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Originally Posted by cmorioles

It isn't like the ADWs are making money hand over fist. If you ask for more from their cut, you risk putting them out of business.

As I said in an earlier post, I don't know all the percentages, but this is really a Twin Spires issue. As I understand the horsemen's position, because Churchill is simultaneously the host track and acting as the ADW (as opposed to a Youbet, for example), it's essentially getting an additional piece of the same pie (a piece that it would not get if the bet were placed through another ADW - and Churchill has prohibited other ADWs from taking its signal). The horsemen are asking Churchill to give up some portion of the piece that Churchill doesn't currently have. That seems to be fairly reasonable to me.