For quite a period now, the future of harness racing in North America has been closely aligned with the Casino Industry.
To overcome restrictions on setting up stand alone Casinos, a lot of operators have set up Casinos at thoroughbred and harness racing venues.
State governments have required the Casino Operators to support and promote the racing product due to the racing industry being so job intensive which affects everybody's bottom line if they were to fold due to the competition from the Casinos.
To get around these restrictions, some Casino Operators have come up with some clever race programming to kill off the racing side of their business.
Devise a program schedule that is light on money and very prescriptive as to the race conditions and you make it impossible for racing to survive long term.
It is an outcome that some casino operators are trying to achieve.
The video below summed up the overall position very nicely.
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