Word: bucci
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wonderland has fallen upon some toughtimes. the track is on a pace to handle $170million in wagers this year, far short of its $200million target. "Nationwide, the paramutuels aregetting beaten up pretty good and New England hasbeen the hardest hit," Bucci says. "People justdon't have the leisure money they had in the late'80s. Hopefully, the economy will turn aroundsoon." Even if it does, Wonderland will have tocontend with stiff local competition for thegambling dollar. there are dogs at Raynham Parkthoroughbreds at Rockingham Park. there's thelargest state lottery in the country. There's alsoSuffolk Downs just a mile...
...Bucci's solution is simple: legalizeout-of-state simulcasting in Massachusetts. Thenwonderland could attract additional customer bytelevising closed-circuit racing events, as italready does with high- profile boxing matches androck concerts. "This is the electronic age," Buccisays. "You've got to let us bring the product tothe people...
Problem is, the logical extension of Bucci'ssolution is to bring the product directly to thepeople. Beam high-profile races into their ownliving rooms. Let them phone in their bets fromhome. Technologically, it can be done. And thatcould be the end of the Wonderland. If peoplecould stay home and bet, why would they want tocome to the track...
...apparent contradictions which pervade O-Positive's music are even present in the band's promotional material. Stephanie Bucci, the band's publicist, explains in a press release that the name of the group's new album is representative of themes present in their music...