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Originally Posted by thaskalos
I can't agree with you on this. Sports-betting allows much larger wagers than horse racing does...simply because the sports-betting wagers are FIXED, and do not adversely affect the bettor who makes them. Sports-betting also allows the bettor to hold down a regular job, and tend to his family obligations, while still seriously engaging in his gambling endeavor...while horse racing is run during the time of day that is considered very inconvenient for the vast majority of its prospective customers who happen to hold down regular jobs. And let's not even bother to address the "integrity factor" involved in these two competing gambling venues.
All in all...I believe that sports-betting offers advantages to the serious bettor that horse racing cannot even BEGIN to approach.
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1. Does sports betting really allow larger wagers? Don't books sometimes refuse your action?
2. Sports are contested on weekdays just like horse racing is.
3. Obviously there are more betting shenanigans in horse racing, but on the other hand there is an aspect of point spreads that is analogous, which is that teams aren't supposed to try to beat the spread and can be punished for caring about it, whereas in horse racing, it is the opposite- participants can be punished for not trying hard on behalf of the people who bet their horses.
