[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I think the thing that you should be scared about as players is that because Magna and CDI have full control of so many major track signals, I expect them to jack up the rates to simulcast their signals which may lead to a fragmented industry where the smaller tracks/betting platforms(youbet/winticket,etc) just wont cover the Magna/CDI tracks or they will pass along the increase in price to you, the betters. The fact that a basic premise of Empire's NYRA proposal was to increase the takeout despite the $ windfall of the slots parlor is a bad sign. If you don't think that Magna/CDI wasn't signed on to that plan, think again. I constantly read about needs of growth from CDI and it always amazes me that their ideas always include either new technology or emerging markets rather than improving conditions of their existing customers. I don't care what you read, the far east will not ever bet any signifigant amounts of money into our pools because the time difference is too great, the lack of information on our races and the belief that our races lack the integrity that theirs do. As far as Europe, there may be room for some growth but why not try to grow handle from your existing customer instead of chasing foreign ones. I have learned that whenever the word 'paradigm' is used it is usually bad news for us.

Good points all around.