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Old 06-04-2008, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by justindew
It might be becasue some tracks (like Churchill. Not sure if Belmont does this) have to bring in temporary mutuel clerks on big days, and they would need additional training to be able to take dime supers. For instance, I know on some tote machines there is no button for a .10 wager. It requires additional steps for the teller.
They bring in clerks from upstate that normally work summers in Saratoga.
In addition to that I'm sure they train some temporary clerks. Even with that betting lines get very long. I was there in 2002 and it was a lot of fun, but the lines were long for everything.
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