I had a good friend, who taught me a great deal about how to wager in Florida. He did not bet greys. He was a different kind of guy and I've never met anyone who was more into compiling statistics. I'm going back a few years, but at this time Hialeah increased their takeout to 25% on straight bets and 28% on exotics. I told my mentor: "I'm not betting there with that kind of takeout." and he said "why does that bother you? The odds are posted on the tote board, if the return isn't fair don't bet." Which of course was his way of saying, "You can always find value".

The doctors told him he needed a heart by pass and he researched heart disease and changed his diet completely. He ate sprouts and greens and no meat at all. He was playing basketball when I left Florida and he was NOT a young man. When we hit and celebrated we'd drink coffee instead of beer. Half of what I know I learned from him, the other half I attribute to TGraph.

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