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Site Managers .. PLEASE .. Tear Up Old
Tickets
Site Managers, we have had a few people in the last few
weeks try to cash tote tickets that were already paid out. They would dig the old tickets out of the
garbage and if, by chance, the cash ticket wasn’t branded “Cashed”, they would
take it to another simulcast site and try to cash it. This is the importance of always running your
vouchers and winning tickets through the tote terminal before cashing them for
someone. Please destroy all tickets from
the tote machines and self-service machines.
Thanks.
August 1, 2008
Handles for July 2008
|
|
Horse WPS |
Horse Exotics |
Dog |
Dog Exotics |
Total Handle |
Horse / Dog |
WPS / Exotics |
Days |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Won $800 Casino |
$12,222 |
$42,284 |
$333 |
$11,185 |
$66,024 |
82.6 / 17.4 |
19.0 / 81.0 |
31 |
|
|
$3,145 |
$22,513 |
$88 |
$5,620 |
$31,366 |
81.8 / 18.2 |
10.3 / 89.7 |
22 |
|
Bull's Eye Casino |
$22,310 |
$9,153 |
$79 |
$1,055 |
$32,597 |
96.5 / 3.5 |
68.7 / 31.3 |
30 |
|
Golden Spur Casino |
$3,968 |
$11,349 |
$253 |
$1,321 |
$16,891 |
90.7 / 9.3 |
25.0 / 75.0 |
30 |
|
Halftime Sports Bar |
$13,132 |
$38,504 |
$2,133 |
$7,529 |
$61,298 |
84.2 / 15.8 |
24.9 / 75.1 |
30 |
|
Lucky Strike Casino |
$16,260 |
$20,743 |
$1,245 |
$4,119 |
$42,367 |
87.3 / 12.7 |
41.3 / 58.7 |
21 |
|
Motherlode Sports Bar |
$1,642 |
$19,115 |
$145 |
$3,070 |
$23,972 |
86.6 / 13.4 |
7.5 / 92.5 |
30 |
|
Play Inn |
$7,171 |
$11,153 |
$810 |
$4,744 |
$23,878 |
76.7 / 23.3 |
33.4 / 66.6 |
23 |
|
Sawbucks |
$30,595 |
$44,855 |
$687 |
$694 |
$76,831 |
98.2 / 1.8 |
40.7 / 59.3 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
$110,445 |
$219,669 |
$5,773 |
$39,337 |
$375,224 |
88.0 / 12.0 |
31.0 / 69.0 |
|
June 30, 2008
Handles for June 2008 (except Monday June 30)
|
|
Horse WPS |
Horse Exotics |
Dog |
Dog Exotics |
Total Handle |
Horse / Dog |
WPS / Exotics |
Days |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Won $800 Casino |
$18,538 |
$54,382 |
$1,476 |
$10,661 |
$85,058 |
85.7 / 14.3 |
23.5 / 76.5 |
29 |
|
|
$11,181 |
$49,352 |
$203 |
$9,002 |
$69,738 |
86.8 / 13.2 |
16.3 / 83.7 |
21 |
|
Bull's Eye Casino |
$23,482 |
$11,175 |
$0 |
$480 |
$35,137 |
98.6 / 1.4 |
66.8 / 33.2 |
29 |
|
Golden Spur Casino |
$5,103 |
$18,467 |
$432 |
$1,051 |
$25,054 |
94.1 / 5.9 |
22.1 / 77.9 |
29 |
|
Halftime Sports Bar |
$31,609 |
$70,172 |
$1,264 |
$5,267 |
$108,313 |
94.0 / 6.0 |
30.3 / 69.7 |
28 |
|
Lucky Strike Casino |
$20,553 |
$30,676 |
$1,107 |
$5,812 |
$58,148 |
88.1 / 11.9 |
37.2 / 62.8 |
21 |
|
Motherlode Sports Bar |
$5,545 |
$24,803 |
$228 |
$4,032 |
$34,608 |
87.7 / 12.3 |
16.7 / 83.3 |
29 |
|
Play Inn |
$9,650 |
$29,948 |
$1,476 |
$10,329 |
$51,404 |
77.0 / 23.0 |
21.6 / 78.4 |
24 |
|
Sawbucks |
$42,097 |
$61,926 |
$247 |
$697 |
$104,967 |
99.1 / 0.9 |
40.3 / 59.7 |
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
$167,758 |
$350,905 |
$6,433 |
$47,335 |
$572,432 |
90.6 / 9.4 |
30.4 / 69.6 |
|
June 26, 2008
Attention Site Managers - Fantasy
Sports Update
Montana
Simulcast Partners had a directors meeting on Wednesday, June 25th
in
As
many of you know, we originally hoped to do the Fantasy Sports thru the current
pari-mutuel system that we use for simulcasting. The Montana Board of Horse Racing decided to
have the Montana Lottery put the games together and offer the Fantasy Sports
thru their equipment. The current
Fantasy Sports rules are being noticed to the public for general comment.
If
your site wants to offer Fantasy Sports, you need to contact the Montana
Lottery. Al Carruthers told us at the
meeting that they currently have 50-55 locations signed up. The Fantasy Sports games will be offered
along with other lottery games. In order
to sign up for the "Montana Sports Action" games, you must be a licensed
gaming establishment. Also, there is a limited number of machines available and they are
signing people up on a first come basis.
If
you want more information, call 1-800-433-8490 or log on to www.montanasportsaction.com.
Thank you for your continued support of
simulcasting and live horse racing in
June 24, 2008
Attention Site Managers
July Calendars are available
The
July Calendars are not available. In
your "PDF Distribution Software", go to "Sys Options", then select the "MSP Web Site" link. On the left side of the screen, go to
"Simulcast Calendar" and print July 2008.
Reminder # 2 - Cash all Outstanding
Tickets
By
state law, Montana Simulcast Partners will age the "Outs" tickets on July 1st, 2008. All tickets purchased before June 1st, 2008 must
be cashed before the end of June, 2008.
Tickets that were purchased before June 1st, 2008 will no
longer be valid after July 1st, 2008.
Reminder # 2 - Churchill Downs 5 Days
in July
As
it stands right now, it looks like MSP will NOT take the Churchill Downs
signal the 5 days in July. They want to
charge MSP $2,700 for the decoders. We
are averaging a daily handle of $3,270 right now. It would be a net loss of $2,100 for those 5
days. The July schedule will be
published the last week in June.
We
want to try and offer as much as we can in the summer months (within our
budget). A few years ago we tried
Prairie Meadows conflict with Harness
on Friday & Saturday
We
realize that our July schedule has a conflict with the harness coming up around
6:00 and Prairie Meadows around 5:00 on Friday & Saturdays. However, most of the times
one of those is also on the TVG or HRTV.
If you have problems and what to remove one of those signals on Friday
or Saturday, let us know and we will do that for you. So far in June, we seem to not have a
problem.
Thank you for your continued support of
simulcasting and live horse racing in
June 18, 2008
Attention Simulcast Patrons - Cash
all Outstanding Tickets
By
state law, Montana Simulcast Partners will age the "Outs" tickets on July 1st, 2008. All tickets purchased before June 1st, 2008 must
be cashed before the end of June, 2008.
Tickets that were purchased before June 1st, 2008 will no
longer be valid after July 1st, 2008.
Churchill Downs 5 Days in July
As
it stands right now, it looks like MSP will NOT take the Churchill Downs
signal the 5 days in July. They want to
charge MSP $2,700 for the decoders. We
are averaging a daily handle of $3,270 right now. It would be a net loss of $2,100 for those 5
days. The July schedule will be
published the last week in June.
Thank you for your continued support of
simulcasting and live horse racing in
June 8, 2008
2008
The 2008 Belmont Stakes Day handle blew away last years Belmont Stake
Day handle by almost $62,000. Race enthusiasts witnessed Big Brown's failed
attempt to win the Triple Crown series before a crowd just shy of 100,000
people. The total handle of $174,482 was
55% above last years handle of $112,617.
The record Belmont Day handle was in 2004 ($202,852) when Smarty Jones
competed for the Triple Crown honors.
Site by Site Handles for 2008 -
|
Site Name |
City |
Handle 2008 |
Handle 2007 |
+ / (-) |
|
Bulls Eye Casino |
|
$7,490 |
$8,104 |
(7.6%) |
|
|
|
$18,652 |
$8,433 |
121% |
|
Golden Spur Casino |
|
$8,006 |
$4,047 |
97.8% |
|
|
|
$39,717 |
$24,565 |
61.7% |
|
Lucky Strike Casino |
|
$16,883 |
$14,302 |
18.0% |
|
Motherlode Sports Bar |
|
$13,692 |
$7,457 |
83.6% |
|
|
|
$20,629 |
$23,806 |
(13.4%) |
|
Sawbucks |
Kalispell |
$30,692 |
$21,900 |
40.2% |
|
Won $800 Casino |
|
$18,723 |
Not Open |
100% |
|
Totals |
|
$174,484 |
$112,617 |
54.9% |
June 2, 2008
Handles for May 2008
|
|
Horse WPS |
Horse Exotics |
Dog |
Dog Exotics |
Total Handle |
Horse / Dog |
WPS / Exotics |
Days |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Won $800 Casino
|
$50,817 |
$76,811 |
$2,240 |
$14,937 |
$144,806 |
88.1 / 11.9 |
36.6 / 63.4 |
31 |
|
|
$1,639 |
$934 |
$0 |
$0 |
$2,573 |
100.0 / 0.0 |
63.7 / 36.3 |
1 |
|
|
$14,546 |
$42,778 |
$467 |
$7,983 |
$65,775 |
87.2 / 12.8 |
22.8 / 77.2 |
24 |
|
|
$39,211 |
$19,280 |
$51 |
$963 |
$59,506 |
98.3 / 1.7 |
66.0 / 34.0 |
31 |
|
Golden Spur
Casino |
$13,447 |