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Old 11-07-2006, 02:34 PM
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Of the money in the pools, lets say WPS, Exactas and Tris, is from people who strictly gamble the odds and numbers; in other words, they don't ever look at a racing form?

I'll tell ya, I see a good number of action junkies doing that every time I am at the track - simulcast facilities.
from my experience, they are also usually the ones who are screaming "THEY WANT ME TO HAVE THAT FOUR HOSS! THEY WANT ME TO HAVE THAT FOUR HOSS" as the 2/5 shot comes thundering down the stretch in a 5-horse claimer at calder and then jump up and down and boast about how THEY "KNEW IT!"

Their losing tickets slammed on the table next to you are usually $2 win tickets on the chalk -- so I would imagine that they make up a small percentage of the actual totals.

Though in a place like Portland, OR when I was hanging out at Portland Meadows -- a couple of action junkies with $5 win wagers can at times early in the card mean the difference between 7-1 and 5-2 on your horse so it's all relative haha
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Old 11-07-2006, 02:39 PM
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A$20 win wager at GL can totaly screw up the tote board.
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Old 11-07-2006, 09:14 PM
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A$20 win wager at GL can totaly screw up the tote board.
The first time I was at Agua Caliente our horse was 99 to 1 and I put a $20 to win on him and he went to 4/5.
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