Presque Isle doesn't like you

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

I was at PID for the UNGRAND Opening in Sept. 2007.
It was most obvious they didnt give 2 $h!+s about the horseplayer.

However while dealing with a few people in the racing license office last year.
They couldnt have been nicer and were really helpful.

Why would any business like a redheaded step child silent partner that is there to take money from them? It's not like a Poker room at a Casino that has the abilty to earn some and also get at least a reasonable percentage of crossover business. Plus the last thing in the word that the Slot company wants is people using gambling dollars to bet friggin horses instead of the machines. It's a match made in hell.

Perhaps the answer is Poker and horses. I find a ton of people in poker rooms with the DRF. The racing is always on many a TV.. Not sure how Poker Players would take to increased rake to subside ponys but at least there is some potential. Still not a believer of subsides for racing.

[tector]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Still not a believer of subsides for racing.

Neither am I. As in most cases subsidies distort the market into inefficient results. And what would be a more efficient result for racing? LESS racing. More quality, less quantity--some tracks, and a lot of breeders, need to fail. That sounds harsh, but nobody is guaranteed a chosen livelihood, or they shouldn't be. I said this 10 years ago on the AOL racing boards and it was not well understood, so I doubt it will go over big today, even though it is more true now. Obviously, in conjunction with this, the shackles also need to be taken off horse racing--if you are going to force it into a market economy, you should let it compete. So the idiotic taxation of the player has to go. And legality of interstate wagering needs to be clarified once and for all. But horse racing should sink or swim on its own.

[slotdirt]

Ford F-150 is the #1 selling vehicle in the USA, so I am thinking people are still buying pickups.