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Old 09-24-2009, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by dean smith
Maybe I live in some kind of degenerate fantasy land, but you can't possibly think that new fans of racing won't bet as well. Without the betting, there is no interest. It's like when Teri Garr asked, "why can't you just all enjoy the races and not bet on them?" (or something like that) and everybody just laughed. That's funny because it's true. Who would do that?

Then why do people go to NASCAR events and watch cars lap around an oval track 300 times? Where is the fun in that if no betting is involved? Yet NASCAR is more wildly popular than Horse Racing.
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