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Slots tracks luring bigger names

By Jeremy Plonk
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, June 18, 2009

I'll be the first to admit that I don't "get it" when it comes to slot machines. Watching lemons, cherries and bars spin for a fleeting moment will never rank up there with the 1988 Breeders' Cup Distaff in this gourd. Heck, it won't compare with a tough beat in the opener on a Thursday afternoon at Churchill Downs. But the lemmings come en masse. Studies show that more than 70 percent of all casino money bet gets raked in one arm at a time by the bandits. So if that many casino gamblers want t ...

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