Around the clock & around the world
One area where horse racing
has expanded where casinos have not is in hours of operation.
Sure, hotbeds of gaming such
as Las Vegas and Atlantic City are known for their nonstop
action, but it is not as common for casinos in less traditional gaming areas to
be open 24-seven.
And while 24-hour gaming has
yet to come to American racing, the era of only being able to get down on live
racing and for a select few hours a day is long gone.
Racing begins as early as 6a.m. EDT on TwinSpires.com and ends well after midnight. Just from the past
year that’s an extra 24 hours of racing each week compared to when my esteemed
colleague, P.T. Fornatale, bet on every race from each track TwinSpires.com
carried on September 3, 2010, an about 15-hour tour de wagering that began at 9
a.m. EDT and concluded with the last race at either Australia or Los Alamitos.
Plenty of people
have played poker for that long, but P.T. is the only one I know to do it with
racing, and I doubt anyone will attempt such a trick any time soon considering
the action now starts at 6 a.m. with Sweden and South Africa and can end as
late as 2 a.m. with racing from the far reaches of the Eastern
Hemisphere.
But the great thing about
the increased availability is not that you can bet all the time but that you can bet at any time (except for a scant few hours).
Of course, there is a
learning curve to wagering on exotic locales. One might be most comfortable
with wagering on Thoroughbred racing from New York—a pursuit that involves afternoon
wagering—but the most convenient time to wager might be 7 a.m. on a Tuesday in
which case your options are harness racing from Sweden or Thoroughbred racing
from South Africa.
But, hey, at least you have
options.
I worked more than a few
second shifts at my previous job, and doing so emboldened me to try wagering on
Australian racing in order to satisfy a gambling jones I wouldn’t have been able to scratch otherwise. Granted, my handle was
strictly of the action variety: mostly deuces and the occasional fin with the occasional Hammy involved if I were winning.
That was fun, but the
problem with that approach is I wasn’t giving myself an incentive to do better.
Losing $20 was worth the adrenaline rush one gets when cheering home mighty
steeds, and while winning is more fun than losing, the promise of winning $20
with further study wasn’t all that enticing either.
But winning is not only fun
but also infectious. The more you win the more you want to win, and that refers
more to the quantity of what is won than the number of winning occasions.
So to incentvize players into
trying a different brand of racing and at a different time than they may be
used to playing, TwinSpires.com has teamed with Wyvern International to offer a
$10,000 prize pool involving Fridays in October leading up to the Melbourne Cup
on October 31. Full rules are available on the TwinSpires contest page.
In addition to the Race That
Stops a Nation as the grand finale, the Friday night events will include such
marquee races as Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, and Victoria Derby.
The $10,000 prize pool is
significant considering the entry point is just $10 per race or $160 for all
16 races, and that’s without picking any winners. TwinSpires gets great
response from its 1,000,000-point and 0% takeout bonuses, so why not offer international players the same opportunities?
Of course, you won’t have to
go it alone. BRISnet.com offers plenty of free race information on Australian
racing, including past performances, Power Stats, and full-card analysis, and you can follow Australian commentary via TwinSpires TV.
International simulcasting
can be a fun way to while away some off hours or take a shot at big-field
prices, but remember, just because the action rarely stops at TwinSpires
doesn’t mean you should always keep going. Make sure to drink plenty of fluids, maintain
a balanced diet, and exercise at some point between Ovrevoll Galopp and
Los Alamitos.
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