Posted on 07/30/2018 11:49:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Edited on 07/30/2018 12:38:18 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)
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“The electronic gaming machines allow people to bet on races that have already taken place.”
How does that work?
That’s what I wondered.
Did you ever see The Sting?
Yeah but it’s been awhile.
What could go wrong?
How does that work?
Well, lots of luck finding the results. And I’ll “bet” they are not using stake races.
DRF only archives results for about 2 weeks. You’d have to find old copies of racing forms or local papers that print results (fat chance in the last 20 years). There is a wonderful site that archives DRFs but they still haven’t put up anything since the ‘50s.
IOW, have fun finding the results.
And for all we know, all they do is display the race itself without even any names, much less date/track/#. No info at all is possible.
Some William Hill casinos in Vegas allow people to bet on fictitious cartoon races that show horses with made up names racing each other with the animated graphics then showing the race take place.
Realize that doesn’t really answer the question of how this works. With this Louisville past race betting idea.
If people can bet on a fictitious race though, some way of betting on a past race maybe seems less far fetched.
With a predetermined result the participants maybe can’t change the result to beat someone’s money, as they may be able to do with live racing.
That sounds plausible.
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