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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
What's unfair about someone having an edge? That's the whole purpose of the game...to get an edge other people do not have.
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Well what's wrong with
sponging... or using ping-pong balls then?
Hell, why limit yourself?
Race fixing? Sure, great!
Buzzers? Bring'em on! They must be great for the sport...
The problem with it all, from the perspective of those running horse racing, is that all of it maintains the lethal
lack of parity in the mutuel pools.
It is rather amusing, though, to read this thread and observe those who
are the problem being deeply intimidated by a
self-perceived bigger problem which threatens their own
edge.
That while they continue to have zero concept of what they themselves have been doing to bury horse racing for decades now.
It is as simple as the following:
The guy who walks in off the street, having never been to a horse race before, wants reason to feel that he has just as much
hope/chance as does anyone.
He feels that when he purchases a lotto ticket. He feels that when he plays Keno at some local restaurant. He feels that when he plays roulette.
He
can tell immediately that he is at a great disadvantage when he arrives at the track and
he never returns as a result.
That's it. It is
that simple.
So, still again,
the correct reaction to such a simple equation is to do everything in the industry's power to greatly improve the chances of the newcomer, from day one, so that he will stay in the game.
When seeking optimum parity in racing's parimutuel pools, we'll get around to you guys getting cleaned-out by robotic wagering entities many years from now, only after we have greatly offset your own disastrous effect on today's newcomers.
Just look around at
wagering menus at today's tracks and see if you can
blame robotic wagering for
those disasters.
Racing has been burying itself for decades, so why attempt to stand in its way?
