Horseshoes or Homeroom in PA?

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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

again, what your essentially saying is as a product racing cannot make it because it cannot come close to funding itself.

Why should it not fail if that is the case, why is it up to slots players to prop up the failing business model?

Racing can not compete with casino gambling for obvious reasons especially when that casino is placed in direct competition right on top of the racing facility. This was a pretty clear reason why racing was granted these monies in the first place. Surely life will go on in area's where tracks no longer exist but there is without a doubt a economic impact that racing provides that casinos certainly do not.

Even if in states like PA if things had been done in an ideal manner the amount of growth would never keep pace with the amount of money coming from our "partners" in the casino. Lets not forget that the ONLY reason that Parx and Penn have casinos is they were established racing facilities. Now big boys realize that sentiment only lasts so long when so much money is in play but facts are facts.