Fix Six Quote of the day 11-15

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This is a nice review of some of the past Fix Six quotes from the infamous Donald Groth. These are even more outrageous in retrospect than they were when first uttered, which is saying a lot. You can draw your own conclusions.

These came from a column by Richard Eng - http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Nov-15-Fri-2002/sports/20072132.html

Enjoy!

Chris

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The Breeders\' Cup Pick 6 scandal is three weeks old. There is one person who has emerged as arrogant, confrontational and expedient.

No, it\'s not one of the three alleged perpetrators -- Derrick Davis, Glen DaSilva or Chris Harn. The person is Donald Groth, president of Catskill Off Track Betting in Pomona, N.Y.

Groth has damaged the credibility of thoroughbred racing as much as those charged with the crime. His comments representing Catskill OTB and the racing industry should come under scrutiny.

For instance, on the first day of the scandal, Groth told the Daily Racing Form, \"I know why you\'re suspicious, but that\'s not my job. I\'m familiar enough with the customer (Davis) that I believe this is legitimate.\"

In reality, Groth never met Davis. Days later, Groth claimed in the Albany Times-Union he was misquoted.

Then he said, \"I don\'t want to second-guess the investigation of the state, but all they should discover is that he was a lucky guy who had a lucky day.\"
 
After Harn came under suspicion and was fired from his senior programmer job at Autotote, Groth said: \"The good news is that it seems it wasn\'t a Catskill OTB incident. It was an industry incident.\"
 
When Churchill Downs launched broad changes in how they will conduct simulcast wagering, one edict was to not accept bets from phone account systems that didn\'t have a backup recording device. Only two outlets in the United States were guilty of this. One was Groth\'s Catskill OTB.

If Catskill OTB had a recording device, the horses used in the bets made by Davis and DaSilva would be known. If the horses differed from those on the winning Pick 4 and Pick 6 wagers, the trio would be dead to rights.

Groth since has disabled the touch-tone portion of Catskill OTB phone betting. Account holders must now bet through phone clerks.
Groth has told the media he gave two names -- Davis and DaSilva -- to investigators from the New York State Racing and Wagering Board. Groth also said Catskill OTB already was investigating their accounts.

On Tuesday, according to documents filed by federal prosecutors in U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y., Davis and DaSilva made big scores shortly after setting up their Catskill OTB accounts.

DaSilva opened his account the morning of Oct. 3. That night, he won a $1,851 Pick 4 at Balmoral Park in Crete, Ill. What made the win unusual was he singled the first two winners, then bet all-all in legs three and four.

Two days later, DaSilva won a Belmont Park Pick 6 eight times. Each ticket was worth $13,070. The structure of the bet should have raised red flags all over New York. DaSilva bet a $16 unit Pick 6 with four singles to all-all. This \"T\" shape is similar to the Breeders\' Cup Pick 6 wager.
On Oct. 7, DaSilva requested $80,000 from Catskill OTB. They promptly mailed him a check, which he deposited Oct. 15 at a Citibank branch in New York.

Davis opened his Catskill OTB account Oct. 18. His first wager was on the Breeders\' Cup Pick 6 on Oct. 26. He bet a $12 unit Pick 6 with four singles to all-all.

Groth, in his on-going \"investigation,\" paid DaSilva his $104,560 Belmont Park win and wanted to pay Davis his $3.1 million win, but the Breeders\' Cup held up the money transfer from Arlington Park.