Weird betting coup at Thistledown

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I know I'm not allowed to discuss this, else I will be yelled at by this thread's self-designated matron, but finding sites that will accept bets and pay in a situation like this is pretty much impossible. It is FAR more likely this was a computer glitch.

Cue thread matron.....

Computers don't usually just 'glitch' for no readily apparent reason.

That, taken with the extreme unlikeliness that this happened with a horse that won by 16.5 lengths defies what you are saying about it not being a betting coup.

Perhaps, if it was a coup, the people behind this had the ability to wager with good old fashioned bookies that would pay full track odds.

They still do exist, believe it or not. Or perhaps they had a way to wager at a site not in the USA? I know in Mexico, for instance, I used to be able to wager and get track odds, without being tied in.

Knowing something about how computers work, I'd say it's nearly impossible that the computer glitched itself in such a highly specific and detailed way.

Humans had to be involved, and I don't care about what sort of nonsensical spin that the officials are eventually going to throw our way as explanation.