ikr wtf I have some Midwest relatives who are farmers and they're amazing at budgeting money and time and very no-nonsense when it comes to talking business.
Something offered to allure or attract; an inducement, especially to buy. A sexual or romantic approach or proposal. Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement.
rube /roo͞b/
noun
An unsophisticated country person. A person of rural heritage; a yokel. An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
Problem is Everett never figured out he should be angry at the gambling industry, for using probability to fleece the majority - or the horse racing industry for their cruelty, whipping horses, too much tavel time, and killing horses so regularly.
What is tavel time? it's really hard to Google it and "tavel" alone seems to be a wine. It's either something specific to horse racing or a typo, but I'm really curious. either way.
Looks like there's a generic sense of "Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.", but even more relevant here it can mean "A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win."