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Originally Posted by Real Quiet
My progression of betting was an initial trip to Garden State Park before it burned down. Then drives to Monmouth, Aqueduct or Belmont since there were no OTB's yet. No Meadowlands yet either. My first phone account was from Autotote? Connecticut. Then NJ banned them. Phone accounts with Penn National and Woodbine until NJ banned them. Nothing legal for a few years after that until the introduction of the NJ monopoly NJBETS or TVG. I am not 100% sure but today there might be other options in New Jersey. It shows "where there's a will, there's a way". Now I rarely wager.
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Progression to the present point that racing is in has not been all that smooth here in Arkansas either, but it seems to be in pretty great shape now with Oaklawn becoming a racing resort or racino. I guess all the ADW providers operate here. I've got Oaklawn's version called Oaklawn Anywhere that is I think, operated by Twin Spires and I have NYRA Bets and Xpressbet, but I too don't really bet that much. This is the Biblebelt, but the anti-gambling forces seem to have pretty much faded away in recent years maybe because of surrounding states becoming receptive to casino gambling. I think people become reluctant to see gambling or recreational dollars leaving the state.
06-06-2022, 01:04 PM
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