tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post184278111511663479..comments2024-01-17T03:17:36.984-05:00Comments on Horseplayers Association of North America: The Big SqueezeHANAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17545107814723134177noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-41722324079770044022010-02-18T11:02:46.441-05:002010-02-18T11:02:46.441-05:00Those in favor of incremental lowering of the take...Those in favor of incremental lowering of the takeout rates, in all the pools, all of the time, keep fighting the good fight.<br /><br />No business should be putting up slots to hold off the inevitable demise of localized live racing.<br /><br />What is going to happen when regional overstaturation of slots impact on racetracks projection in a few short years.? They'll be back to square oneThe_Knight_Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497100877439699363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-51616270340234000422010-02-16T10:04:11.423-05:002010-02-16T10:04:11.423-05:00The more you grow the pie the bigger your pockets ...The more you grow the pie the bigger your pockets are perceived at which time more people come after you. Useless independent monitoring; charge the Tote company who charges the ADW and marks it up. SAS70 requirements charge the tote company who then charges the ADW and mark's it up. Hundred thousand dollar background investigations of new ADW's is not a matter of getting big bucks from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-57739626336952269352010-02-15T16:18:04.428-05:002010-02-15T16:18:04.428-05:00Anon 9:59, as anon 12:55 states, the cost to the i...Anon 9:59, as anon 12:55 states, the cost to the industry has nothing to do with the optimum amount that can be received by the industry.<br />This is about gambling, and all forms of gambling have an optimum price where the industry stands to make the most money from its customers.<br /><br />Everything in the NBA and NFL ticket pricing is determined by optimum pricing. What their customers areCangamblehttp://www.cangamble.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-88915283941321053192010-02-15T12:55:41.570-05:002010-02-15T12:55:41.570-05:00Anon,
Las Vegas has cooks, and bellhops and $3B v...Anon,<br /><br />Las Vegas has cooks, and bellhops and $3B venues, and machines, and heat, AC and light and taxes and government interference and unions, and dealers and bartenders and waitresses and executives, and spa personnel............. but they are advised to cut their slots takeout to grow business.<br /><br />If they grow their pie, the cooks and light and heat and everything else gets Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-71533749116373335382010-02-15T09:59:28.538-05:002010-02-15T09:59:28.538-05:00You guys sound like a broken record. Reduce take o...You guys sound like a broken record. Reduce take out, players win more, players play more, players bring more family and friends to the betting venue. Sounds so simple, right?<br /><br />Wrong! These businesses are getting squeezed as well. Increased local government taxes. Increased federal government taxes. Horsemen want bigger piece of the pie. Jockey’s want bigger piece of the pie. Breeders, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-47547031267069840382010-02-14T13:21:09.416-05:002010-02-14T13:21:09.416-05:00It is important also to note, to those who think p...It is important also to note, to those who think people don't care what the takeout is in horse racing, the same holds even more true for those in a casino, who generally have no clue what the hold is. But takeout affects all regardless if they know why they are losing faster or not.<br />The other thing is that when people return less, the less likely they are to bring others. You get a Cangamblenoreply@blogger.com