Saw some photos online of some old OTBs.....got very nostalgic for my youth spent in a variety of those locations. Question - I wasn't able to solve this - are there OTB locations outside the city still operating (i understand in NYC there are none). I would love to spend an afternoon at one just for kicks.
Also, does anybody remember when they changed from letters to numbers at OTB? I recall tickets on rectangular card stock with the horses having letters not numbers. For sure the 1970s were all letters. In the 1980s it started with letters but ended with numbers but I have no recollection if it was early or late -- but, for whatever reason, I loved rendering my bets in letters instead of numbers. oh those were the days....
