Arlington introduces cashless wagering

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Scavs do you ever bet online?

Does the Pope wear a funny hat?

[blackthroatedwind]

99.9% of my wagering has been ticketless for the last 15 years.

[Split Rock]

Why would anyone advocate for keeping "tickets"? About as silly an argument as there ever has been.

I actually sent Canterbury Park, my home track, an e-mail in 2000 about doing this very thing. They offered this during a contest (where you bet off of a card that has a starting balance, put in your pin number, etc). I was so pissed when I lost a vouchure for $400 that I thought there had to be a better way.

I always thought the tracks would resist this because of the tickets that are not cashed by idiot betters that don't know they won. That uncashed money rolls back to the track.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

That's what I thought, so when you bet online you don't have a ticket either. I love using the ticketless wagering at the NY tracks when I go.

Probably 75% of my action is online, that being said, when I actually go to Arlington, I like having a wad of tickets, I like seeing what I came up with in the madness of punching a bunch of numbers.