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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Those people you hear are already there. The public will not come to watch Todd Pletcher train or John Velasquez ride. They come to bet horses and if they dont bet then they really are not going to be worth very much to the game in the long run anyway. I have stressed this in many posts before. Market the sport as a betting vechicle not as a sport. Trainers and owners and jockeys are not marketable in any meaningful manner. Horses careers are fleeting. The fact that you can walk into a track and figure out how to make 6 or 7 figure scores are what will bring people and keep them coming back.
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Yes, but the fact that the Pick Six is a $2 minimum prevents a lot of people like myself from being able to take a reasonable shot at that 6 or 7 figure score. As long as that is the case it will make it a lot more difficult to promote the game to new gamblers on the basis of the big score. You really need to get comfortable making other bets and already be hooked on the game before you can venture into the Pick Six pool.