Delaware is likely to become the first state to offer wagering on single-game professional sports outside of Nevada since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting states from authorizing sports betting, according to a Thursday announcement.
Grade 1 winner Gygistar died "suddenly and unexpectedly" in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday. The gelding was 19.
Lifelong horseman William E. Graves, a senior vice president with Fasig-Tipton for 26 years, died following a short illness on Wednesday in Lexington, Ky. He was 69.
Officials at New Jersey's Monmouth Park had hoped the track would begin taking sports bets within two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law preventing sports betting on May 14. On Monday, that two weeks will have come and gone, and Monmouth Park will not have offered a single sports bet, nor does it plan to for several more weeks.
The parent company of TVG has agreed to merge with FanDuel, a leading daily fantasy sports site, in a consolidation seeking to capitalize on a recent Supreme Court decision that could open the doors to sports wagering in a number of U.S. jurisdictions.
Breeders’ Cup Ltd. has partnered with two English festival tracks and the Australian host of the Melbourne Cup to launch a website and social-media disseminator focusing on international racing, the partners announced on Tuesday.
Despite sloppy conditions and what appeared on paper to be a less-than-stellar betting race, total handle on the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore set a record while all-sources handle on the entire 14-race card was down 4.4 percent, according to charts of the day's races.
The New York Gaming Commission on Monday approved a decision to revoke the owner’s and trainer’s licenses held by Brandon Charlerie and make him ineligible to apply for any license for three years.
Legalizing sports betting in California faces a difficult, and perhaps impossible, deadline to make the November ballot and could be years from implementation, according to state racing executives and legislative staff.
Churchill Downs Inc., the publicly traded gambling company, has entered into a partnership with Golden Nugget Atlantic City, a New Jersey casino and online gambling website operator, in the wake of this week’s ruling by the Supreme Court affecting sports betting
