Wagering habits · 25.11.08

I’m one of those people at the racetrack who doesn’t like using the terminals to place bets — I prefer going to the cashiers. I’m not sure why — maybe I prefer the personal touch; or maybe I now use ATMs and the Internet almost exclusively for banking, and dealing with a live human makes a healthy change; or maybe I’m afraid I’ll screw up at the terminal by deleting my wager or betting the wrong horse or something…. Does anybody else have a preference one way or another?

Anyway — when my horse comes in I like to collect from the teller where I made the original bet. And I’ll go back to that teller for my next wager — and keep going back until I lose. Am I the only one who does that?

And another thing: tipping. Jay Cronley at ESPN occasionally mentions tipping the cashier. I’ve never done it — mind you, I’m still a $2 bettor, so any tips I could leave would be so negligible as to be potentially insulting. So, do you tip the cashier after collecting a big payoff?

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What do you think?

  1. Some people are crazy superstitious that way. I once was talking to a friend who is a teller and a guy gave me a dollar to buy a cup of coffee JUST so that I was not there when he made the bet with his favorite teller. That horse is still running too!

    — Dr. Timothy Yatcak · Nov 26, 12:29 PM · #

  2. But do you tip at the betting window?

    — E-man · Nov 27, 12:28 AM · #

  3. YES tipping is done at the window.

    — Dr. Timothy Yatcak · Nov 27, 10:51 AM · #

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