Word: parimutuels
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...would not only have to render less unto Caesar but also-with luck-Caesar might render something unto them. In New York, a state lottery for the support of education received overwhelming endorsement, while in New Jersey, night harness racing was approved, opening the track-and the heavily taxed parimutuel windows-to many people who could not make it in the daytime...
...favorites, but they generally have little experience running on grass-particularly at the classic European distance of H miles. Going into last week's 15th International, foreign horses had won the race seven times. None of that stopped bettors from pouring $446,699 into Laurel's parimutuel machines, most of it on Assagai...
...parimutuel betting had been permitted (it wasn't) at the Du Quoin State Fair Grounds, Dancer's Noble Victory would have been the odds-on favorite...
...without a purse was as dreary as dancing without music So betting slowly crept back to the links, and today members in hundreds of clubs across the country are watching fellow golfers practice putts with more than a casual interest. Many clubs are playing it safe, allowing only modest parimutuel bets; others have returned to the auctions of old, only slightly toned down. Wary in some cases of local ordinances against gambling while drinking (most Calcutta auctions are held after dinner parties), nervous about the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Calcuttas are gambling operations and therefore subject...
Tucked into West Virginia's nubby Blue Ridge Mountains, Charles Town was built in 1933, survived the Depression to become one of the nation's most successful small tracks: its parimutuel machines handle an average of $340,000 each day of the three-month winter meeting. Old-timers fondly recall the track's early years, when races were rigged, payoff prices were faked, and a nearby electrical shop offered specialties for jockeys: "A little battery to stimulate your own horse, or a dynamo big enough to electrocute the rest of the field...