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A Theme Emerges

“With no real-time monitoring of wagering pools, extensive investigation would be required to determine how much money was bet and how many winning bets occurred off-track after the race’s start.”
“When asked about past posting, we can still only say that it does happen from time to time, but we cannot tell you how often because we really don’t know.”
“Infuriated by what he has seen, Maloney has taken his case to any racetrack official or mutuel manager that would listen to him. These were serious allegations he was bringing forth, yet no one would take him seriously.”
“I’m sorry to say that our tote systems are such that we don’t have good control of knowing where those revenues are coming from.”

Posted in The Industry on January 15, 2008

And Then There Were Five

Not a surprise, but still startling in its starkness: “Only five full-time positions remain in the United States for people writing exclusively on thoroughbred racing for general circulation newspapers” (Paul Moran at the Races).

Posted in The Industry on September 30, 2007