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"Fantastic!" exclaimed Howard Samuels, president of New York City's Off-Track Betting Corp. "Another big winner." Samuels, who likes to refer to himself as Howie the Horse, was not speaking of Cañonero IIs stunning victory in the Preakness, the second jewel in racing's Triple...
Fun, maybe, for the plungers who put their money on Cañonero II, which paid $12.80 at O.T.B. as opposed to $8.80 at the track. But for Samuels and O.T.B., the first six weeks of operation have been something less than a lark. Like a mudder on macadam, O.T.B...
Piece of the Action. Grandiose is the word for some of Samuels' other dreams. Aware that in New York City today about 90% of the bets made with bookies are on sports other than horse racing, he would dearly like to get a piece of that action as well...
Off-track betting may soon be everywhere. Already several states-Pennsylvania, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut-have sent delegations to study how New York plays the ponies. Howie the Horse is more than willing to pass on his expertise-for a fee, of course. Indeed, the purely commercial aspect of O.T.B...
The Standardbred Owners Association, for one, feels that O.T.B. is getting too much of the recreation dollar. Fearful that O.T.B. will reduce betting at the tracks, they are urging that 2% of the corporation's handle be applied to the purses to maintain their present level. Under the present...