Youbet/TrackNet: Bettors Shafted/Trouble brewing

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I like it how they try and make it sound like they are being victimized and then in the end admit that really it all comes down to them not wanting to allow Youbet to have an advantage over them and that they are willing to make the industry as a whole suffer in order to not allow Youbet that advantage.

Which is smart business, why would you allow your competition to hold an advantage.

I get the feeling that TVG will be taken over by twinspires.com. Youbet is the largest ADW and they have some power. When TVG tried to strong arm them, Hawthorne told them to GFY and said your handle sucks, so I will sign an agreement with YB. What do you think when tracks like Del Mar and Belmont start losing handle? They are going to tell TVG/Tracknet to stop F'n around and get something done or lose our business relationship. Keeneland is the same way. Not having Youbet in their pools will hurt them significantly.

Short term, this ends up f'n the bettors, but long term, I think we will end up with 3 providers and all of them will have the same tracks, and they will differiate by what they provide as far as software.