What Do We All Have In Common?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

1. Overwhelmingly the people on this board are white, I'd put it in the 90% range.

I'm white.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

2. Most of the people on this board are college educated, at least the ones of age who could be. I would put that number in the 80% range easy.

I left highschool before graduating, simply to have the needed time and focus to prepare for gambling on horses day-to-day.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

3. Most of the people here were exposed to horse racing at an early age.

As far back as I can remember. My parents both trained horses, and rather unsuccessfully. I also have a lot of old horseowners and bettors in my family.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

4. The majority of posters on here are from the coasts, especially the east and a good portion from the Chicago area.

Western PA.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

5. Which leads me to age. Steve might have more stats on this but I'd say 75% of posters are between 25 and 50.

25

Originally Posted by randallscott35

6. The majority of the posters came from the ESPN board, that much is true. But the new group is here by word of mouth, or through Steve's radio show.

Came here from Pace Advantage....a glitch in my computer led to the misfortune for you guys.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

7. Most of the people here bet 8-10 times what a normal patron at the track will bet.

When it's your only real souce of income, until you've built up a lot of profit, you have to wager sometimes uncomfotably large sums of money.

Originally Posted by randallscott35

8. Most of the under 40 crowd are not married. Especially the men on here. Why is the bigger question? Maybe b/c our hobby is not conducive to meeting women, which is undoubtedly true.

I am not married...and my relationships, while not always short, have ended up complete failures.