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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
How many people in here have actually done it? I discovered Agua Calienete in 1990 and it unfortunately closed the horse track 3 years later. My friends and I which were a group of four always bet both. We handicapped the horses well before hand and while multiple tracks were offered we usually just played the live races at AC and one other track. The sports betting was done as something to watch in between races and we didn't invest much on it, usually a $20 spot each on a 3-game parlay. The horses were the priority and the sports betting really didn't effect the horse betting. At the time I was betting $50 to $200 on each horse race while a $20 spot provided 2-3 hours of sports betting action.
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My horse racing handle now it about 10% of what it was ten years ago. The edges in the game are just so tough nowadays. I pretty much only bet the biggest 15-20 days a year now where I know there's a decent amount of public money. I know people like to fixate on big individual scores, but in the long haul, the takeout in racing is so much worse than sports betting that most people would be better off betting sports.
