Ask The Experts

First horse loading is a bit problematic for many players who like to bet late.  Video feeds are often delayed.  This would shut a lot of people out, and the tracks dont like that lost income.

 I\'ve seen feeds that appear to be near realtime, based in their screen clocks, but NYRA is always delayed by an absurd 20 seconds.  Why is that ?

Stock Markets,  a trillion dollar operation, have routinely given advantages to participants willing to pay for it .

 I don\'t see any real change there , though there has been pushback for a decade or more . (see HFT )

 The only way you\'re gonna get the law to intervene here is if there is some kind of fraud, or you can prove they are violating existing statutes.

Yeah, well.   It\'s gotten to the point where I\'m only surprised when thy get it wrong.

Even a 10% rebate doesnt compensate  for cutting the price in half

Just happ to tune in for the 9th today, good example of how the CAW really play, despite all fake hype.

  The crushed the winner, and the winning exacta. They had it both ways in case the Rudy holds on .

  They tossed the 5 completely. Shortish odds.

  This is not playing to get 95 cents back on every $1 bet.

I\'d like to see what the odds on everyone did.   There was only 4500 on the riderless horse.  Talking small money here.

Correct,  they totally blew that race and didnt like the winner at all.  Happens.   Not all that often though , compared to the crushed winners

 Think it depends on how good their \'insight\' is on the day.

 They had nothing on that 35-1 turf upset Sunday either. Was 60-1 in the pick-X and exacta.  That\'s why they need to get paid when they win,  they aren\'t playing for a .95 cent money back  in an individual race.

Keep seeing this magical thinking that they somehow can make money in every race by playing  everything.   I\'d like to see the math for that , would be fun.

This cannibalization of the pools via fat rebates was obvious 20 years ago .

  I think they just got bigger  over time and greedier, thus the public finally caught on .  

  Better late than never, or is it ?

  Still think there is a lot more to it than grinding 5%

  When they lose they lose 100% . No way they cover everything, every time . So they are shooting for scores , same as everyone else

  I also see pool manipulation and some very strange betting (NYRA) that can only be described as deliberate losing. Of course, none of that ever gets mentioned anywhere.