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   Message 235,698 of 237,519   
   Alan to geoff   
   Re: COTA Attendance   
   24 Oct 23 13:31:24   
   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-10-24 12:35, geoff wrote:   
   > On 25/10/2023 5:29 am, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2023-10-24 02:22, geoff wrote:   
   >>> On 24/10/2023 9:29 am, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2023-10-23 13:16, geoff wrote:   
   >>>>> On 24/10/2023 5:43 am, Martin Harran wrote:   
   >>>>>> Weekend attendance 432,000.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Seems like quite a few people didn't get Alan Baker's memo :)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> They obviously didn't know that gambling isn't the main attraction   
   >>>>> in Austin.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Gambling ISN'T the main attraction in Austin, Geoff.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, that's pretty much nwhat I said.   
   >>>   
   >>> But those attendees went anyway.   
   >>   
   >> Yes. DIFFERENT attendees.   
   >>   
   >> I'm not claiming that people attend F1 races for the gambling IN GENERAL.   
   >   
   > Only those who attend F1 in Las Vegas.   
      
   No. Not only.   
      
   But the point is that the people likely to want to attend a race in Las   
   Vegas are far more likely to be interested in gambling.   
      
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