Here at LS they whine because of no slots. A over used term is , its a band-aide, but that is a very good evaluation. IMO! The state needs to authoriz as many as 6 new racing venues, scattered accros the state. Shorten the live meet at LS and distribute the same purse money over fewer races. This should draw higher quality. While this would reduce the exposier at lonestar of the lower rung horses , it could create a nice pool of entrants for the newer venues while expanding the simocast venues and thus take in more money for horseracing without the percentage loss to any casino profit.Lone Star has visions of becomming a major venue. It will never happen untill they make a change such as this. Slots ar just a trick to build a 5 star hotel at LS. LS is driven by its simo handle. This proves that the money is there with the patron, but the quality attracts the money.Adjusting the take out could even add more. Horsemen can be ther own worst enemy sometimes. They are afraid to add more slices to the pie , not realizing how large that pie is. Slots are not the solution but a tool to reduce impact of horseracing.
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