Arlington introduces cashless wagering

[Scav]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I only use ticketless wagering at NY tracks and love it. Trust me, you'll still get plenty of opportunities to feel like an idiot, having the ticket in your hand makes no difference. And I'm sure you write your play down on your Form or program anyways so it isn't like you don't get the same sense of looking at your winning ticket. Plus it is nice at the end of the day when it calculates all your winnings for you and let's you know how much you were up or down on the day.

you are a smart guy, and you have to let a computer calculate how much you are up or down?

I go to track with 500, if I leave with 200 I am smoked for 300, if I leave with 1500, I am up a dime.

TICKETS ONLY HERE MY FRIEND

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Scav

you are a smart guy, and you have to let a computer calculate how much you are up or down?

I go to track with 500, if I leave with 200 I am smoked for 300, if I leave with 1500, I am up a dime.

TICKETS ONLY HERE MY FRIEND

Incidentals like beer, food, the form, etc can easily make a day I break even look like I lost $30. It makes me feel better when I punch out that ticket and it tells me I broke even when I have $30 less in my pocket. It also tells you the number of wagers you made on the day and how many you won. Hell, just knowing the total amount I wagered on a day is useful info especially as it kept escalating at Saratoga last year as the meet went on.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Scavs do you ever bet online?

Does the Pope wear a funny hat?

[blackthroatedwind]

99.9% of my wagering has been ticketless for the last 15 years.

[Split Rock]

Why would anyone advocate for keeping "tickets"? About as silly an argument as there ever has been.

I actually sent Canterbury Park, my home track, an e-mail in 2000 about doing this very thing. They offered this during a contest (where you bet off of a card that has a starting balance, put in your pin number, etc). I was so pissed when I lost a vouchure for $400 that I thought there had to be a better way.

I always thought the tracks would resist this because of the tickets that are not cashed by idiot betters that don't know they won. That uncashed money rolls back to the track.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

That's what I thought, so when you bet online you don't have a ticket either. I love using the ticketless wagering at the NY tracks when I go.

Probably 75% of my action is online, that being said, when I actually go to Arlington, I like having a wad of tickets, I like seeing what I came up with in the madness of punching a bunch of numbers.