tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22896617.post2175318025298522408..comments2024-01-08T05:30:03.477-05:00Comments on CANGAMBLE: How OLG Slots At Racetracks Termination Will Affect ManyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22896617.post-24404055736057056362013-01-01T20:23:42.626-05:002013-01-01T20:23:42.626-05:00Look at harness with fahters and sons in the same ...Look at harness with fahters and sons in the same race. Its a big joke that anyone really thinks they are racing. Drugs,misfits,bottom feeders is what harness stands for. Stop giving these bums welfae.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22896617.post-64807551209928728602012-07-24T16:49:40.223-04:002012-07-24T16:49:40.223-04:00If the average person knew anything about the BS t...If the average person knew anything about the BS that goes on in horse racing they would be appalled. Instead, during the broadcasts of the big races they hear about how a horse was named after somebodies dog that died or some other human interest story. They never hear the truth about the cheating and the mistreatment of the horses.<br /><br />The whole game is an embarrassment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22896617.post-57944224799175729092012-07-24T15:56:02.609-04:002012-07-24T15:56:02.609-04:00NYT's,PETA and other liberals want to stop...NYT's,PETA and other liberals want to stop Horseracing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22896617.post-49686301191312699822012-07-23T14:24:09.766-04:002012-07-23T14:24:09.766-04:00Anon, horse racing everywhere pretty well needs to...Anon, horse racing everywhere pretty well needs to be propped up. Even NYRA now has "subsidized" purses but they were getting by without slots. The industry has failed without a doubt to compete with other forms of gambling. Takeout needs to be drastically cut, but there are too many horsemen groups standing in the way of growth.<br />I know it is hard to sympathize with Ontario horsemen and tracks on that basis as they did nothing or less than nothing to address this issue while they had the slots monies flowing in.<br />However, a counter argument could be made that many people go to the slots because it is at a track, and the government may owe the industry for slots because tracks were used as a no fuss way to get the cash cow mooing.<br />Still, this seems to be a choice about 30,000 plus jobs and businesses that will be left off in the cold versus big casino operators which will come in and scoop most of the monies that were going to go to the racetrack industry. I think the government has an obligation to put Ontario jobs first. But it doesn't seem that the Ontario Liberals "think" that way.Cangamblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22896617.post-36526484287848766172012-07-23T13:54:15.754-04:002012-07-23T13:54:15.754-04:00Do you not agree that the purses for the most part...Do you not agree that the purses for the most part are ridiculous at Woodbine when you consider the take out, field sizes and the handle? Shouldn't more of the "slot revenue" go toward fixing the game? You need both owners and gamblers to make it go. Why is the gambler never mentioned in this issue? Horse racing has treated the bettor like crap for years, that's why it's in the situation it is in.<br /><br />Horse racing should have to stand on it's own four legs or go away. I would be embarrassed to work in an industry that was so far in the toilet that it needs a completely different form of business to prop it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com