My question is why are other (all tracks) failing to form their own ADWs–and that would be in particular for such threatened tracks as Fairmount and River Downs, and WHY is Twin Spires Et. Al. confining its online advertising mostly to horse related sites instead of taking out full blown video adds on ESPN and the like, etc. If our industry business problem is “revenue” why is there such a lag in pursuing the obvious, which is on line wagering?

I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer about this stuff, that’s why I read your blog. But it seems to me if Churchill is operating in debt and already have an internet wagering service, why would they want to acquire a dogged company like youbet? Seems to me that trying to compete with a behemoth company like the one that owns TVG, isn’t wise in this climate where handles are down and don’t look to improve any time soon.

Thanks for your blog