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08-05-2014, 02:59 PM
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Sham Race Meet in Summerfield, FL
This is the state of pari-mutuel licensing and regulation in the Sunshine State. Somebody in Tallahassee ok'ed this operation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxTH...m_medium=email
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08-05-2014, 03:42 PM
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Everyone was very uptight as if they were doing something wrong or nothing at all.
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08-05-2014, 04:55 PM
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Thanks for the link. Depressing, to say the least.
I suspect there are others on the board who see "Sham" and also immediately think of Secretariat's rival who had the misfortune of being in Secretariat's cohort . . . .
Back to the video - this industry has a knack for self-inflicted wounds, which simply compound the organic decline.
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08-05-2014, 05:14 PM
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"This industry?"
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08-05-2014, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by rastajenk
"This industry?"
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I was imprecise. Horse racing - states, track owners, breeders, horse owners, trainers. Not those of us who bet on the races - we are an afterthought in the current structure even though our $$ is ultimately what will make this sport live or die. Slot machine money isn't going to last forever. But we are the sheep to be sheared until proven otherwise.
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08-05-2014, 08:55 PM
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I bet their hoped fer "Poker Room" will have wheels.... 
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08-05-2014, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by VeryOldMan
I was imprecise. Horse racing - states, track owners, breeders, horse owners, trainers. Not those of us who bet on the races - we are an afterthought in the current structure even though our $$ is ultimately what will make this sport live or die. Slot machine money isn't going to last forever. But we are the sheep to be sheared until proven otherwise.
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Everyones money including the owners, trainers, breeders and bettors as well as the monies the states that support racing put towards the game make it work.
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08-06-2014, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by VeryOldMan
I was imprecise. Horse racing - states, track owners, breeders, horse owners, trainers. Not those of us who bet on the races - we are an afterthought in the current structure even though our $$ is ultimately what will make this sport live or die. Slot machine money isn't going to last forever. But we are the sheep to be sheared until proven otherwise.
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I don't agree with much of this, but even if I did, what's that got to do with this lame work-around someone came up with to get a permit for expanded gaming? Not much that I can see.
That "track" did have a low take-out.  
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08-06-2014, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by rastajenk
I don't agree with much of this, but even if I did, what's that got to do with this lame work-around someone came up with to get a permit for expanded gaming? Not much that I can see.
That "track" did have a low take-out. |
Was that cash and bet also the snack shack?
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