there seemed less chance of crookedness where so much crookedness had been insured against , but , back of it all , bond knew that the illegal wire services were relaying the results of each race throughout the states , cutting the tote odds to a maximum of 20-8-4 , twentys for a win , eights for first or second , and fours for a place , and that millions of dollars every year were going straight into the pockets of gangsters to whom racing was just another source of revenue like prostitution or drugs .