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Originally Posted by Pointg5
I think slots in OH are about 7-10 years away...
If they get Slots, what they should do is bulldoze Beulah and Thistle and never rebuild them, Beulah is about as depressing as place as one can go to and Thistle is not much better. The scenery around River Downs is not bad at all, the racing product is on the low side, but it's a pretty nice place, not to mention River Downs has a Turf Course, something the other two do not have. Those horses from Beulah and Thistle could run on a better track with better facilities and the field size would increase. With increased purses, you might get some better second tier horses and it would be much better for Ohio Racing. River Downs is a diamond in the rough, it would be perfect, they could have a Casino Boat out on the River with restaurants or there's plenty of room across the street.
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7-10 years away--never. Bob Taft is out as govenor and he is the only person that is blocking slots and river boat casinos. There are already enough signatures to get the slots/riverboat casino on the ballot in November. And it will pass by a huge margin. No way will it be stopped. You may not know this, by Taft is the biggest receipient of anti-gaming contributions from las vegas casinos. He has used an anti-gaming stance in order to pad his politcal lockbox. He is just awful.