Mob manipulation? Really?
How much are they stealing each day? There's no money in the pools.
I'm not sure there are any of those type of "mob guys" you mention left to shake the money out.
As for Maine, how exactly do you manipulate a $1000 win pool?
As for Cal Expo, they manipulated themselves to be just about out of business.
It's easy to do when the next harness track is 850 miles away. They need every horse and every scumbag horseman to get in.
This game isn't even a shell of its former self. It's a shell of a shell.