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Originally Posted by castaway01
While the instant action society is overall true, I don't agree with your conclusions. Sporting events take 2 to 4 hours and people have no problem betting on them. The poker boom was dominated by men under 30 who had no problem learning a complex game and winning. Horse racing has races every half-hour, but with simulcasting (and this has been going on for 30 years) you could have near-constant action if you wanted to---but that would be dumb because overall you have little chance of winning. And THAT is the problem.
But the second part of what you wrote I do agree with, and it's also the root of the problem. Each year, the whales/CRW teams are a bigger part of the handle. So each year, the chance that racetracks will do anything drastic to benefit the average player gets smaller and smaller. Right now the game's financial system requires a total teardown, but half of our current tracks wouldn't survive that teardown. So how can we expect those same racetracks to do anything that would jeopardize the very shaky system they've created and now rely on?
It's an ugly situation for a horseplayer.
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Don't you think in-game betting has changed betting on sporting events from being a 2-4 hour endeavor?
