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Forum: General Racing Discussion

05-23-2022, 12:24 PM

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Posted By dilanesp

I don't think that ESPN was right in that...

I don't think that ESPN was right in that telecast. Skywalker's winner's share was $177,000 (this is confirmed by multiple sources), so it's almost impossible that the race was a $200,000 race...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

05-22-2022, 11:57 PM

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Posted By dilanesp

To show you where the sport is now, the '86 Mile,...

To show you where the sport is now, the '86 Mile, which I attended, was either 250K or 300K (I forgot which).

Forum: General Racing Discussion

07-12-2021, 05:28 PM

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Posted By dilanesp

BTW, this last point is actually a truism in many...

BTW, this last point is actually a truism in many sports. For instance, baseball stadiums are now smaller than they used to be, and many more seats are now bought up by corporations. So fewer...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

07-12-2021, 05:25 PM

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Posted By dilanesp

My view has been that huge contraction was...

My view has been that huge contraction was inevitable once simulcasting began, because handle would concentrate among a few tracks.

Forum: General Racing Discussion

07-12-2021, 03:10 PM

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Posted By dilanesp

Right. And that is SOME loss, because sometimes...

Right. And that is SOME loss, because sometimes horses with pedestrian breeding like Snow Chief and John Henry become big successes. So we would lose a few of those.

Forum: General Racing Discussion

06-28-2021, 12:18 PM

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Posted By dilanesp

Also, on a more airy level, I think that if the...

Also, on a more airy level, I think that if the Kentucky racetracks ever faced an extinction-level threat, the state would come in and subsidize it. It's too important to the state's economy and...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

06-23-2021, 11:56 AM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

My kind of card! I finally stand a chance of...

My kind of card! I finally stand a chance of picking a winner or two!

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-20-2017, 12:37 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

They weren't duped, they were blackmailed. ...

They weren't duped, they were blackmailed.

NYRA was chartered 60 years ago as a specially chartered non-profit to run the remaining New York thoroughbred racetracks, which had been purchased by...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-19-2017, 11:09 AM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

NYRA is terribly run, and they basically...

NYRA is terribly run, and they basically blackmailed the state into extending their charter a few years ago, by falsifying a land claim.

New York tracks started losing attendance in the 1970's, 15...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-15-2017, 04:23 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

I suspect the real problem that horse racing has...

I suspect the real problem that horse racing has vis-a-vis other gambling games is the "work to action ratio".

The work to action ratio is the fraction W/(A/C), where "W" is the amount of...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-14-2017, 06:44 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

It's up and down, thask, but there's certainly...

It's up and down, thask, but there's certainly not a downward trend. In fact, three of our cardrooms (Hollywood Park, the Bike, and HG) built major expansions in just the past two years to handle...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-14-2017, 06:43 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

Online poker was and is a completely rational...

Online poker was and is a completely rational activity if you are good enough to beat it. The scandals affected a couple of sites and really only a tiny percentage of hands played on those sites....

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-14-2017, 06:18 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

Live poker in Southern California is alive and...

Live poker in Southern California is alive and well. Commerce has at least 75 cash tables going every night, plus tournaments. Hustler has 40, the Bike 30, Hollywood 15, and Hawaiian Gardens 50. San...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-14-2017, 05:26 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

I didn't used to believe this-- Santa Anita used...

I didn't used to believe this-- Santa Anita used to have excellent winter racing. But it's definitely true now, at least with respect to the major circuits. Not only are Aqueduct's races more...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-14-2017, 05:24 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

Thas, that is totally not true. Online poker...

Thas, that is totally not true. Online poker peaked in about 2005. The games got much tougher after that as lots of losing players dropped out.

The superuser scandal in 2007 didn't affect...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-14-2017, 05:20 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

Honestly, I think this is basically right. ...

Honestly, I think this is basically right.

Simulcasting destroyed the raison d'etre for the smaller tracks and smaller circuits. What a healthy industry would look like is a handful of...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

02-14-2017, 04:25 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

All gambling games that involve skill try to do...

All gambling games that involve skill try to do this, and it turns out to be very tough to do.

The reality is that most gamblers lose. When I had access to online poker statistics, the number was...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

11-01-2015, 06:16 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

The argument is not that contraction will...

The argument is not that contraction will increase handle or make new fans. It is that contraction is necessary because there are not enough fans to support the number of tracks operating.

And we...

Forum: General Racing Discussion

09-18-2014, 03:09 PM

Replies: 254

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Posted By dilanesp

Correct. And more generally, think about the...

Correct.

And more generally, think about the economics of simulcasting. In the pre-simulcasting era, it was possible for a track to survive with fairly modest attendance and handle and fairly...

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