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Originally Posted by 5thstreetpicks
I just read the end of your article basically you rely on players and how they bet as the old saying goes a fool and his money will soon part ways . I look at it this way guy if I can get edge over the public and get a more accurate final time that will help me I'm in me personally I stopped trying to figure out who's going to the lead I don't believe in run styles but I do believe in the speed points it's a very sound system I would like to see brisnet keep track of the speed points besides the run styles but they don't do that because that's giving the public too much of an edge and they cannot do that. Race Tracks are in business to take your money not give you you have to earn it the hard way
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Racetracks aren't like casinos. Casinos are in the business to take your money. Racetracks get a percentage of every dollar bet and it actually is better for their business if more people win or break even, or lose very little. One of the reasons why harness racing did so well in New York years ago was because there were a lot of successful bettors including several professional bettors who bet large amounts of money. Once harness racing made poor decisions, like changing the racebikes, the favorites started to win too often, and it created a speed bias, so the professional bettors stopped betting harness and switched to thoroughbred racing. But my point is, when the racing was good at Roosevelt and Yonkers, the handle was big because a lot of people were either winning or coming very close to breaking even over the long run, so they kept betting.
