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Los Alamitos handle down 25% on 1st night of increased takeout
Comparing tongiht's numbers to last Thursday's numbers.....
Both nights had 8 races with basically equal quality and field size.
Tonight's total handle $577K
Last Thursday's total handle $767K
Down 25%
I'm sure they'll blame it on the weather and SA canceling.......BUT.......
On track handle was only down 21%
In-state handle was down 26%
Out of state and ADW handle was down 24%
If it was just the weather, why was non-Ca handle down 24%?
Let's hope that maybe this handle drop will keep going and send an instant message to the dolts that raised it.
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"In 1993 (or 94) when NYRA executives Kenny Noe and Steve Crist announced they were going to raise the takeout 3% it became clear to me that if I stayed in NY I probably wouldn't be able to make a living.".....Ernie Dahlman
"I would love to see takeout of 10% for WPS, 13%-17% for exotic wagers, and 20% for super exotic wagers, but part of me would like to see a track try 30% takeout as a starting point to see how it affects business." ......Ed DeRosa (Thoroughbred Times Editor)
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