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TOPSHOT - Greyhounds await their races in a kennel at Club/52 Melbourne Greyhound Park in Melbourne, Florida February 14, 2018. - Six lean greyhounds in bright racing colors sprint wildly around a parched track in sun-baked central Florida. The grandstand at the Melbourne Greyhound Park can hold 2,000 people, but on this day there are barely a dozen."This is a little anticlimactic," admits John Niebler, the Melbourne park's operations director, motioning to the nearly deserted stands. It is no secret that greyhound racing is a dying pastime in this southeastern state. In the 1990s, Niebler said, a single race could take in $500,000 in bets. Today that figure might be closer to $15. (Photo by RHONA WISE / AFP) (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Greyhounds await their races in a kennel at Club/52 Melbourne Greyhound Park in Melbourne, Florida February 14, 2018. - Six lean greyhounds in bright racing colors sprint wildly around a parched track in sun-baked central Florida. The grandstand at the Melbourne Greyhound Park can hold 2,000 people, but on this day there are barely a dozen."This is a little anticlimactic," admits John Niebler, the Melbourne park's operations director, motioning to the nearly deserted stands. It is no secret that greyhound racing is a dying pastime in this southeastern state. In the 1990s, Niebler said, a single race could take in $500,000 in bets. Today that figure might be closer to $15. (Photo by RHONA WISE / AFP) (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images)
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