Past Posting Proven once again.....perhaps 49 combinations of one race!!

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

I find it odd, we all accept horse racing was more popular in the past.
Yet we don't have to go much more than a decade back to see we weren't able to place bets at our tracks or OTBs less than one minute before the gates opened.
Try getting your pick-6 ticket in with less than TWO MINUTES to post of the first leg, fifteen years ago on the NYRA circuit.Am I supposed to believe our sport is hanging on a thread only because we are allowed to wager up until the gates open ?

I remember that. Never really affected me too much, but I've never been a big pick-6 player. I don't think our sport is hanging on a thread because of wagering up to the gates open, but believe me it is a big pain in the butt.
I'm not sure where your from, but if you've ever been to Saratoga, check out the lines with 1 mtp. There would be a riot if they shut the windows down.

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

Now you're talking about the incompetence and inability of any or all racetracks to provide a facility adequate to serve their customers in a timely fashion. They could double the betting machines and number of teller windows and people will still get shutout.
Whether it's Saratoga, Belmont, Aqueduct, Mars, or Jupiter I'm still gonna see people at a few windows when that bell sounds.

Not so fast. When I'm at Saratoga, many times I watch the horses walk past me by the clubhouse hedge. After they pass I make my final decision as to what I'm playing. Most of the time I use the SAM Machine in the Jim Dandy Bar, therefore I have time to make my wager and still have time to get to the rail. Many people wait longer. It's not the fault of the track. When you have 25,000 people at a track, a large % of those people are inexperienced, dumb, stupid, etc. when it comes to placing a bet. That slows lines down.