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Old 05-19-2010, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by NTamm1215 View Post
A great deal of this depends strictly on their expectations. I've seen people throw around ridiculous numbers like a 100% handle increase. That's crazy.

I'm sure their handle is going to be up on a daily basis (simply because of 12 races vs. 9 or 10) but the types of substantial increases that people are anticipating won't be realized.

Those types of numbers require people to STOP playing what they had been and switch entirely to Monmouth. More people are going to be interested in Monmouth but it's unlikely they'll completely abandon the signal they previously played as well.

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They are hoping for a 20-25% handle increase.

And some "experts" around here don't think that's attainable.

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid View Post
This matters more to me than how high the purses are. I'd bet cockroaches if you give me 15% take on Pick 4's. Which makes it a shame that the Ellis experiment was so short-lived.
Agreed- and I think you, I, and Scott played it every day.
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