| While the majority of horse races are honest | | | | betting services by a group or syndicate that has |
| races the temptation to fix a race and profit | | | | arranged the fix. |
| from it is going to get the best of some people | | | | The way they manage to put it over on the |
| from time to time. So as in anything else involving | | | | people who run those offshore betting services, |
| human beings and money, there is a certain | | | | which are illegal as far as the United States |
| amount of larceny in horse racing. I don't think it | | | | Government is concerned, by the way, is to set |
| means you should stop betting on races for that | | | | up multiple accounts that appear to the betting |
| reason only, but that you should be cautious. | | | | service or offshore sportsbook as legitimate |
| I often heard howls of pain and disbelief after a | | | | accounts held by individuals in the US or some |
| horse race and cries of foul and fixed race, too. | | | | other country. They try to weed out accounts |
| That is unavoidable because some people just | | | | that are opened with false ID's but many times |
| can't face the fact that they lost and they made | | | | the people who fix the races have access to |
| the wrong choices. Sometimes we even make | | | | good false ID's that appear real to the |
| the right choices and lose. | | | | sportsbook. |
| How can you make the right choices and lose? If | | | | They then make bets on the horse or horses |
| you know that a particular bet wins about a third | | | | they know will win the race and cash on them |
| of the time and pays a profit of 15% ROI and | | | | through all those accounts. Sportsbooks may be |
| you bet on that situation every time it arises, that | | | | suspicious of the fact that so many people bet a |
| means that for every three races you bet on, | | | | longshot and against a favorite and all got lucky |
| you will lose two. That is not uncommon in horse | | | | on the same race, but they usually honor the |
| racing handicapping and betting. | | | | bets because they don't want a bad reputation. It |
| It takes a certain amount of discipline and stoicism | | | | is hard enough getting people to gamble through |
| to handle that kind of life, but it is the only way | | | | them without appearing to be welschers. |
| to come out ahead in the long run. Whoever said | | | | If someone is going to fix a race, the best way |
| that gamblers play the horses for instant | | | | to do it is to get one or two jockeys to stiff a |
| gratification, didn't know what he was talking | | | | big favorite. Then they can either bet the logical |
| about. Good horseplayers who grind it out, race | | | | contenders, or for more insurance, in a short field, |
| after race, have to have the patience of Job. | | | | just buy off all the jockeys. Most jockeys are |
| So how in the world can you tell before a race if | | | | honest hard working people who value their |
| it is fixed? Don't bother looking at the odds board | | | | licenses and won't stiff a horse. So that is a very |
| because that will not tell the story. When the fix | | | | difficult way to go. |
| is in, the money isn't dumped into the pari mutuel | | | | My advice is, if you don't want to bet on a stiff |
| pools at the track where everyone, including the | | | | race, don't bet on a horse going off at less than |
| racing secretary and other officials could see it. | | | | 2-1. That is the very horse that might be stiffed. |
| Sometimes a fixed race is bet in the offshore | | | | |