From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-10-05 00:55, Martin Harran wrote:   
   > On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 12:31:22 -0700, Alan  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2023-10-03 08:26, Martin Harran wrote:   
   >>> On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 12:03:57?AM UTC+1, Alan LeHun wrote:   
   >>>> In article , nuh...@nope.com says...   
   >>>>>> F1 is not in Las Vegas so that punters can gamble on the result.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Why F1 is in Las Vegas has nothing to do with the sort of people who   
   >>>>> want to VISIT Las Vegas.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Is that a question or a statement?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If it is a statement, it is correct.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> If it is a question then F1 is there to attract people who otherwise   
   >>>> would not normally want to visit Las Vegas.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Like U2, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, et al. They are there to draw in the   
   >>>> people that gambling alone can't. Once there, they may wish to see what   
   >>>> other attractions Las Vegas has to offer. (There is only one, really)   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> --   
   >>>> Alan LeHun   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I would say it's pretty sure bet (pun intended) that the casinos will make   
   a lot more out of those people playing traditional gambling games in the   
   casinos rather than them betting on F1.   
   >>   
   >> But the idea was to get more gamblers there in the first place.   
   >>   
   >> A race with an (almost) forgone conclusion and an (almost certainly)   
   >> decided championship is less of a draw.   
   >   
   > But only in Las Vegas according to you.   
      
   Not "only" in Las Vegas, but especially for what should be fairly   
   obvious reasons.   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >> I'm sorry but that's quite obvious.   
   >   
   > You really need to be this idea that something simply seeming obvious   
   > to you makes it true; people might get the idea that you have an   
   > over-inflated self-opinion!   
      
   You don't think its obvious that in a city built to cater to gamblers,   
   an event where the winner is already known to almost a certainty isn't   
   going to affect that number of gamblers who want to attend?   
      
   You think that the Kentucky Derby would be as well attended if everyone   
   knew that a particular horse was almost certain to win?   
      
   Sure, there are all kinds of side bets and prop bets, etc. but sports   
   gambling is centred on picking the WINNERS.   
      
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