T-U: DelNorth has Aqueduct VLT bid edge..

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Originally Posted by Kasept

They won't have anything to do with the racing product. It's a vendor to run the slots parlor... DelNorth has displayed the ability to do that quite nicely.

I do think that there could create some good synergies on the racing side between Finger Lakes and NYRA.

I understand how, to date, there has been little cross-over play between the racing and slots bettors. I don't know if it's a function of the customers being so different that it will never happen, or if it's a function of the fact that the slots vendors (and Delaware North is particularly guilty on this score, since it does operate racing at Finger Lakes and Saratoga Harness) do practically nothing to promote the racing product. It's probably a function of both. I had hoped that, for once, particularly given the quality of NYRA's product, that racing could be given a more prominent role.

Whether Delaware North is an effective slots operator, or simply the beneficiary of preferable locales for its operations at Finger Lakes and Saratoga Harness (as opposed to locations like Yonkers and Vernon that have competition very close by), I guess time will tell.