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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

The gambling industry hasn't been reliant on racing for well over a decade, there's much more money in football and other "human sports" these days and of course those damned slots machines. It's also fairly well known in the betting industry that revenue isn't based on betting selection... it's based on what punters have in their pocket to punt. In other words, if someone comes in to put £50 on a horse and there's no horse racing, he's not going to walk out the door - he's going to bet that £50 on something else... football that night, big Tennis match, who he thinks is going to win Britain's Got Talent, whatever. That's the gambling mindset. If someone walks in with money to bet, they're going to spend it. .

The rest is a fair point, the total number employed by the industry is easily in the tens of thousands but certainly not millions or anywhere close - I doubt it comes close to 100,000 if you take gambling industry out of the equation.

Don't forget you want Greyhound racing gone too, because you said it's worse.

You honestly believe Bookies would survive how it is today without horse racing or greyhound racing?

What happens in summer, when football is in the off season and there's no games to bet on?