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10-26-2012, 02:34 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
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Riddle me this, horseplayers and fans of racing
Knowing all the ills that face the industry today (completely antiquated tote system, sky-high takeout rates, unscrupulous trainers, a decentralized set of rules and regulations, etc. etc.), where would you prefer a major industry player focus its time, energy, inspiration, innovation and overall vast resources?
Would it be:
a) Leading the charge to fix the aforementioned problems, thereby attaining a significantly higher level of confidence and integrity in the game overall, and in the process, attracting new fans while bringing back self-exiled former players in droves
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b) Creating the first legal online gaming website in the United States that bases the outcome of its jackpot and "slot-machine"-type games on the results of real horse races being run world wide, and in the process, finally satisfies that vast portion of the fan base that has been clamoring incessantly for an easier way to "just bet their favorite numbers"
If you chose option b, you're as cynical as I am...and you win a prize!
Go to Luckity.com to collect.
Last edited by PaceAdvantage; 10-26-2012 at 02:47 AM.
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10-26-2012, 03:03 AM
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Slope Handicapping ™
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mount Holly, New Jersey
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I'm so flabbergasted by my visit to Luckity that I'm having a difficult time coming up with the words to properly describe how utterly ridiculous this is. It can't possibly be real, could it?????
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10-26-2012, 03:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2001
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So the pools will now be flooded with dumb money? Sounds good to me.
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10-26-2012, 10:12 AM
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Racing Form Detective
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lincoln, Ne but my heart is at Santa Anita
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Much ado about nothing. this is not going get much play.
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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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10-26-2012, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Kansas
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What the f***? I read the "how it works" section and I still don't get it. Do you know which races your numbers are being matched up with? Or , am I over-complicating it?
CHD owns this? I'd be embarrassed to be associated with that.
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10-26-2012, 11:37 AM
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clean money
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maryland
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Last edited by Robert Fischer; 10-26-2012 at 11:39 AM.
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10-26-2012, 03:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Bay Area, CA
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Seems to me that the lower numbers would come in more than the higher ones based on field size...
anyways... are they just coming up with dumber and dumber ways for you to lose your money?
Affiliated with the Kentucky Derby says their "learn about luckity" video. Yikes.
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10-26-2012, 03:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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I must be in hell. That is the only way to justify something as moronic as this.
I can't even raise a chuckle.
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10-26-2012, 03:49 PM
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Let's go Reds!!
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Does this really surprise anyone?? Churchill is all about the $$$
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10-26-2012, 04:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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I can't find the Luckity-Off Topic forum. No thanks.
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10-26-2012, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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Originally Posted by Shelby
What the f***? I read the "how it works" section and I still don't get it. Do you know which races your numbers are being matched up with? Or , am I over-complicating it?.
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Absolutely WTF but you are over-complicating it - come at it from the perspective of Churchill Downs wanting to get in on the 50% takeout of state lotteries. CD can offer legalized online gaming if linked to the outcome of horse racing. Then you only face the punishing horse racing takeout versus the criminal state lottery takeout. Win-win! Based on the promotional stuff on that web site, CD is trying to draw numbers players who couldn't care less about the underlying horse racing or individual races.
How on earth would this catch on???
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10-26-2012, 06:42 PM
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Eliminator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
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It could go two ways. 1) it pulls otherwise lottery-bound money into the horse racing pools, which is good. More money in the pools, specifically when its not smart money, is a good thing.
But 2) it pushes the perspective that horse racing is like a lottery, i.e. a gambling game where zero skill is involved, the only way to win is to be lucky, the longer you play the more you lose, and you'd have to be an idiot to play. That could damage the image of the game and make intelligent people not want to play the "real" version.
Personally, I would prefer they focus on making it easier to open an account and place a bet and coming up with more creative ways to take/structure bets, but if it causes a lot of 1) without much 2), then all for it.
They're not very open about the take. One of the games says that playing the game is equivalent to placing an exacta box and a show wager on the numbers chosen. I wonder if the payout from a $10 "lottery ticket" and $10 spent placing the same bets in a legit way will be equal, or if there is an additional takeout for the lottery game.
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Whenever I read something I think about horse racing... Is that an addiction?
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10-26-2012, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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Originally Posted by podonne
...But 2) it pushes the perspective that horse racing is like a lottery, i.e. a gambling game where zero skill is involved...
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This was my first legitimate reaction. Really? Luckity? Great name - hey, play this, you just need luck. Maybe I'm the one swimming upstream but when someone tells me that an endeavour is "purely luck", I take that to mean it's basically a scam. Yeah, Skillity sounds like a cooking website, but still, awful, awful choice of names (among other objections) in my opinion.
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10-26-2012, 07:14 PM
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Eliminator
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
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I would also love to see an API access to some ADW somewhere, like what Betfair has. Why don't they spend time on that?
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Whenever I read something I think about horse racing... Is that an addiction?
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