Remington Still Taking Over 30%(Lone Star Too)
 

I guess the other day was not an aberration. I checked tonight and Remington Park is still taking out 30% on WPS bets even though they claim that the track take is only 18%. In the 4th race tonight, there was $29,770 in the win pool. The winner had $5,155 bet on him to win. He only paid $7.60 to win. He should have paid $9.40 to win.

By the way, Lone Star Park does the same thing. In the 6th race at Lone Star Park tonight, there was $8,570 in the win pool. The winner had $1,746 bet to win on him. He should have paid $8.00 to win. He only paid $6.60 to win.

no excuse for that Richi....zero...

I can't believe it. Go to your youbet.com account when you get a chance and check it out. You can do the math on any race and you will see that these tracks are taking out 30% on WPS bets. I don't know how they can get away with it.

who can you contact other than the track though?

I have told Andy and Steve about it. They have good connections. They should be able to get to the bottom of it.

I wouldn't bother calling the track. I already spent over a half-hour on the phone with them. They don't even know how to do the math.

I have bet those tracks before....but I won't anymore....thanks for the heads up. The game is tough enough as it is....

I think Texas has a flexiable take out. Magna just opts for the max. I think that Sam and Ret oft for some of the lesser percentages to lure bettors. Even tho LS is my home track I feel Magna is a rapist. Also the tb industry is being held hostage in Texas by the Bible Toters and Magna. Noone will seek office in tTexas with horseracing on there agenda. Magna proclaims that slots will solve any problem. They will build there casino in Ok City and neglect the horseracing.

It is Oklahoma, math and english are optional

You can add Woodbine to the list of tracks taking over 30% on WPS bets. I don't know how these tracks can pretend they're taking 18% when they are actually taking over 30%.

They can take whatever they want as far as I'm concerned, but they need to be honest about what they're taking. They claim that they only take 18% when in fact they take over 30%. If the public knew how much these tracks were taking, I'm sure that many people would stop playing at these tracks.

Why play there when you can play at places like Churchill, Hollywood, and Aqueduct where they only take 15-16%.

there has to be something to do, there really does. i wonder how foreign money comes into the pools or something. it seems far too out of whack to be true, but the numbers certainly don't add up for now

LOL, Along with Teeth and eye brows.

Rupert-
If they are claiming that they're only taking 18% and and you have the math and subsequent payoffs to prove it's 30%- Instead of trying to talk to like MEC or one of the state racing boards.... this may sound dumb, but what about the Better Business Bureau?

The threat of taking like that public might get them to come clean. I knopw the rebuttle might be that only 5 total people show up to that track, and about another 10 (me being one lol) bet on the place. But if they want the casual fan to show up on a Fri night with their date, they might not want that to get out.

Can you say MAGNA???

Maybe they could bring this up on that ATRAB show.Would only take 5 minutes,and they spend that much time on repetitive pleasantries each day.