Betting Windows closed

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

You couldn't wager at Capital OTB either, it was wide spread throughout the country.

Wow. I'm really curious how this impacted the overall handle.

[Danzig]

no doubt it was affected the same way oaks day handle was affected....

biggest crowd in years, second biggest ever at churchill i believe. and the ratings have been better lately on tv with the network change. but the handle will be down, and no one to blame but the powers that be. ridiculous.

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no doubt it was affected the same way oaks day handle was affected....

biggest crowd in years, second biggest ever at churchill i believe. and the ratings have been better lately on tv with the network change. but the handle will be down, and no one to blame but the powers that be. ridiculous.

But, I'm not talking about the simulcast/online betting dispute... Where I was, we were betting all day long, and then, about 50 minutes to post for the KY Derby, the tote system crashed!! Not sure who's to blame, if anyone is.

[pmacdaddy]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

Wow. I'm really curious how this impacted the overall handle.

Crist has some good charts on handle by race. Derby looks to be down around 2% from last year.

http://cristblog.drf.com/crist/