Is racing doing this right?

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

And how is this chicanery and monkey business?

You say a horse that should be favored anyway was 3/1 - because another horse was appearing to take unsuspected action.

Once the gates opened the odds merely came to what you feel was reality.

I suppose the BS and complaints would come from gamblers who hoped the 3/1 would hold on a horse they assumed should go off at 7/5?

the pools were total manipulated..You know like used too do..lol

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by freddymo

the pools were total manipulated..You know like used too do..lol

I did it both on thoroughbreds as a teller when I was 18 - and I still do it everytime I visit a dog track.

It was not uncommon for me to have at least over ten thousand dollars worth of canceled tickets on my cash position at the end of a shift. In fact, I might have had a Joe DiMaggio like streak of it going. No one ever said a single thing about it ... and I doubt it even made much difference in helping me get an edge.

One day - all the machines froze and betting was down for a couple of minutes. I had like a couple thousand dollar win bet on a horse I hated in a race coming up in like 15 minutes. I was about to crap my pants and I went back to the money room to see if I could get the ticket canceled by computer when the machines came back up. I canceled the ticket and never did it again.

No sense taking a risk - when you're not sure an edge is even being created from it.

With dog racing - the strategy is to go up and make four win bets of $50 apiece on the four dogs I like least. This drives down the win odds - I go to a teller with 0 MTP - bet about $70 on quinella and trifecta combos involving the dogs I like... cancel the $200 in win tickets and ask for like a $130 voucher back. Basically - I think it's a good way of getting overlayed quinella and trifecta prices. The odds come back to reality right before the rabbit starts moving.

A simple misdirection of my betting competition in an effort to possibly gain an edge. A fine, upstanding tactic to be sure.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I did it both on thoroughbreds as a teller when I was 18 - and I still do it everytime I visit a dog track.

It was not uncommon for me to have at least over ten thousand dollars worth of canceled tickets on my cash position at the end of a shift. In fact, I might have had a Joe DiMaggio like streak of it going. No one ever said a single thing about it ... and I doubt it even made much difference in helping me get an edge.

One day - all the machines froze and betting was down for a couple of minutes. I had like a couple thousand dollar win bet on a horse I hated in a race coming up in like 15 minutes. I was about to crap my pants and I went back to the money room to see if I could get the ticket canceled by computer when the machines came back up. I canceled the ticket and never did it again.

No sense taking a risk - when you're not sure an edge is even being created from it.

With dog racing - the strategy is to go up and make four win bets of $50 apiece on the four dogs I like least. This drives down the win odds - I go to a teller with 0 MTP - bet about $70 on quinella and trifecta combos involving the dogs I like... cancel the $200 in win tickets and ask for like a $130 voucher back. Basically - I think it's a good way of getting overlayed quinella and trifecta prices. The odds come back to reality right before the rabbit starts moving.

A simple misdirection of my betting competition in an effort to possibly gain an edge. A fine, upstanding tactic to be sure.

GA in your future.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

GA in your future.

Dog racing gets a bad wrap. Only one or two tracks handle decently though.

I worked as a dog track lead-out for almost one week. They literally made you go to some doctors office place and take a drug test before they'd hire you.

I remember my father telliing a bettor he knew that was in town what I did - and the guy couldn't believe it. He comes out to the track - sees me walking a dog in the post parade - and the cigar falls out of his mouth and he shouts over the fence "Are you serious!? What are you up to now?"

The locker room of kennels downstairs they keep those dogs quarantined in for a couple of hours before the race is truly disgusting. I had a lot of fun doing it actually.

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