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Originally Posted by biggestal99
In the UK, lots of tracks have sports books inside. lots of people in there, lots of people who pay good money to get inside the track and watch racing. I was at the Newmarket during the July meeting in 2012 and they were showing a cricket match. Racing and sports betting co exist in the UK rather nicely, they also can bet sports at home using bookies or betfair exchange. Yet they show up at the track.
Allan
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Yeah. It's probably better to look at horse racing as a FORM of sports betting. It actually goes along nicely as an option along with other sports. Heck, that's what happens at every race and sports book in Nevada and New Jersey.
The ultimate problem is that there aren't enough Americans interested in horse racing outside of the Triple Crown right now. Get that number up and horse racing will do just fine against other sports. If that number decreases, we are in deep trouble as more sports betting becomes available.
