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Tom LaMarra wrote a terrific piece in the Bloodhorse on high volume bettors. This business is slowly learning about takeout,…
January 14 2012, 7:33am | Visit source ›
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December Handle Numbers Buck The Trend BUT...........
If only a 17.88% increase in handle in December was an apples to apples increase compared with December 2010. First…
January 9 2012, 9:09am | Visit source ›
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Let's end the week on a happy note. Those takeout cutters and hard-workers at Balmoral had some good news to…
December 9 2011, 1:41pm | Visit source ›
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Horse Racing's Churn Rate Gets Annihilated
For as long as we all can remember, horse racing's publicized churn rate (the number of times you as a…
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Horseplayers Association of North AmericaDecember 6 2011, 7:29am | Visit source ›
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Tampa Takeout Rates and Handle
There's some fine work going on over at Equinometry regarding takeout rates and betting handles. We all know that lower…
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Horseplayers Association of North AmericaNovember 17 2011, 9:06am | Visit source ›
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Throughout the early part of the decade (and continuing to this day), the response from racing with regards to offshore…
November 15 2011, 2:48pm | Visit source ›
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Handle is up. No wait, handle is down
Confused? You won't be after this episode of SOAP Remember THIS show?: http://youtube/OSaNWYHmUvI "Santa Anita Finishes Meet Strong." The above…
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Horseplayers Association of North AmericaNovember 8 2011, 9:57am | Visit source ›
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If you're like many horseplayers who want to bet horses in competitive fields at a fair price, and consider what…
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Horseplayers Association of North AmericaOctober 14 2011, 7:50am | Visit source ›
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Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, the seaside oval that entertainment icon Bing Crosby and his Hollywood pals began in 1937, once again put on a sparkling show, wrapping up its 72nd…
September 8 2011, 4:10pm | Visit source ›
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Getting A Handle On Handle Drops
Total handle was down a whopping 12.3% in August, as horse racing continues with a deer in the headlights approach.…
September 7 2011, 1:41pm | Visit source ›
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About 2PM today, the S&P turned downwards, with traders worried about an overbought market on light volume, especially with the…
September 1 2011, 5:16pm | Visit source ›
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Some interesting numbers at Del Mar
Consider this: There was $390,684 in the pick five pool Sunday at Del Mar. This is a bet that carries a low 14 percent takeout. It's also a bet that,…
August 15 2011, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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WHERE DID THE PARI-MUTUEL HANDLE GO?
U. S. pari-mutuel handle peaked in 2003 at $15.2 billion and dipped in 2010 to $11.1 billion. As a result,…
August 6 2011, 8:00am | Visit source ›
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Nothing Much New, Except For The HANA Ratings
Parimutuel handle down 5% in June, close to 8% for the year Where is the bottom? Players continue to die…
July 9 2011, 7:43am | Visit source ›
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IT MUST BE THE ECONOMY Well, that is the excuse that seems to be prevalent over in California, as the…
July 1 2011, 6:10am | Visit source ›
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California Handle Losses Drag Industry Down in '11
Equibase reports that May handle was off by 8% and US handles are off about $400 million in 2011 overall.Fortunately,…
June 4 2011, 12:49pm | Visit source ›
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U.S. pari-mutuel handle falls again in May, this time by nearly 8%
Wagering on U.S. continued its downward spiral in May, with a decline of 7.80% from May 2010. Unlike several previous…
June 4 2011, 7:20am | Visit source ›
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Lower Base Wager = High Handle
In today’s Daily Racing Form, Steve Anderson brings to light that the .50 cent Pick 5 wager has supplanted the…
May 14 2011, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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Santa Anita meet’s closed on Sunday and its numbers didn’t tell a happy story. David Milch’s racetrack drama probably won’t…
April 19 2011, 3:19pm | Visit source ›
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Santa Anita Meet Numbers: Total Handle Down $122.9 Million
The Santa Anita meet has concluded. Because there are no hard-numbers published, a HANA member who has been compiling betting…
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Horseplayers Association of North AmericaApril 18 2011, 9:47am | Visit source ›
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Wagering declines outpace year-to-date numbers
The downward trend in pari-mutuel wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred races continued in March, with a 9.96% drop in total…
April 4 2011, 9:21am | Visit source ›
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