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12-02-2007, 11:07 PM
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"Boston fans hate the Yankees, we hate the Canadiens and we hate the Lakers. It's in our DNA. It just is." - Bill Simmons 
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12-03-2007, 11:26 AM
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I have spent many of my college days at Prairie Meadows....I love it there for simulcasting, its never very busy and I just go to on of the dining tables or a love seat in the clubhouse and have my own personal 25' flat scren TV.....most people stay in the simulcasting area and don't venture into the cludhouse tables during the dark days......some of my best memories of college are playing Tampa Bay on tuesdays and having the pretty much the whole place to myself.
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12-03-2007, 11:44 AM
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A problem with Iowa is they don't have OTB's, along with that most of the casions don't have simulcast...I went to a indian casion that had a very small area for it but most don't have them or if they don't its nothing special...hard to get people interested in betting in Iowa with no OTB's.
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12-03-2007, 11:27 PM
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I'm not sure how Charles Town is doing in regards to racing revenues, but even with the increased purses it doesn't seem like they're catering at all to their horse fans. I was there for the 1st time in about a year and half on saturday, and the only thing that has changed is that the racing portion of the track is getting smaller while the slot parlors are getting bigger. Less tellers and a hell of a lot more machines. There is zero way of getting into the track unless you cross the slot parlors some where. You have to go into the slot parlor for any sort of decent food.... the racing industry is getting fueled by slot money, but they're looking at the racing fan like he's a shmuck. I also over heard an employee talking about Charles Town will be simulcasting Australia on christmas day in order to keep the slots a run'n.
I just think once you make that jump to the slots then management sole purpose is to have people pump those machines and the only way they can is if the horses are running. Interested to see when MD gets there.... as if they needed more crime -bt-
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12-03-2007, 11:35 PM
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I'm confused.....they paid $18 million in purses and lost $29 million? I realize I'm a complete phucking moron but somebody's fudging some serious numbers here to fool somebody into changing the rules for running a casino.
Thank God NYRA is keeping the franchise.....and it isn't being taken over by some slot person posing as a wannabee racetrack entrepreneur. Just imagine the lies they could tell here.
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12-03-2007, 11:41 PM
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12-03-2007, 11:45 PM
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I can only hope to imagine the expenses they are claiming are " racing expenses. " The whole story is a complete and utter fabrication in an attempt to coerce the government into allowing them to pretty much ( and eventually totally ) eliminate racing and the carrot they offer is revenue from slots.
Thank God the governments keep us safe from crack cocaine and prostitution and allow us to play slot machines and the lottery. Soon slots will keep citizens safe from the evils of wagering on horse racing.
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