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Old 03-27-2008, 09:33 PM
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So ... I make a wager three minutes to post at the track - I somehow keep a window and teller clear of other patrons trying to bet that race and other races when my race goes off, so I have a teller at my beck and call - in three seconds ... one-onethousand, two-onethousand, three-onethousand .... I :

- watch the gate open
- watch my horse go off
- decide if the break was good or bad enough for my horse
- turn to the clerk and say, "Cancel this bet!" and hand my ticket back
- the bet gets entered and canceled

All of the above three seconds? I don't think so.

Alternative? Cancel a bet from an ADW? Nope. From a betting machine at the track? Nope.

So, the bettor and the teller must have been in cahoots together, with the ticket literally sitting in the machine, the teller's hand poised over the "cancel" button ... and as the "cancel" came through - was finished - three seconds after the break, the decision to cancel must have been made between break and 2 seconds.

Sure. Someone got one hell of an advantage there.
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