Lou Raffetto - from a content standpoint - was absolutely brutal. Made me want to vomit just listening to him.
* On the takeout raise: We get the arrows slung at us, but everyone was onboard with it - not just us.
* On exchange wagering: We need to be as careful as possible and really wait on this. We have to focus especially on who gets what cut. Also, there is the possibility of corruption with this.
And he put the icing on the cake with his unbridled excitement over racetracks having a golden chance to manuver lawmakers into letting horse racing run Internet Poker.
Strike #1: Not admitting that the takeout hike was a complete steaming pile of sh!t and whoever thought of it and "was on board with it" - be it one person or "everybody" - is incredibly fucl<ing stupid.
Strike #2: If you take too big of a cut from exchange wagering - you defeat the advantages of it - and what should be a goldmine will turn into an absolute disaster. Also, regarding the possiblity of "incidents of corruption" - who gives a flying fucl<ing sh!t? If they happen, deal with them.
Maybe he hits a Homerun on an 0-2 pitch count - if this attempt at a great effort to have lawmakers allow horse racing to run some Internet Poker works. I don't know anything about that.
It's always about looking for some quick fix with these fucl<ing guys. Internet Poker is really now supposed to be horse racings new long-term answer?
Steadily triming takeout in a slow healthy manner is no quick fix - but by about 50 years from now - it will create an awesome climate and the sport will be smelling like roses again.
Exchange Wagering is a possible quick fix ... but you know these greedy fucl<ing retards are going to make a complete disaster out of it.
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