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[Calzone Lord]

Freddy, just because some of us have the will to get deals from rebate shops or off shore entities, doesn't mean excessive takeout isn't the biggest problem in the sport. This sport can't hold serve with its avg customers. It simply can't grow like it should. All growth is thanks to technology advances that make it way easier to bet than ever before. A lot of avg customers have to be like masochistic Cleveland Browns fans and put up with constant sustained losing. It's tough to subject your customers to those conditions, when they have so many other forms of gambling available to them. The biggest obstacle to growing is the reality of what the rake does, not the rake itself.