Re: dumb weighters ......actual indictment (418 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: September 22, 2005 10:21AM
Asfufh:
Thank you for posting the full indictment and the other articles you've posted recently.
My feeling is that the activity Sclafani and Baeza were indicted for is going on every day at every racetrack in the country. The only thing that is missing in these other jurisdictions is a publicity hungry public servant.
Had to laugh at the indictment itself, which is worded rather poorly. According to the indictment, Sclafani and Baeza "...deprived bettors of hundreds of thousands of dollars by misrepresenting the jockey's weights" [the only way to "deprive" bettors of money is to siphon money from the pari-mutuel pools, and only racetrack and the state can do this (takeout)] "and thereby tricked said bettors into betting on said horses". Nice to know that when I lose a bet, I am merely the victim of a clever ruse, and not a bad handicapper.
Kasept... I appreciate your passion for the human side of this.