12-18-2017, 12:26 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,830
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
Well, that's because there were almost no exotic racing.
There's an argument that takeout is far lower now because exotic bets allow you to bet multiple horses and only pay one takeout. (Compared to a parlay, where you pay the takeout on each horse.)
Now, at some places WPS takeout is up too, of course. In California, interestingly, WPS takeout is under 16 percent now. For decades it was 17 percent here, so it is a bit lower now.
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WPS takeout is up almost everywhere. It used to be around 10% most places when breakage came to be.
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