TUCSON, Ariz. – Computerized account-wagering companies that pour billions of dollars a year into U.S. racing pools aren’t going away, but they may face guardrails on their play in the future, according to officials who spoke at the closing Tuesday session at the Global Symposium on Racing.

The panel session was the third this year at racing conferences to examine the impact of CAWs on racing’s parimutuel pools, following the publication in the spring of a long-form piece in The Financial Times detailing CAW play. The author of that piece, Oliver Roeder, moderated the panel.

TUCSON, Ariz. – The chairman of an international horse-racing rules committee on Tuesday urged North American racing jurisdictions to abandon their current protocols for deciding disqualifications of horses for racing infractions, saying that an acceptance of rules in place in most major racing countries world-wide would benefit bettors, owners, and the public perception of the sport.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Lisa Lazarus, the chief executive officer of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, told a packed conference room of racing officials on Tuesday that the organization she leads remains focused and committed to its missions of improving the regulation of racing and the safety of the sport.

Average wagering per race on U.S. Thoroughbred races held in November was up 7.5 percent over the same figure in November of last year, according to figures released by Equibase on Tuesday, though total wagering was down slightly.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Mike Luzzi, the Eclipse Award winning apprentice jockey of 1989 and a winner of more than 3,500 races, announced his retirement from riding Saturday. Luzzi will become the agent for his son Lane, who has based at Aqueduct since October.

“It was his idea,” Mike Luzzi, 54, said of becoming his son’s agent. “Reluctantly, I’m going to finish my career. It’s tough, I still felt like I had a comeback in me.”

The deadline for the release of a state-sanctioned report examining the long-term options for Maryland’s racing industry has been extended until Jan. 5, according to officials with knowledge of the decision.

The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the extension has not yet been announced, said that the deadline was extended to give the state agency, the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, more time to consider its work. By legislation, the MTROA was supposed to deliver its report to the legislature by Dec. 1.

The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has approved an administrative law judge’s recommendation to penalize a veterinarian with a six-year ban after she administered injections to two horses on raceday, along with numerous other rule violations, according to commission documents.

The Federal Trade Commission has approved an amendment to rules enforced by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority that bans the use of injectable iron dextran in horses, according to an announcement from the FTC.

One in Vermillion, the winner of the Grade 1 Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga in August and stakes in three other states, has been retired after sustaining a fetlock injury in a workout at Zia Park earlier this month.

Owner Jonathan Kalman said on Friday that One in Vermillion underwent successful surgery on Nov. 6, two days after the injury was diagnosed, but that the injury will prevent the colt from returning to racing.

Kalman said he has held discussions with stallion farms about a stud deal for One in Vermillion, but that no deal has been finalized.

Racetrack Television Network, a subscription television and streaming service, will offer livestreams of the panels at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing again this year, the company announced Tuesday.

The package will be available for $149, RTN said, with all proceeds contributed to the Race Track Industry Program, the educational program at Arizona that administers the annual conference. The package will enable buyers to watch the panels on tablets, smartphones, personal computers, and on televisions equipped with Roku or Amazon Fire devices.