Tuesday, April 28, 2026

"Gambling syndicates are causing mayhem in horse racing by using algorithms to make huge, last-second bets that crush odds for regular players"

Dan Wolken for Yahoo:
Unlike sports wagering, where a bettor is playing against a bookmaker and locks in their odds at the time of the bet, American horse racing — which is in the spotlight this week for Saturday’s running of the 152nd Kentucky Derby — has long been based on a parimutuel system where the bettors are wagering against each other
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Thanks both to technology and the special privileges some racetracks have given them, the [Computer-Assisted Wagering syndicates] are able to upload tranches of bets directly into the wagering pool at lightning speeds — far faster than any regular player could do it on a phone app or at a racetrack window.

The ability to do it at the very last moment — sometimes significantly changing the odds for people who already made their bets — has become both the subject of a class-action federal lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of New York and a source of frustration for some high-profile voices in the sport who believe it has created too much inequity between the heavily capitalized professionals involved in CAWs and the common fan.
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NECA made Ultimate Duck Tales figures, and they're up for preorder

For example, Scrooge's accessories include, Number One Dime, Genie lamp, Money, Jewels.
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New Humble Bundle featuring fantasy novels by Mercedes Lackey

Starts at three books for $5. There's also one day left in the Ellen Datlow book bundle.
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Today's news and jokes



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Rawling's new baseball bat claims generative AI technology








It's the Rawlings Clout AI Alloy Baseball Bat, and ranges from $129 to $249 at Amazon right now, which is a bargain compared to the Rawlings Icon, which will set you back $449.
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Dazzle camouflage Gundam

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Monday, April 27, 2026

Aliens Power Loader-themed coat



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