Here's another good article, this time by Cary Fotias, a member of the DRF/NTRA Players Panel, about how important it is to support the Ellis Park Pick 4:
http://www.ellisparkracing.com/media...OPS%20HERE.pdf
This part is right on the money:
"If players across the country don't get heavily involved in the Ellis Park Pick-4, they will confirm the industry notion that we are all a bunch of compulsive gamblers who couldn't care less about takeout rates. Wednesday's inaugural 4% Pick-4 (in which I invested $608) paid more than 8 times the win parlay! LET'S SEND IT IN and show them we definitely do care."
I agree with this, except that I'd replace "compulsive" with "hopelessly ignorant". Any bettor who doesn't see how vastly superior a 4% takeout is to a 20% takeout is indeed hopeless. Even if you hate the Ellis track, hate Ellis riders, hate the Ellis horses, you should be playing this Pick-4 to send the right message of "If you lower the take, they will come".
--Dunbar