This is why I suspect that Apple, which has held off introducing its own TV set, might be on the right track, or tracks.

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He points to the varied platforms on which you can connect to what is happening in the game: using FiOS to watch live games on smartphones, mobile apps track player stats, or mobile services used by athletes to monitor their health off the field and safety on it.

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The decline in wagering dollars leaves racetracks in a curious position: use precious financial resources to upgrade the on-track experience, or recognize that big crowds at racetracks are a thing of the past, and cater instead to the off-site bettor, whose gambling funds the purses and the salaries that permit the racetrack to exist?

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