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Originally Posted by dilanesp
I don't think it's a 60 year ripoff. A breakage rule was actually fine back in the day, because all bets were collected from tellers at the track and eliminating pennies and nickels sped up cashing.
But in the modern era, where most bets are placed from computers, and on-track attendance is low, it has become theft. Tracks nowadays should break to the penny, and sure, if the tradeoff is the minimum payoff is 1 to 200 and there are fewer minus pools, that's worth it.
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It was always designed as a revenue maker. When it was nickel breakage a horse who paid $6.30 went to $6.20 when they went to dime breakage. Did giving away 2 dimes instead of 3 really speed up the lines?
