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Old 11-15-2010, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Dahoss View Post

IMO horse racing needs to try and draw in gamblers and people that follow other sports like football, basketball etc. Football fans pay big money to attend games, buy tons of merchandise and many of them gamble on games. Sports betting is a billion dollar industry by many accounts. I'm glad there was a lot of exposure for the sport, but I just don't know how effective it will be.
I cant disagree here because I just find the mechanics of the sport broken. If you do draw in new people it is very tough to retain them as customers. Thats a different discussion though.
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