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05-27-2013, 12:27 PM
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Dead money
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Baltimore
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Originally Posted by HUSKER55
BTW, enjoy memorial day and remember our vets!
They are ours. Send $25 to the local VA hospital fund.
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I do every memorial day and veterans day....if I can blow a g gambling I can donate a 100 2 times a year to them....
What they do I could never have the courage to do what the do....I don't care what anybody says our vets and current Armed forces are the real Heroes of our country more so then cops and firemen....my own opinion and I stand by that
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05-27-2013, 12:40 PM
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magichorseman
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Chester,WV
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This has been going on for decades.
This is called pari mutual horserace betting. Horses start off at very low odds and then go up to 6:5.
I have seen this for decades.
Only recently have people been able to cancel a bet. So it does happen some. But the result is the same.
It should not upset anyone at all. Why would anyone bet a horse at less than 5-1 odds anyways?
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05-27-2013, 12:46 PM
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Dead money
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Baltimore
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Originally Posted by MAGICHORSEMAN
This is called pari mutual horserace betting. Horses start off at very low odds and then go up to 6:5.
I have seen this for decades.
Only recently have people been able to cancel a bet. So it does happen some. But the result is the same.
It should not upset anyone at all. Why would anyone bet a horse at less than 5-1 odds anyways?
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And u guys say I post dumb things......
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05-27-2013, 02:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 7,510
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another example of the absence of integrity with pari mutuel pools.
IMO this is one of the main reasons why this game struggles to attract new people.
If these keeps up, ADW's will have to allow betting on Power Boat Racing in Japan just to keep their domain names.
http://www.unmissablejapan.com/events/boat-race
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05-27-2013, 02:58 PM
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Racing Form Detective
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lincoln, Ne but my heart is at Santa Anita
Posts: 16,316
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I rather bet on a boat race than Penn National. On the other the hand, I have bet on enough "boat" races at thoroughbred tracks over the years.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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05-27-2013, 03:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,516
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The assumption was that he was forcing players on the second choice.. The track announcers have said this repeatedly. I have heard no mention from them that the money was removed late.
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05-27-2013, 06:09 PM
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Dead money
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Baltimore
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Originally Posted by Robert Goren
I rather bet on a boat race than Penn National. On the other the hand, I have bet on enough "boat" races at thoroughbred tracks over the years.
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Hahahahahahahaha lolololololololo  my fathers friends always use that term after a race where it seems they let a horse win I love that term
Does anybody know where this term comes from??
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05-27-2013, 08:29 PM
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Mike Schultz
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: North Carolina
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Originally Posted by teddy
The assumption was that he was forcing players on the second choice.. The track announcers have said this repeatedly. I have heard no mention from them that the money was removed late.
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Good to see you're back! 
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05-27-2013, 09:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Thanks... barely enough time to play mtn...much less get on here. Thats a good thing.
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05-27-2013, 09:46 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz
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Its kind of like a rowboat, when you get in the rowboat, you stay in your position...in other words, when the boat is moving, you don't get up and switch spots, once you are in, you're in.
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05-27-2013, 10:06 PM
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Dead money
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Baltimore
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Originally Posted by Stillriledup
Its kind of like a rowboat, when you get in the rowboat, you stay in your position...in other words, when the boat is moving, you don't get up and switch spots, once you are in, you're in.
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That's classic!!!
Basically been using this for 15 years not knowing what it meant....basically whenever a bet didn't go my way or a game I'd cry it's a boat race or boat game hahahaha
Last edited by wiffleball whizz; 05-27-2013 at 10:08 PM.
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05-27-2013, 10:10 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz
That's classic!!!
Basically been using this for 15 years not knowing what it meant....basically whenever a bet didn't go my way or a game I'd cry it's a boat race or boat game hahahaha
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That's my own theory, but, i dont know if its the actual reason the boat race got its name. I dont know if i heard that or just made it up as i went along! 
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05-28-2013, 08:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Originally Posted by teddy
The assumption was that he was forcing players on the second choice.. The track announcers have said this repeatedly. I have heard no mention from them that the money was removed late.
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If he's removing money or not, what in the WORLD would the point be of laying in early other than to stimulate play on other contenders?????
In the end , it IS other players being manipulated. Look, I don't like what the guy does either. I cringe when he opens horses at 1/9, and I've called him out as a mediocre (at best) handicapper. But I suspect that the amount cancelled is sometimes exaggerated by bettors loath to admit they've been played.
So how is it not good and pertinent advice on my part for players to beware of sharply falling odds on obvious alternatives to the mad bomber's selection?
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05-28-2013, 08:45 AM
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Dead money
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Baltimore
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Originally Posted by mountainman
If he's removing money or not, what in the WORLD would the point be of laying in early other than to stimulate play on other contenders?????
In the end , it IS other players being manipulated. Look, I don't like what the guy does either. I cringe when he opens horses at 1/9, and I've called him out as a mediocre (at best) handicapper. But I suspect that the amount cancelled is sometimes exaggerated by bettors loath to admit they've been played.
So how is it not good and pertinent advice on my part for players to beware of sharply falling odds on obvious alternatives to the mad bomber's selection?
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I know a lot of people tha don't bet cuz of it...and low ml odds I'm not a fan of either
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05-28-2013, 10:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz
I know a lot of people tha don't bet cuz of it...and low ml odds I'm not a fan of either
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It's hard and distasteful enough ( for various reasons) fo a track oddsmaker to go sufficiently low on certain chalks, but the mad bomber's unpredictable influence makes it next to impossible for me.
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