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...three favorites. A forecast bet is similar to a quinel-la in the U.S., that is, picking the first two finishers in order. They did their job so well that only a single ticket was sold on the winning combination of Buckwheat and Handsome Lass, and the pari-mutuel payoff came to nearly...
...Florida ever leaves a time capsule for future generations, it will probably be filled with losing pari-mutuel tick ets. SEE YOU AT TROPICAL PARK-EXCITING TWIN DOUBLE, read roadside billboards. DOG RACING HOLLYWOOD KENNEL CLUB TONIGHT. There is no state income tax and no funded debt; almost five percent of the annual state budget is financed by revenues from gambling. Florida boasts four horse tracks and more dog tracks (17) than any other state. What's more, it is the only place in the U.S. that permits pari-mutuel betting on human beings...
...show) or on combinations called quinielas and correctas. Betting is not on a par with the ponies, but a well-placed $3 on a long-shot combination can bring back more than $1,200. And each year 1,400,000 fans pour $41 million into the frontons' pari-mutuel machines (the state's cut: $2,300,000). Lounging behind a protective wire screen, the fans sip daiquiris and cheer wildly for players whose names they cannot pronounce. "Come on, Choo Choo!" they yell to Churruca, an acrobatic Basque whose specialty is running straight up a side wall...
...Friday night crowd at Long Island's Roosevelt Raceway was in a festive mood. In the grandstand, beer cans rattled and pari-mutuel machines beat a steady thunk, thunk, thunk. In the Cloud Casino, champagne corks popped and waiters served steaks. For some, it was just a night at the races. But most were drawn there by a fantasy of instant wealth...
...Berry, who told a ministerial association that it need not fear that racing would lure prostitutes, since "we already got plenty of prostitutes to meet the demands." A subcommittee of the Iowa legislature has favorably reported a racing bill. In Idaho, where at least five previous legislatures passed a pari-mutuel law only to see Governors veto it, the present legislature recently overrode Governor Robert Smylie's veto. But Smylie contends that the law violates the state constitution, so far has refused to appoint a racing commission to get things going. Some states are eying the potentially huge take...