Balmoral up 27% in handle

[melman]

And that increase is NOT for just a month or two. First six months of this year compared to the first six months of last year. Look at the table at the bottom of this link and see the HUGE growth in the pic4 pool. Think a lower takeout does not help? Think again. Very nice of Balmoral to mention the help from this site's own DeanT aka Dean Towers. They have embraced HANA not put them on ignore. Most races with full 10 horse fields, no major post or speed bias======better racing product. More people watching more people betting. And this increase is NOT on some small total handle number. They are now doing a nightly avg of $1,064,595.

http://www.balmoralpark.com/ShowPressRelease.cfm?Cat=R&Press_ID=992

[Ray2000]

and that's without Slots, Slots would raise purses and bring in some classier horses giving rise to more betting opportunities.

BUT BEWARE....

Scioto slots brought in $11.1 million 1st month (June)
So Churchill Downs buys the Lebanon Track and moves it to Cincinnati. :)

Harness Racing to these people is just another expense of doing their real business.