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Originally Posted by Rico8812
Yeah, well the OTB's LOBBIED for this this set up thinking that nighttime thoroughbred simulcasting would be a panacea. Just another in a long list of misguided and poor business decisions by the hacks at NY OTBs.
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It was a terrible business decision (made by a political appointee that was clueless). The rank and file knew it was idiotic a long long time ago. Nonetheless, it's still beyond idiotic to require the OTBs to make those payments when the harness tracks are closed. Those deals should have been squashed or tweaked as soon as legally possible, but maybe the harness tracks paid more to the corrupt politicians than the OTBs did.
