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Title: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: pocketrocketwinner on April 22, 2025, 10:23:10 PM
From win pool only. Just like NYRA.
Decision was absolutely necessary. Skewed exotic prices will be a certaintly. Get prepared
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Yonkers1A on April 23, 2025, 07:12:22 AM
From win pool only. Just like NYRA.
Decision was absolutely necessary. Skewed exotic prices will be a certaintly. Get prepared

It’s a start, all pools for CAW’s should close 2 minutes to post
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Papillon on April 23, 2025, 07:22:40 AM
It’s a start, all pools for CAW’s should close 2 minutes to post


that would disable their "pool analysis"--negating their edge--and they wouldnt play

massive handle loss if you do that

at least in the win pool-you now will have some idea of a horses off odds--but the pickpocketing still occurs in exotics and horizontals

its just not a good look for a horse to drop from 9/2 to 3/5 at the half

NYRA did this in 2018 when Firenze Fire went from 9/2 to 6/5 in the Dwyer stakes way after the race started

Mohawk should try this
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: SwankToliverA on April 23, 2025, 10:26:31 AM

that would disable their "pool analysis"--negating their edge--and they wouldnt play

massive handle loss if you do that

at least in the win pool-you now will have some idea of a horses off odds--but the pickpocketing still occurs in exotics and horizontals

its just not a good look for a horse to drop from 9/2 to 3/5 at the half

NYRA did this in 2018 when Firenze Fire went from 9/2 to 6/5 in the Dwyer stakes way after the race started

Mohawk should try this


Last Friday at Woodbine a horse was 3/1 at post time and same odds going around the oval. Horse won and ended up 3/5 after the race. Smh
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Scooteroo on April 23, 2025, 10:40:19 AM
What ticks me off the most is when I play a 2-1 shot right before the start and it winds up at 4-5 and loses. There's no way I would have bet the horse at 4-5.
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Brown jug on April 23, 2025, 11:06:10 AM
swank
if you have the name and details make a claim with the agco
at least then its on file
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Kenny on April 23, 2025, 11:19:37 AM
It’s a start, all pools for CAW’s should close 2 minutes to post

I have been proposing for a long time that wagering should end a post time and the starting gate should not move until after wagering is shut off. If that is not enough time, then the starting gate could wait 2 minutes or more to start moving. That solves more than one problem.  If wagering is shut off at post time, there is not benefit to have post time drag.
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Papillon on April 23, 2025, 11:30:15 AM
swank
if you have the name and details make a claim with the agco
at least then its on file

AGCO knows Elite Turf Club is doing this
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Papillon on April 23, 2025, 11:52:29 AM
I have been proposing for a long time that wagering should end a post time and the starting gate should not move until after wagering is shut off. If that is not enough time, then the starting gate could wait 2 minutes or more to start moving. That solves more than one problem.  If wagering is shut off at post time, there is not benefit to have post time drag.

if the industry stopping betting after the race--there would be a massive handle loss that they are not willing to absorb
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: seriously on April 23, 2025, 12:24:40 PM
They put up a new mailbox at the crack/murder rape house on the other side of town.  Much better!

The "optics" of win odds dropping is hardly the first thing I would suggest fixing in harness racing.

Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Papillon on April 23, 2025, 12:32:15 PM
They put up a new mailbox at the crack/murder rape house on the other side of town.  Much better!

The "optics" of win odds dropping is hardly the first thing I would suggest fixing in harness racing.

that may be true--but seriously, Mr. Seriously-it needs to be recognized more than it is now
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Kenny on April 23, 2025, 12:37:10 PM
if the industry stopping betting after the race--there would be a massive handle loss that they are not willing to absorb

Please provide proof of this accusation.  If this is true on a large scale it is a massive fraud.
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Papillon on April 23, 2025, 12:39:55 PM
Please provide proof of this accusation.  If this is true on a large scale it is a massive fraud.

please look up some articles about how Elite Turf Club operates-it gives a small hint of how they make millions operating this way
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Kenny on April 23, 2025, 10:09:28 PM
please look up some articles about how Elite Turf Club operates-it gives a small hint of how they make millions operating this way

In other worlds you have no proof.
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on April 23, 2025, 10:21:22 PM
Gural allows CAW's with no cut-off time, people complain.

Gural now sets the cut-off at 2 minutes, win pool only, and it's not enough, so people complain.

The way I see it, it doesn't matter what Gural does, it will never be enough for some people, so they will complain.

Sounds to me like those people can't be satisfied, no matter what Gural does.....unless he does exactly what they want. Right, there's a reasonable solution. LOL.
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Papillon on April 24, 2025, 09:40:13 AM
In other worlds you have no proof.

in other words....you are ignorant 73cv.2

http://www.paceadvantage.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2951427

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tag/elite-turf-club/

https://paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/view-from-the-eighth-pole-were-all-suckers-on-this-pari-mutuel-bus

https://x.com/SwiftHitter/status/1886511169612980462

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/The_good_the_bad_the_future_of_computer_betting_on_races_123

https://www.ft.com/content/402955aa-21fa-42d5-b1d7-f79e7f19a617

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/277723/balance-between-caw-retail-market-sought-in-california

https://x.com/SwiftHitter/status/1830990841634070891

http://www.paceadvantage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175587

https://racingthinktank.com/blog/crw-impact-display-gotham-stakes

https://pastthewire.com/jackpot-bets-just-for-the-elite/

https://share.snipd.com/chapter/8204f2f9-879b-4eb7-b013-da8e1241e0ac

https://www.drf.com/news/case-fuels-debate-offshore-sites


i have more if you can handle it

Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Locked in with pace on April 24, 2025, 10:25:50 AM
Cutting off the CAW to 2 minutes before the post may not happen as soon as other changes are made. If cutting them to 2 minutes results is a huge handle drop, how can a track that is losing money now afford to lose far more? It should be very interesting when the 2-minute cut of goes into effect, and what the handle drop will be. No one truly knows what the CAW handle is except track management.. Restricting the cut off to only the win pool should minimize the effect, but there surely will be some abnormal exacta, trifecta, and other exotic payoffs,
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Papillon on April 24, 2025, 10:32:00 AM
Cutting off the CAW to 2 minutes before the post may not happen as soon as other changes are made. If cutting them to 2 minutes results is a huge handle drop, how can a track that is losing money now afford to lose far more? It should be very interesting when the 2-minute cut of goes into effect, and what the handle drop will be. No one truly knows what the CAW handle is except track management.. Restricting the cut off to only the win pool should minimize the effect, but there surely will be some abnormal exacta, trifecta, and other exotic payoffs,

they are being cut off at 2 MTP from the WPS pools only

they are still allowed to see every combination played in every exotic and every horizontal wager they have AND BET after the race starts

there would only be a massive handle loss if they were cut off FROM ALL THE POOLS before the race starts

understand now?
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on April 24, 2025, 10:37:36 AM
Cutting off the CAW to 2 minutes before the post may not happen as soon as other changes are made. If cutting them to 2 minutes results is a huge handle drop, how can a track that is losing money now afford to lose far more? It should be very interesting when the 2-minute cut of goes into effect, and what the handle drop will be. No one truly knows what the CAW handle is except track management.. Restricting the cut off to only the win pool should minimize the effect, but there surely will be some abnormal exacta, trifecta, and other exotic payoffs,

You are absolutely right! Excellent points. That's the real issue. If you do 2 minute cut-off, win pool only, and you see a major handle drop, is that the end of the story. No. But, how long can you handle the major handle drop, and what else are you going to do, in order to get the hoped for outcome (which is that you what you wanted in the first place in doing the 2 minute cut-off)? Also, as you pointed out-----what impact does this have on the exotic pools? We all know there is a distortion factor, and we've seen it even before CAW's existed. What I find interesting is that if the technology the CAW's are using today does X, Y, and Z.....how long does it take before they can do A through Z!!! That is what worries me. The timeframe, the turnaround, on "information" and "knowledge" today is a fraction of what it was 25 years ago, 50, and 100 years ago.
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Kenny on April 24, 2025, 12:28:41 PM
in other words....you are ignorant 73cv.2

http://www.paceadvantage.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2951427

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tag/elite-turf-club/

https://paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/view-from-the-eighth-pole-were-all-suckers-on-this-pari-mutuel-bus

https://x.com/SwiftHitter/status/1886511169612980462

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/The_good_the_bad_the_future_of_computer_betting_on_races_123

https://www.ft.com/content/402955aa-21fa-42d5-b1d7-f79e7f19a617

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/277723/balance-between-caw-retail-market-sought-in-california

https://x.com/SwiftHitter/status/1830990841634070891

http://www.paceadvantage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175587

https://racingthinktank.com/blog/crw-impact-display-gotham-stakes

https://pastthewire.com/jackpot-bets-just-for-the-elite/

https://share.snipd.com/chapter/8204f2f9-879b-4eb7-b013-da8e1241e0ac

https://www.drf.com/news/case-fuels-debate-offshore-sites


i have more if you can handle it

Where is the PROOF people are betting after the start of the race?
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: pocketrocketwinner on April 24, 2025, 12:34:22 PM
Gural adopted this from NYRA who implemented the 2 minute win pool cut off some time ago so there is a point of reference.

The win pool is likely to take a hit. The CAW loses their edge. They are able to analyze the final win pool prior to making their win bets. Their algos tell them the exact amount to bet to win which enables them to know their final price and what makes sense for them to take as a win price. If they are cur out prior to all retail player money in the pool, they lose their edge which reduces their win handle.

What we saw at NYRA was then skewed exotic prices. Exactas and tris would come back short relative to win prices. Mouthpieces like Andy Serling spun it. He encouraged retail players to look at it as though they were getting underlayed win prices, so be happy about that. That wasn't exactly received well. Expect something similar from gural.

The long term issue is that caw handle overall increases every year as retail handle decreases. The industry is concerned. At some point, this is not sustainable. Caws cant be totally elminated as handle would plummet. Slippery slope
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on April 24, 2025, 12:42:23 PM
Gural adopted this from NYRA who implemented the 2 minute win pool cut off some time ago so there is a point of reference.

The win pool is likely to take a hit. The CAW loses their edge. They are able to analyze the final win pool prior to making their win bets. Their algos tell them the exact amount to bet to win which enables them to know their final price and what makes sense for them to take as a win price. If they are cur out prior to all retail player money in the pool, they lose their edge which reduces their win handle.

What we saw at NYRA was then skewed exotic prices. Exactas and tris would come back short relative to win prices. Mouthpieces like Andy Serling spun it. He encouraged retail players to look at it as though they were getting underlayed win prices, so be happy about that. That wasn't exactly received well. Expect something similar from gural.

The long term issue is that caw handle overall increases every year as retail handle decreases. The industry is concerned. At some point, this is not sustainable. Caws cant be totally elminated as handle would plummet. Slippery slope

How much of a hit did NYRA take? Anyone have any idea? Little Andy used to tell it like it is, until his paycheck started getting signed by NYRA. Don't get me wrong, I still think he tells it like it is, but only relative to the fact that he's a NYRA employee. It is a slippery slope, and I guess the thought provoking question is-----how long can you take the hit in the hopes you attract new dollars-----but will they even look at it that way? Short-sighted? Easy to be when you are losing money.
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: pocketrocketwinner on April 24, 2025, 12:45:59 PM
Where is the PROOF people are betting after the start of the race?

I have acclimated myself to the research. Several studies have been conducted by impartial experts spanning several years. Here's the deal. The caws have last call. They bet after all retail money is in the pool. They partner with the tracks to allow technology to send in a batch of bets in a split second of time that exists after the retail pools close and before the race starts.

If you're serious about gambling on horses and are open to track choices, the best way to go is pass on major signals and concentrate on smaller tracks
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Kenny on April 24, 2025, 12:57:24 PM
I have acclimated myself to the research. Several studies have been conducted by impartial experts spanning several years. Here's the deal. The caws have last call. They bet after all retail money is in the pool. They partner with the tracks to allow technology to send in a batch of bets in a split second of time that exists after the retail pools close and before the race starts.

If you're serious about gambling on horses and are open to track choices, the best way to go is pass on major signals and concentrate on smaller tracks

What you are saying is the "virtual" betting windows is "open" for CAWs after it closes for everyone else.  That is fraud. They way this has to be proven is to show those bets going into the pool when it is "closed".  It is more likely those bets are going in a tiny fraction of a second BEFORE the betting closes.  that is not fraud, that is just technology and is happening constantly in the financial markets of the world.
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: pocketrocketwinner on April 24, 2025, 12:58:32 PM
I think the death blow was last Saturday in race 5.
Twin Fury was a decided win pool favorite all the way to when the gate sped off. On the first turn, all of a sudden hes 3/1 and the winner, Smooth Dream, first race off the layoff was absolutely hammered very very late to 3/5 for noel daley.
 Everyone watching knew the race was already over when those odds flashed on turn 1. Horrible optic
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: pocketrocketwinner on April 24, 2025, 01:02:40 PM
What you are saying is the "virtual" betting windows is "open" for CAWs after it closes for everyone else.  That is fraud. They way this has to be proven is to show those bets going into the pool when it is "closed".  It is more likely those bets are going in a tiny fraction of a second BEFORE the betting closes.  that is not fraud, that is just technology and is happening constantly in the financial markets of the world.

There are many tracks and many caw groups. My understanding is they are in fact betting last. They also place bets when horses enter the gate. I do think it's highly unethical and have no idea how someone decided it to be legal. The problem is that I as a human can not possibly get the same technology edge as the caws unless I have their bankroll. That is not fair in a parinutuel game
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: Papillon on April 24, 2025, 03:07:12 PM
What you are saying is the "virtual" betting windows is "open" for CAWs after it closes for everyone else.  That is fraud. They way this has to be proven is to show those bets going into the pool when it is "closed".  It is more likely those bets are going in a tiny fraction of a second BEFORE the betting closes.  that is not fraud, that is just technology and is happening constantly in the financial markets of the world.

Bingo tmbz1

why is that difficult to grasp?
Title: Re: Gural cuts off CAWs at 2 MTP
Post by: seen2much on April 25, 2025, 07:49:09 PM
The handle is way down. It could be this and/or less drag time.
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