re: I just bet on a horse race in Chile.

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Churchill is a horrible company.

They are ruining racing and closing tracks.

I choose not to support their product.

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While I am not as abreast as I once was on the topic, I agree. I remember the Fairgrounds as a child when you still had to wear a jacket in the clubhouse. It was a cooler place.

On 5 Dimes I’ve been raking it in on Mexican and Russian soccer leagues. I’ve got a friend from South America that’s good at handicapping soccer and his picks are hitting around 70% the past month. The ROI is much higher then what my 401k and other stocks are doing right now. I don’t understand the stigma of betting on sports. If you put in an investment amount that you can afford to lose, properly manage your bankroll by not wagering more than 5% of the size of your invested dollars, you can make a good return on investment. I buy season long premium packages from two of Doc Sports professional handicappers on football and basketball and bet every single pick they put out and win way more than I lose. I don’t care what games they pick as long as they cash. I don’t even watch most of the games I wager on. In my opinion it’s no different than dealing with my investment broker. A professional handicapper, many of which you see on ESPN and hear on sports radio, sell their premium picks. I don’t buy one daily pick I purchase the entire season package because at certain points in any sports season a handicapper is going to have a regression towards the mean but that may only happen 2-3 weekends in a season say in football. Honestly it’s a good legal way to earn money if you do it right. I run a yearly report of all my wins and loses and file it on my tax return. In 2019 I made $19,649.