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This thread keeps popping up despite no new posts, so people are still voting.
I figured the results would be split as they currently are. Throughout the years ive met many horseplayers despise casino gambling but also many that enjoy different forms of gambling.
I love the mental challenge of handicapping and wager construction, but certainly appreciate lower house edge options and greater "action per hour" games like craps, blackjack, and video poker. Should racetracks start comping drinks? Maybe $1 beer nights or drink coupons would encourage more trackgoers.
Bottom line it's cheaper to run a bank of slot machines and a pit of tables than put on a racing meet. I'm waiting for the day that state legislatures "decouple" the racing requirement for casinos in certain states. I imagine tracks subsidized by casinos like in WV, PA, etc. may fall off more if that happens.
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