A bill that would grant Catskill Off-Track Betting Corporation the legal right to operate OTB parlors in New York City’s five boroughs was sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday, but it is unlikely that the bill will receive his endorsement, according to racing officials.
Regulators and racetracks that seek harsh penalties against drug offenders continue to encounter obstacles to the enforcement of those penalties through a legal review process that is increasingly sympathetic to the rights of licensees, panelists at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming said on Thursday morning.
Despite bright lights on the horizon, Ohio horsemen remain troubled by the condition of the state’s racing industry, which faces disputes over racing dates and slot-machine subsidies.
Anyone who enjoyed "Thirty Tons a Day," the little-read but peculiarly seminal racetrack management book, probably had their senses tingling on Wednesday afternoon at the Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming during a presentation by Kelly Spencer, the marketing manager at tiny Grand River Raceway in rural Ontario.
Candidates for the Eclipse Award for older male.
Where should a racetrack focus its discretionary spending: on the ontrack experience, or the marketing of its simulcast product? That question was addressed acutely Wednesday morning at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming.
Handle on U.S. races in November was down marginally compared with November figures last year, according to figures released on Wednesday by Equibase. The decline in handle was offset by a larger decline in race dates during the month.
The emergence of so-called "social games" - games that are played on social-networking websites - and racing's unique position as the only form of legalized online gambling are creating incentives for companies to create sometimes novel, sometimes bizarre games tied to the sport.
Live wagering on a betting exchange in California may be coming far sooner than the Thoroughbred industry expected in that state.
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board on Thursday passed rules regulating the use of shock-wave therapy on horses that will prohibit a horse from receiving the painkilling treatment 10 days prior to being entered for a race.
