BitPlayer Wrote:
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> I'd be surprised if the stewards did not have a
> hand in this. The rule is a NYS Gaming Commission
> rule and is thus subject to the stewards'
> interpretation.
>
> One problem is that "known to the public" is
> subject to a variety of interpretations. Given
> that the announcement was made only shortly before
> the close of betting, what do we do about players
> who are at other tracks, at simulcast centers, or
> have briefly left Living Room Downs to grab a
> beer? How long before the close of betting does
> an announcement have to be made at the track in
> order for most of the betting public to have heard
> about it and had time to react? I'm not a fan of
> the NYRA stewards, but this was not an easy
> situation.
>
> The real question is what took so long to make the
> decision to take the remaining races off the turf.
> I had an LOL moment when I read someone's post
> about possibly moving the races to Finger Lakes,
> but there was also an element of truth in it.
> Given the Churchill Downs precedent, NYRA must
> have been worried about being forced to suspend
> racing (either on the turf or completely) and
> "round up the usual suspects" if any more problems
> occurred on Sunday.

Okay, then that makes it even more simple. Whoever is the Czar of NYS horseracing is to blame because that person is the moron that hired a bunch of morons. If there is no Czar of NYS horseracing, then it is Governor Hochul's fault. I don't really understand why blame is relevant. Somebody wants us to entrust them with our gaming dollars. Whoever that is. That person (whoever it is that wants us to bet with them) cannot simply take our money, act like idiots, and then expect us to come back for more abuse.

The real problem I am having is that people at NYRA and NYRA Bets don't even think anything went wrong. They don't even understand why a bettor would never want to bet again if things like this can happen. That is what the real problem is.

I actually admit it is a tricky and difficult situation. But there needs to be an adult in the room who can at least say something like - okay, there is a lot of uncertainty, we cannot take peoples' bets in uncertainty, so we just cancel those pools. That would have been very logical and nobody would have had a complaint. Okay, so there was no adult in the room and they did the wrong thing. But after the dust has cleared, somebody should be acknowledging that something wrong happened and suggesting that they would do something about it. They depend on us trusting them and they act like we should just trust them blindly. They should be worried about us losing faith in them and working on regaining trust.