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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Mark my words: The new horseracing laws will eventually be amended...and the racinos will be allowed to keep their casino privileges without having to offer any "live racing". This "historical racing" will be deemed good enough as a "replacement"...and the horsemen and jockeys will be out in the cold, along with the long-suffering horseplayers. That's why the tracks are advertising this new "Historical Racing" as something more than a slot-machine game. The tracks don't want to put up the exorbitant cost of running a live meet...and they are salivating over the low-cost profits that slot-wagering generates. If they could convince the politicians that there is a "skill" component to this historical racing...then this could replace live racing altogether in the near future...IMO.
The trainers now dream of the day when their horseracing purses will be wholly subsidized by the casino patrons...so they can collect their money without having to hear the endless complaints of the "degenerate horseplayers". But these trainers haven't taken the greed of the TRACKS and the POLITICIANS into full consideration. If they did...then they would realize that we could ALL eventually be left out in the cold.
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Yep, Robert Goren always had it right.....
His signature,
"Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will be betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
PS- I miss his posts....Good Guy.
