Woodbine cuts win takeout to 14.95%

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by freddymo

I would rather make money referring people to rebate shops that promote dog tracks like Sam Houston like Jeff P that fraud on PA

I don't know much about him or his group, or what they're up to, but there's nothing wrong with cheaper horse racing.

The horses might need two extra seconds to run a mile, and a few more of the jockeys might be brain dead, but the horses are no less consistent, they're just a little slower.

If you bet on them and win, the money they give you is the same US currency and it spends the same. If you bet on them and lose, you lose the same kind of money.

The pools aren't exactly microscopic ... they bet $1.33 million a day on Sam Houston races. The purses are $170,000 a day. They even have a turf course and use it.

It's certainly not dog racing pools, but yeah, you can't send it in strong without hurting your odds.

The legitimate knocks on Sam Houston revolve around its crappy equipment and the fact that the morning line maker is the most laughably incompetent one in America.

When the timer routinely malfunctions and the morning line maker routinely makes obvious favorites 12/1 on the morning line...people have a right to not take that kind of track seriously.

[Rudeboyelvis]

I LOVE betting Sam Houston. There doesn't seem to be a great deal of sophisticated money in the pools there, and logical horses are decently priced with a little bit of research. Not every race, but an awful lot more frequently than the larger circuits.

[Immanuel Kant]

There are many good reasons for WO to have lowered take out on Win wagers.....competition with Hastings?.....I don't think they sit around the boardroom at WEG and worry very much about Hastings. There are much bigger fish to fry.....

Take out was lowered because WO has to attract more handle...they have to make up the difference between what was being delivered previously by the Ontario government and now.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Immanuel Kant

There are many good reasons for WO to have lowered take out on Win wagers.....competition with Hastings?.....I don't think they sit around the boardroom at WEG and worry very much about Hastings. There are much bigger fish to fry.....

Take out was lowered because WO has to attract more handle...they have to make up the difference between what was being delivered previously by the Ontario government and now.

It must be all coincidence that they decided on 14.95% and the cut was made only to win and not place and show.

How many other tracks have the win takeout different from their place and show?