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![]() MP was busy today with new people that were excited about being at the track.. If the State needs to supplement the purses to the tune of 10 or 20 mil so be it.. Racing needed a jump start and the state investing 20 or 30 mil over the next few years to keep the excitement makes sense.. VLT at MP or Freehold DONT!
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They doubled last years OPENING DAY! You are right, Wednesday the place will be empty... |
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![]() Is that you tied for second after day 1 of the Survival at the Shore contest?
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![]() They are making enough to approve $16 million for an off track betting venue in Bayonne. That is Jeter money
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![]() Assume they made $4 or $5 million. Subtract that from the money the state supposedly lost on the tracks and the total is now 25% lower. We hear that racing is fighting for its survival in NJ yet a entity that supposedly only made a few million dollars statewide last year is going to pony up $16 million for another better parlor? Ok.
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![]() Sure all 17 of them
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![]() Tomorrow's card also looks very bettable. That Spend A Buck Stakes has a bevy of options, and who doesn't love $82k NJ-bred races? $75k maidens? Monmouth is so onto something.
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![]() Increasing the handle at ANY track has been extremely challenging for the last two plus years. The majority of tracks have seen a decline. For Monmouth to double there handle that they had last year in this marketpalce is unheard of.
Today was a huge success for Monmouth. They are either on something or onto something and I think they are onto something brilliant with what they have done to this meet. 100 k plus carryover on the .50 cent pick five another brilliant idea. |
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![]() Boutique meets can work if you force the slot states that had horrendous racing before the slots out of the game.
Indiana and West Virginia should stick to John Mellencamp concerts and jug-blowing. |
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![]() I know an increase of 100% in handle and attendence is great news. Being the "doubting Thomas" that I am about NJ racing as I have seen it decline steadily since the NJSEA took over from the Hess Family. My question is how much did the handle increase on a per race basis? How many races were run last year on opening day versus this year. Lets not forget that Monmouth will have significantly fewer racing days while offering nearly the same amount of races. I would think the critical metric is handle per race rather than handle per day.
On the bright side I'm sure it is up but is it truly up 100%?
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![]() ok. i'll put it into your narrow little context. the handle doubled and 8,000 more people showed up. this was not good enough. the crowd should of tripled and the handle quadrupled....yeah, thats more of a realistic view. without that, the media should of reported that opening day at monmouth was a failure......there , does that make you happy. while you are at it, stick a fork in monmouth...its over, people ONLY bet 4.5 million more this year on opening day! i better go jump off a bridge.
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![]() it's only one day. i'd wait a while to see how it all unfolds before declaring it a huge success.
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2010: 13 races, 126 runners, $9,357,444 ($720k/race; $74.2k/horse)
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![]() and see what it does to the other tracks across the nation.
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