Re(1): 2 Different Products - 2 Different Customers Posted on October 7, 2025 at 11:59:25 AM by Craig G
PMW events are literally not fast enough to hold the interest of the emerging gaming public.
Is parimutuel betting on a worldwide decline? (asked of Deepseek)
That's an excellent and complex question. The short answer is no, parimutuel betting is not on a worldwide decline; in fact, it's experiencing significant growth and transformation.
However, its trajectory is not uniform across all markets and products. The narrative is less about a simple decline and more about a major shift from traditional, physical forms to digital and globalized platforms, while facing intense competition from fixed-odds betting.
Here’s a detailed breakdown of the global landscape: ... The main problem I have with the MC thinking is the self-fulfilling prophecy effect. Once the decision to go all in on BC was made, 'pelota' got shorted in many ways, including the worst possible scheduling, guaranteed to attract nobody other than diehards.
So once you decide it can't possibly make it, and stop making any serious effort towards slow regen, then of course it withers. Kinda like hospice with no food and water and a little morphine thrown in. "See, I told ya they were gonna die."
My position is that MAYBE, with the same amount of enthusiasm and imagination applied towards 'pelota', we might be able to say, Fortunately it is growing (slowly) in popularity.
Which ties in with the parallel worlds concept where every possible combo of nurturing ideas is tried. In some worlds, it matters.
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