OTB men

[nq:1]I've read the first pages of the screenplay for Smoke (the movie came out in 1995) and in scene 2, ... shop, The Brooklyn Cigar Company. I doubt any context will be more helpful. What does the name "OTB men" mean?[/nq]
OTB=Off Track Betting, the system that, in New York state, allowed the state to go into the bookie business. For many years wagering away from the track was immoral, illeg

[nq:1]I've read the first pages of the screenplay for Smoke (the movie came out in 1995) and in scene 2, ... shop, The Brooklyn Cigar Company. I doubt any context will be more helpful. What does the name "OTB men" mean?[/nq]
Of the available meanings at
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-

[nq:2]What does the name "OTB men" mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]OTB=Off Track Betting, the system that, in New York state, allowed the state to go into the bookie business. For ... was immoral, illegal and fattening. Then the government figured out how to make some money at it, so it's fine.[/nq]
Thanks for the explanation.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (And most of Google's results) said it mean

[nq:1]I've read the first pages of the screenplay for Smoke (the movie came out in 1995) and in scene 2, ... shop, The Brooklyn Cigar Company. I doubt any context will be more helpful. What does the name "OTB men" mean?[/nq]
The OTB is Off Track Betting. The OTB betting shops that I have seen are rather bare rooms with one wall of a betting windows and narrow shelves on two walls that can be u

[nq:2]I've read the first pages of the screenplay for Smoke ... be more helpful. What does the name "OTB men" mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]The OTB is Off Track Betting. The OTB betting shops ..[/nq]
Oy!

John 'Always wanted to do that!' Dean
Oxford
De-frag to reply

[nq:2]I've read the first pages of the screenplay for Smoke ... be more helpful. What does the name "OTB men" mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]The OTB is Off Track Betting. The OTB betting shops that I have seen are rather bare rooms with one ... men" indicates that these men are regulars at the OTB shop and probably spend most of their days placing bets.[/nq]
It seems from your description that New York

[nq:1]It seems from your description that New York is going through exactly the same progression as the UK. When off-track ... even if they brought their own. No entertainment could be provided, either. I believe all those restrictions are gone now.[/nq]
Furthermore the windows had to be covered over so that passers by were not attracted by the dirty, smelly, ***-ash ridden rooms with no seats

[nq:1]It seems from your description that New York is going through exactly the same progression as the UK. When off-track ... even if they brought their own. No entertainment could be provided, either. I believe all those restrictions are gone now.[/nq]
This seems normal for governments. Canadian
pubs were like this when I got off the boat 40
years ago. They were called "beverage room

[nq:2]The OTB is Off Track Betting. The OTB betting shops ..[/nq]
[nq:1]Oy![/nq]
I'll raise you by one ATM machine.

Charles Riggs

[nq:1]OTB=Off Track Betting, the system that, in New York state, allowed the state to go into the bookie business. For ... was immoral, illegal and fattening. Then the government figured out how to make some money at it, so it's fine.[/nq]
Bob Lipton is back.
Speaking of absent members, where has Saint Padraig been of late?
Charles Riggs