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Old 02-03-2018, 12:03 PM   #56
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Well what's wrong with sponging... or using ping-pong balls then?


Hell, why limit yourself?


Race fixing? Sure, great!


Buzzers? Bring'em on! They must be great for the sport...



The problem with it all, from the perspective of those running horse racing, is that all of it maintains the lethal lack of parity in the mutuel pools.


It is rather amusing, though, to read this thread and observe those who are the problem being deeply intimidated by a self-perceived bigger problem which threatens their own edge.

That while they continue to have zero concept of what they themselves have been doing to bury horse racing for decades now.


It is as simple as the following:


The guy who walks in off the street, having never been to a horse race before, wants reason to feel that he has just as much hope/chance as does anyone.

He feels that when he purchases a lotto ticket. He feels that when he plays Keno at some local restaurant. He feels that when he plays roulette.


He can tell immediately that he is at a great disadvantage when he arrives at the track and he never returns as a result.

That's it. It is that simple.



So, still again, the correct reaction to such a simple equation is to do everything in the industry's power to greatly improve the chances of the newcomer, from day one, so that he will stay in the game.


When seeking optimum parity in racing's parimutuel pools, we'll get around to you guys getting cleaned-out by robotic wagering entities many years from now, only after we have greatly offset your own disastrous effect on today's newcomers.


Just look around at wagering menus at today's tracks and see if you can blame robotic wagering for those disasters.


Racing has been burying itself for decades, so why attempt to stand in its way?
Screw parity and screw the newbie. There's nothing stopping a newbie from going to the track, picking up a program, and doping out a winner just like everyone else.

This game is about finding a long term EDGE. From the player's perspective, it has always been that way and always WILL be that way.

Listing things that are clearly ILLEGAL and trying to equate them to betting activity and handicapping edges that are clearly NOT illegal is the height of ignorance.

Maybe we should go back to horse and buggies too so the Amish are on equal ground to the rest of the country? Those poor newbies...

This might be the dumbest post you've ever made, and that's saying something.

Every newbie at the track I've ever known (including me), went in there thinking that exact same thing...when we won, we thought "WOW, how long has THIS been going on."

Then we got our clocks cleaned (and wow, there WEREN'T ANY REBATES BACK THEN, OR COMPUTER ROBOTIC WAGERING, or whatever the latest complaint is).

When you get your clock cleaned as a newbie, that's the crossroads. You either leave the game, or you become an even bigger fan and set out to IMPROVE YOUR GAME, because UNLIKE THE LOTTERY, you CAN IMPROVE YOUR GAME.

Thank me very much.

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