in? Good for Hollywood Park and everyone else that fought for this bet. I wonder how many CHRB board members and TOC board members get it? Lower the takeout and get on the right side of things for once." ;)
Excerpt;
The guys and gals who comprise the Thoroughbred Owners of California might soon be receiving a huge thank-you note from the folks at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla.
The TOC might not realize it, but it had a huge hand in Tampa Bay Downs' 8 percent increase in all-sources handle for a 90-day meet that wrapped up Saturday.
A lot of large bettors who normally might have been wagering on California races turned to Tampa Bay Downs this year after a new bill in Sacramento, strongly supported by the TOC, raised the takeout on exotic bets as much as 3percent and spurred a players' boycott of the California tracks.
Excerpt:
As one longtime bettor wrote in a mass e-mail to industry officials: "It's not rocket science yet it took how many months/years to get the (low-takeout pick five) put in? Good for Hollywood Park and everyone else that fought for this bet. I wonder how many CHRB board members and TOC board members get it? Lower the takeout and get on the right side of things for once." ;)