Technology

[mrsports]

I am sure this will be met with mixed reactions....but it is what it is.

I did not get back in time to post and honestly my picks have not been too good this year. Yesterday I went 0-2 and today I had Dayton +5- for a winner and no other play.

I played my game in a machine today in our casino. I buy my ticket at the cashier in the casino and then swipe the bar code, and a touch screen comes up and I make my bet on the little machine. I need a pin number which is printed on my receipt.

Here is what I don't like. It does not give me a ticket. I confirm the bet on the screen but I don't have any ticket in my hand to prove who I had. I wish the machine would spit out a ticket, but no.

These machines will soon be available in our local convenience stores. You buy a voucher from the cashier and have at it. If you win your bet it credits your ticket with the bar code and you have more money to bet later or you can cash in.

[Louie]

That's pretty neat. But, without a record of the bet, it does kinda suck. Does it give you some kind of confirmation number?

[mrsports]

I didn't get anything. I may try this again today and see if there was one on the screen that I did not notice.