The Jockey Club has abandoned its efforts to produce games designed for social-media platforms. but is throwing its support behind a mobile game called “Lil’ Horses,” also for the casual gaming market.
A tax approved by the Pennsylvania legislature this summer has thrown the state’s account-wagering businesses for a loop, with confusion and uncertainty reigning among customers of the operations.
The marathon Santa Anita meeting from Dec. 26, 2013 through June 29, 2014, is likely to have a brief break in April and could include twilight racing in its final months, the California Horse Racing Board was told at its monthly meeting on Thursday.
Nearly a dozen representatives of the Florida parimutuel industry appeared on Wednesday at a Florida Senate Gaming Committee hearing to extol the industry’s economic impact as part of a campaign to vie for influence during an upcoming effort to rewrite the state’s gambling laws.
Daily Racing Form has established a long-term hosting agreement with NTRA to become the “official online qualifying site” for National Handicapping Championship qualifying tournaments. DRF simultaneously established an exclusive, long-term hosting agreement with Breeders’ Cup Limited to conduct online tournaments leading to the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge.
Penn National Gaming Inc. had net income of $41.3 million in the third quarter of 2013, down 11 percent from the net income the company posted in the third quarter of last year, according to financial statements released by the company Thursday.
The Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a rule that will void any claim of a horse that dies during a race or is euthanized on the track as a result of an injury.
Ontario’s Liberal government will provide $400 million in public funding for the horse racing industry over five years in a plan announced Friday morning by the province’s premier, Kathleen Wynne.
The winners of the off-the-turf Shadwell Turf Mile and Bourbon Stakes at Keeneland last weekend both will still receive a credit for entry fees into Breeders’ Cup races even though the races automatically lost their Win and You’re In designation after being moved to the main track, Breeders’ Cup officials said Friday.
Racetracks are likely to continue to lower the minimum wager on many bets but are unlikely to put any significant downward pressure on takeout rates, officials of racetracks said on Wednesday during the closing session of the three-day Simulcast Conference in downtown Lexington.
