Interesting but not unexpected reaction to comments from Peter Carlino,
chief executive officer of Penn National Gaming Inc., regarding
racetrack gaming.
… The reference to horseplayers being dead was a red herring; slots
players die, too. His overall point seems to have been missed: The slots
welfare system is doomed to fail without changes—changes that can be
readily made if horsemen and tracks work together. … Yes, PNGI could do
itself a big favor by embracing horse racing rather than looking like it
doesn’t care, but the bottom line is this: The guy, for the most part,
is right...
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