In an incredibly petty act symbolic of how ridiculous the OTB structure in New York is (as a direct, parasitic competitor of the tracks), during the mid-point of NYRA's Talking Horses segment when a "commercial" is aired touting the benefits of the NYRA Rewards program, on both Saturday and Sunday, the fine folks at Capital OTB decided to "write over" this portion of the program to air a promo for its own Capital Bets platform.
If the legislation advocated by the Senate Republicans/regional OTBs had passed last week, it would have dealt a body blow to the racing industry in New York. Now that they have informed everyone that they care far more about their continued (relatively useless) existence than they do about a healthy racing industry in New York State, everyone that wants a healthy industry in New York should stop doing business with them.
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12-13-2010, 05:10 PM
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