Video Slots at Aqueduct

So it looks like the Big A will have video slots and I think this is a good thing. Lets look at what has been happening in New York with regards to horses and why it is a good thing for New York racing.

In case you didn't know I am one of those guys that love to go to the track on a miserable rainy Tuesday as opposed to a sunny big stakes day. What has happened in New York is they are having a hard time getting horses to run here. With the slots installed at Delaware they upped the purses for these horses. Instead of running your horse in a $25,000 claiming race in New York you could get in a $30,000 race in Delaware. If you own a horse this is a no brainer.

If I owned horses I would set up all my horses in Delaware as it is probably cheaper and the track would be in better shape in the winter as It is a little warmer there usually.

The Big A should have put video slots in years ago. New York is such a red tape town sometimes. Sure putting slots in will hurt Atlantic city a little bit but not that much.

What this also did is open up the track to more people as wives and younger people will want to go to the track. It will no longer be just a place for old men. Sorry guys but that's the truth.

It reminds me of when I went to Jai Alia in Florida. There was nothing but old people and it was very stale atmosphere. They put in a poker room and the place is now the to go place in Dania. Young and old, women and men all playing poker.

It will be good once they get the slots going at Aqueduct. It will allow New York racing to keep some better horses and give a better atmosphere to the track. I am just glad that it is MGM running the slots as NYRA doesn't have clue as to what they are doing.