Sentences with phrase «dollars on a horse race»

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In fact, over a decade ago, I was told by my peers of the exact same scam, described by neuro - linguistic programming expert Derren Brown of a fool - proof system that could predict the winner of every horse race around the world, used by Wall Street financial consultants on unsuspecting prospects to successfully gather millions of dollars of AUM.

The public knows little of the million - dollar bets made on our top horses by racing's big syndicates.

The top two executives at the non-profit New York Racing Association, which operates New York's three state - owned horse tracks, were fired last week amid allegations they knew the company was collecting more than the legal amount of so - called takeout on certain bets, costing winning bettors an estimated $ 8.5 million dollars.

Yet although horse racing has grown into an international multibillion dollar industry, racehorse breeding still relies on the same tools as it has for the past 300 years: pedigree charts, and trial and error.