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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Who is doing the canceling and why isnt that person being brought up on charges of some sort?
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Growing up, there was always a 5 second delay (to cancel a ticket) after the start of a race that I believe was in place to leave tellers time to cancel any mistakes so they wouldn't have to eat the bet.
The situation was if you had a sprawling 3 room OTB on a weekday night when no one was there, you got Charlestown on the big screen in the empty room, and if your horse didn't break well in the 4.5 furlong dash, you cancel your bet and wait for the next one.
They did away with it about five years or so ago I believe. I certainly don't know of any betters or tellers or betting tellers who've done it since.