NYRA strikes back; Will float OTB takeover..

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

What does having 66 outlets have to do with betting $$$? The betting public didnt hold a gun to their head to open those 66 outlets. NYOTB serves as a political patronage heaven which is why they are broke, not because their isnt enough money being bet.

[richard]

Excellent post Cannon . Mr Frucher apparently has no idea what it takes to present a horse for a race . It is more involved than rolling out of bed and sitting behind a counter at otb .

[pmacdaddy]

Some interesting points here regarding just how "bad" NYCOTB has it - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...act_id=1527145

[pick4]

Originally Posted by pmacdaddy

Some interesting points here regarding just how "bad" NYCOTB has it - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...act_id=1527145

Thank's for posting this link. Ben Liebman paints a perfect picture of how NYCOTB is so full of baloney.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Probably not telling NY'ers anything new, but this time last year I hit a Pick 4 while at Aqueduct, tried to cash the ticket at West Islip before we got on the plane - no dice - had to wait until my summer trip to Saratoga to cash it - turns out you can't even cash the Nassau tickets in Suffolk county and vice versa and none of them cash NYRA tickets... Frigin' amazing

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Probably not telling NY'ers anything new, but this time last year I hit a Pick 4 while at Aqueduct, tried to cash the ticket at West Islip before we got on the plane - no dice - had to wait until my summer trip to Saratoga to cash it - turns out you can't even cash the Nassau tickets in Suffolk county and vice versa and none of them cash NYRA tickets... Frigin' amazing

nyra and otb are 2 different entities when it comes to cashing

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by gales0678

nyra and otb are 2 different entities when it comes to cashing

yup - hard to believe that there is no reciprocity between them - check that, what am I thinking?