A New Low (State Government Edition)

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Ridiculous. They tried something like this in New Hampshire a while back too, but it didn't last long before it was repealed. And of course NY OTB's had their ridiculous surcharge.

Hell, OTB's around here are 2.5% on ALL winners, and if your an intertrack its 1.5%, unless you are running the meet, then its full track odds.

So when Hawthorne is running, if you make a bet at the Arlington OTB and win, 1.5% off the top

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Scav

Hell, OTB's around here are 2.5% on ALL winners, and if your an intertrack its 1.5%, unless you are running the meet, then its full track odds.

So when Hawthorne is running, if you make a bet at the Arlington OTB and win, 1.5% off the top

Hard to believe why Chicago ... for a long time the best horse racing rival to the New York city area ... has tanked more and more with every decade for over an entire century.

New York City was always the big population center and especially the area where the wealth was ... it seemed like most of the famous bettors were either from Chicago or parts of Pennsylvania ... and they'd make their name by going into New York city and feasting on the well financed in NYC from both the betting and bookmaking end.

A lot of great handicappers, and a lot of great handicapping innovations came from out of Chicago. A lot of great racing took place there. The Daily Racing Form was founded there.

Other than Arlington Million day, Chicago's like a black-hole for racing now. So many great historical races from their have sunk into obscurity.