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Originally Posted by slotdirt
I attended two proms at Garden State Park while there was night racing.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. The strange thing was that when Atlantic City got casino gambling, and then the drinking age in NJ was raised to 21. Since the casinos served free drinks, they didn't let anybody in unless you were 21. But you could still legally gamble at 18 at the horse races and by playing the lottery.
It was an advantage, and probably still is, for the racetrack if they could successfully market to the 18-21 year old crowd. And as Steve mentions on the air, for $20 you could have something on every race on the card...cheap night out.