Of course, he's right , and anyone who played a decent winning game decades ago is fully aware of this .

Game will always be beatable, the question is , how often and for how much. That number has dwindled on both counts.

fwiw, that goodthing shipper from OP ... CAW or layoff money or the combo, your winning exacta ? 70 to 21 at the bell. If you had that , you were not happy. Trifecta, also came back pretty light considering.