Texas Threatens To Shut Down Racing Over HISA

[ranchwest]

Texas is one of the worst. They don't even allow ADW's.

[$w1fT]

Originally Posted by affirmedny

https://twitter.com/TXRC_NEWS/status...53460976283649

Sometimes the jokes write themselves

[affirmedny]

https://www.drf.com/news/texas-racin...e-simulcasting

[ranchwest]

Originally Posted by affirmedny

https://www.drf.com/news/texas-racin...e-simulcasting

Now, if they would allow the signals into my home in Texas.

[$w1fT]

Now they just need to move back to nighttime

[JustRalph]

Originally Posted by ranchwest

Now, if they would allow the signals into my home in Texas.

Those were the days

[P.Rosa]

Originally Posted by ranchwest

Now, if they would allow the signals into my home in Texas.

I actually know two gamblers that left Texas because of this problem.

[Jeff P]

Sam Houston Update:
https://twitter.com/SHRP/status/1621...C-vcyD8oAtAAAA


That's unfortunate... was looking forward to betting their races again.

-jp
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[PalaceOfFortLarned]

Originally Posted by Jeff P

Sam Houston Update:
https://twitter.com/SHRP/status/1621...C-vcyD8oAtAAAA


That's unfortunate... was looking forward to betting their races again.

-jp
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Agree.

Really like their turf racing there, especially their sprints which typically have big fields and nice prices.

[Redbullsnation]

Glad I don't live in Texas

[biggestal99]

fonner park opens today. no simocast.

https://paulickreport.com/horseplaye...hisa-concerns/

another track that doesnt want to follow HISA rules.

Allan

[rastajenk]

It's an extortion racket. Right out in the open.

[BarchCapper]

Originally Posted by biggestal99

fonner park opens today. no simocast.

https://paulickreport.com/horseplaye...hisa-concerns/

another track that doesnt want to follow HISA rules.

Allan

Suggested edit from my perspective: strike "follow", insert "pay for the unsustainably-exorbitant-for-a-small-track costs of implementing"

Unlike the Texas tracks, Fonner MAY be able to sustain what they do with their normally robust on-track attendance combined with the handle on IMPORTED simulcasts. Chris Kotulak repeatedly spoke about how their pandemic numbers, when they were one of the only tracks running and getting huge handle from around the country (but did not have on-track attendance), were not appreciably different from their normal numbers.

Looking forward to getting up there this season for the first time.

[Bustin Stones]

The Nebraska racing commission knows they cannot survive without interstate wagering. And the casinos aren't going to replace that money with higher subsidies. It'll be a death spiral. The why of it can only be ascertained by studying who benefits.

[ScottJ]

Originally Posted by Bustin Stones

The Nebraska racing commission knows they cannot survive without interstate wagering. And the casinos aren't going to replace that money with higher subsidies. It'll be a death spiral. The why of it can only be ascertained by studying who benefits.

A quick calculation based on the DRF charts shows that Fonner Park handled $62,542 on Friday's opening six race card. At 20% across the board, that is $12,508 in on-track takeout.

The guaranteed Pick-5 minimum of $5,000 was taken down on opening day which drags down the wagering take to about $7,500.

Given the effort that Chris Kotulak and team put into the Fonner Park 2020 pandemic season where everyone noticed the "little track that could", the 2022 quarantine and 2023 start are just a nightmare business scenario.