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Old 01-30-2022, 06:30 AM
 
Location: New Jersey and hating it
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This state can't even sell drugs properly. NY worst drug dealer ever.

Reminds me of NYC OTB, the only bookie that went broke.
That’s because New York hasn’t been the Empire State for the last 60 years or so. It is more like the Vampire State, only good at sucking the life out of its businesses and residents.
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Old 02-01-2022, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Harlem, NY
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this is some stupid sh**

might as well continue to deal with the plug. you won't be taxed!!
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Old 02-01-2022, 03:11 PM
 
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Is that why all those places closed?
Interesting article on the subject and some great quotes



History of New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation – FundingUniverse

"In addition, Guiliani's opponent, David Dinkins, the city's first minority mayor, was troubled by his appointment to head OTB, Hazel Dukes. According to a 1994 Forbes profile of OTB, "She might have cost the mayor the election, as OTB became a symbol of ineptitude. She clearly regarded OTB as a candy jar: She fired older white managers and replaced them with nonwhites, saddling OTB with big lawsuits from the fired whites and thus adding to OTB's deficit."

An OTB spokesman was quoted in a 1994 Forbes article as saying: "The average bettor is a 55-year-old white man who's overweight and a chain smoker. How long will that customer base be around before you don't have any customers at all?"



*Everyone's favorite Rudy G tried to turn it around, and partially did, but when he went to sell it the State Legislature had to be involved, and we know how that goes. Chapter 9 in 2009

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Old 02-01-2022, 04:18 PM
 
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I thought OTB failed b/c the mafia was embezzling the money from its funds. Horse racing and betting are classic organized crime stereotypes.
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Old 02-02-2022, 05:24 AM
 
Location: NY
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That’s because New York hasn’t been the Empire State for the last 60 years or so. It is more like the Vampire State, only good at sucking the life out of its businesses and residents.


Ahahahahahah...........Vampire State!
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Old 02-02-2022, 05:28 AM
 
Location: NY
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Interesting article on the subject and some great quotes



History of New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation – FundingUniverse

"In addition, Guiliani's opponent, David Dinkins, the city's first minority mayor, was troubled by his appointment to head OTB, Hazel Dukes. According to a 1994 Forbes profile of OTB, "She might have cost the mayor the election, as OTB became a symbol of ineptitude. She clearly regarded OTB as a candy jar: She fired older white managers and replaced them with nonwhites, saddling OTB with big lawsuits from the fired whites and thus adding to OTB's deficit."

An OTB spokesman was quoted in a 1994 Forbes article as saying: "The average bettor is a 55-year-old white man who's overweight and a chain smoker. How long will that customer base be around before you don't have any customers at all?"



*Everyone's favorite Rudy G tried to turn it around, and partially did, but when he went to sell it the State Legislature had to be involved, and we know how that goes. Chapter 9 in 2009
"The average bettor is a 55-year-old white man who's overweight and a chain smoker. How long will that customer base be around before you don't have any customers at all?"


If you want to keep making money keep the customer happy.
Business 101
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Old 02-02-2022, 06:40 AM
 
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This is the Uber model. They'll probably be wildly successful.
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Old 02-02-2022, 06:44 AM
 
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Weed is going to be so expensive there that people are going to continue buying from the black market.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...rcement-527012

Legalized marijuana is no different than benzos or amphetamines.

It's legalized drugs for whites who can afford them.
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Old 02-02-2022, 07:15 AM
 
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https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...rcement-527012

Legalized marijuana is no different than benzos or amphetamines.

It's legalized drugs for whites who can afford them.
That is a very ignorant comment. They are nothing alike. Marijuana is a natural earth growing plant where the drugs you mentioned are man produced, synthetic, extremely addictive and dangerous. When have you ever heard about someone OD'ing from weed? It's safer and less addictive than alcohol but alcohol is legal.
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Old 02-02-2022, 07:36 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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New York’s only women-owned medical marijuana company Etain opens new store in Midtown

https://www.amny.com/business/women-...re-in-midtown/

New York’s only woman-owned medical marijuana dispensary opened a new storefront in Midtown.

Etain started in 2015 after CEO Amy Peckham was a caretaker for her mother, who passed away from ALS. After seeing how much medical marijuana helped, Amy teamed up with her daughters, Hillary and Keeley, and decided to take the plunge into the industry.

“What [my mom] wanted to do was offer people a better quality of life with cleaner healthier products than pharmaceuticals. After seeing how end-of-life care is managed, we wanted to make a difference in people’s life,” said Hillary Peckham. “We entered the cannabis industry, opened in 2016, and a main focus of our business is to educate consumers and the general public that it can be used in a safe way that can improve quality of life and doesn’t have that stigma of just being a vice or drug for people to use but have medical benefit.”
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