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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “Horse racing is an expensive sport.”

Featuring: Curtis Hertel Jr., Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 25:39

When you look at even the great tracks like Churchill, and they have other tools that help actually pay for all the cost of horse racing. The problem is that Horse racing is an expensive sport. It's good for us that it's an expensive sport because it means that every dollar you bet into horse racing, you're not just helping the horses, the track owners. (25:39–25:42)

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