I must be getting old - I remember when people used to post piks/handicap

[shanahan]

seems like a long time ago...

[JoseOcon]

I have lost interest, 5 months without play.  Mostly related with takeout, need for stronger rules/transparency.  In addition I live in Mexico, and taxes are applied for all winning tickets, plus maximum pay is capped at $1,500 USD for a winning ticket... (a $5,000 trifecta will be capped at $1,000, to $1,500 per dollar)

the good thing is, that I live at the border zone with El Paso, TX; and, I will go to Sunland Park race track to make some WPS bets for the Kentucky Derby... don\'t want to bet exotics, tax for non-residents is around 30% for exotic bets

If you see all this, it doesn\'t make sense to bet on the horses.  Sad, since I like to handicap a lot

Jose

[Topcat]

JoseOcon Wrote:
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> I have lost interest, 5 months without play.
> Mostly related with takeout, need for stronger
> rules/transparency.  In addition I live in Mexico,
> and taxes are applied for all winning tickets,
> plus maximum pay is capped at $1,500 USD for a
> winning ticket... (a $5,000 trifecta will be
> capped at $1,000, to $1,500 per dollar)
>
> the good thing is, that I live at the border zone
> with El Paso, TX; and, I will go to Sunland Park
> race track to make some WPS bets for the Kentucky
> Derby... don\'t want to bet exotics, tax for
> non-residents is around 30% for exotic bets
>
> If you see all this, it doesn\'t make sense to bet
> on the horses.  Sad, since I like to handicap a
> lot
>
> Jose


No excuses needed, given those punitive taxation levels.   It\'s almost as bad as the cumulative taxation applied through each step involved in chasing huge lottery payoffs --- you\'re beaten, before you start.