Wow...quite a post. I predict you are going to get a LOT of replies
to this one...lol. I admire your willingness to state what you
said, albeit under an unknown nic to myself.
If you ask me, jai Alai owners have done little, if anything,
to promote their product to anyone except the same people who
have been supporting jai alai for decades. The only new faces
in there are the ones WE bring in there. Sure, simulcasting is
now offered, but all that did was bring in horse racing afficianados,
and/or turn former jai alai fans into horse fans, especially when
they all saw the HUGE pools in those racing facilities. Slots
are doing the same thing and will. I still feel this whole slot
thing is not the answer. I also think Orlando should simulcast
its jai alai out on the final two months...once all the players
are back in a better groove, and just see how they do. When the
fans in the place see all extra pool money, all that does is incline
them to wager more...it would for me, and it would make some bets
actually bettable, like the superfecta, twin tri...even the lame
tri-super. Orlando also need a MUCH better lay-out of games. I've
complained for years that 14 and 15 game programs are not the
answer. 12 games, more doubles, more excitement, full simulcast,
more superfecats...bigger pools...try it and see, if only to see
if it improves the profit end for jai alai.
