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Old 02-09-2013, 09:25 AM
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LOL. Everybody's talking about what a great price Unbrdiled Command is. I wonder if there's going to be an official retraction.
If they ever get rid of this Parimutuel nonsense and have the tracks put out real odds, these things wouldn't happen.
What does this mean?
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Old 02-09-2013, 09:39 AM
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Kennedy was shot from the grassy knoll?
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Old 02-09-2013, 10:13 AM
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If it's on the internet it must be true?
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Old 02-09-2013, 10:45 AM
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There is really a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
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Old 02-09-2013, 08:40 PM
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What does this mean?
I think he is saying the tracks should act as their own bookmakers ...

That would probably be the first time in history that such a thing has ever happened.
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Old 02-09-2013, 08:52 PM
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I think he is saying the tracks should act as their own bookmakers ...

That would probably be the first time in history that such a thing has ever happened.
A casino tried it once. Lasted a week or so if I remember right...
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Old 02-09-2013, 09:08 PM
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A casino tried it once. Lasted a week or so if I remember right...
I think it was called 'Sport Of Kings' or something like that.
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Old 02-09-2013, 09:20 PM
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I think it was called 'Sport Of Kings' or something like that.
Yep.
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Old 02-09-2013, 11:40 PM
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Yep.
Wow, that is a blast from the past! I remember going there once when Lil E.T. won the Derby. Didn't realize they had fixed odds at one point. When we went it was Pari-mutuel, so the fixed odds must have not lasted that long. At the time I was wondering how a place could survive just handling horse racing.
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Old 02-10-2013, 04:49 AM
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TAB, the Australian tote organization, has a public pool fixed odds model. The late Stan Bergstein had one of his people do an anaylsis of it in the 90's I believe. I'll have to dig out the link.
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