Slot Machines Won’t Save Tracks

The fact of the matter is that you can give the racetracks slot machines but it won’t make people like racing any more than they already do. Slot machines do not make racing fans, racing makes racing fans It is unfortunate that most tracks don’t seem to realize this simple fact.
 
Time and time again we see slot machines brought in to help an ailing track for they say that it is the competition that is killing them. They say that slot machines are not a problem in as long as they are allowed to have them to – but they can’t compete without them. So the tracks bring in slot machines and they get people to come to their tracks – but not to watch the horses; they come to play the slot machines.
 
If a track is having problems keeping their doors open, they should either find a way to entice people to come, or they should close their doors. By adding in slot machines they are not helping the racetrack, they are making a casino.
 
It is tough when faced with having to lay people off and to tell them that they just couldn’t make a go of it. Everyone is aware of this – but it is also dishonest to say that the slot machines are helping the track stay open because it is no longer really a track.  The horse racing industry may simply be one of those things that has lived its time and now has to go away. But adding in more slot machines is not the solution it is simply a band aid on a gaping wound.

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