Originally Posted by
Dark Horse
If that is true I'd like to see some evidence. I always thought it was the Vegas lobby. I also suspect they're behind the mostly unfounded negative publicity against horse racing, earlier this year in the NY Times. Clearly a bought-and-paid-for article, but by who? Turns out tracks can get themselves out of the hard times by putting slot machines, etc, on the premises. Suddenly everything turns around. Bigger purses, better races, etc. Good times are back. The only guys who wouldn't want to see that, or anything that would keep people from flying into Vegas? By comparison, the NFL has no reason at all to go against gambling. What for? They know 'everybody' bets on the games. Cutting off gambling would cut the audience in half.