The Supreme Court is likely to strike down a federal law that prohibits states from authorizing sports wagering next spring, leading perhaps a half-dozen states to legalize the practice in the next five years, according to lobbyists and experts in gambling law who appeared on a Wednesday panel at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing.
Javier Castellano, Alex Birzer, Jose Ferrer, Rodney Prescott, and Joe Talamo are finalists for the 2018 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, it was announced on Wednesday morning by Santa Anita.
A succession of racing analysts appearing on a Tuesday panel at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing urged racetracks in the U.S. to lower takeout rates for single-race bets such as win and exacta wagers in order to reverse protracted declines in betting on horse racing.
A succession of racing analysts appearing on a Tuesday panel at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing urged racetracks in the U.S. to lower takeout rates for single-race bets such as win and exacta wagers in order to reverse protracted declines in betting on horse racing.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case focusing on whether the federal government is within its rights to prohibit states from authorizing gambling on sports, with the discussion centering on whether a current federal law violates a principle disallowing the federal government from “commandeering” policy at the state level, according to published reports after the oral arguments concluded.
A legal fight that began five years ago with New Jersey's attempt to help its struggling casino industry will go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, as the highest court in the land is scheduled to hear oral arguments over whether states have the power to legalize sports gambling.
The Delaware Handicap has been downgraded from a Grade 1 race to a Grade 2 race as part of the annual review of all graded stakes races in the U.S., according to the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
John Heims, the director of media relations at Monmouth Park, will serve as the racing secretary for the track next year, replacing Mike Anifantis, a top official of the track said on Thursday.
The Oregon Racing Commission is conducting a probe into a race on Monday at Portland Meadows in which more than $9,000 in bets were placed on a 74-1 first-time starter to show, racing officials in the state confirmed this week.
Churchill Downs Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its mobile-gaming company, Big Fish Games, for nearly $1 billion, three years after acquiring the business, the company announced late on Wednesday.
