1/3 ROTD Contest (Prize): GP 8th - G3 Hal's Hope (4:43pm)

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Steve,

Good suggestion. I've been meaning to set up another way of wagering. I have an online account with another major service, but haven't gotten around to actually putting a balance in there yet. I have to do that. This "opportunity cost" of not being able to place a bet on certain contests is really getting me peeved.

If only the fans came first, right?

Joe

Well, the players/fans will come first only if the racetracks, owners and horsemen can survive. The negotiations between TrackNet and Midlantic is simply about the wager origin point getting more of the simulcast wagering dollar... and they deserve it.

Right now, using a 20% takeout number (equaling .20 cents on a dollar) Midlantic keeps .17 and TrackNet properties .03 of every .20. TrackNet basically is trying to move that number closer to .16 & .04 and Midlantic won't budge.

So in other words, the people who bring you Suffolk, Penn National, Delaware, Philly, Monmouth, Meadowlands, Dover, Pocono, etc., are denying their customers Fair Grounds, Santa Anita, Gulfstream, Golden Gate and in two weeks Oaklawn. Take it up with them because they're the villains in this dispute, not TrackNet... not CDI... not Magna.

And the crap from the Midlantic side is 99% misinformation or potentially outright lies.

Meanwhile Joe, fund your online account and play...