Betting on a racetrack
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Steven Roth, the tough, entrepreneurial chief executive of giant Vornado Realty Trust , has his sights set on Boston's Suffolk Downs. And it is a better bet than any you could place at the struggling track that the opportunity he sees is not in a bunch of old men shouting at a TV screen and betting two bucks on a ...
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Americans will soon have the chance to bet on races from Hong Kong, and the size of the wagering will stun the thoroughbred industry, here and abroad.
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A quarter of a billion dollars to build the track. Tens of millions in racing fees. More than 150,000 live spectators and a television audience of hundreds of millions.
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The future looked a little brighter for Suffolk Downs racetrack yesterday, when a proposal to buy a majority interest (approximately 40 percent) by New York businessman Richard Fields was presented to the Massachusetts State Racing Commission for approval.
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Rules for the Hatrrick contest.
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It may soon be up to the courts to determine just who owns Curlin, the horse that bested Street Sense to win the Preakness Stakes.
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Betting fans in Britain have laid down a record multi-million wager on the US presidential election, which bookies say is looking harder to call as November 2 draws near.
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PLEASANTLY PERFECT seeks to become just the second horse in history to capture the US$4 million ($6.6 million) Breeders&#39; Cup Classic two consecutive years in a row tomorrow.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Two of the largest racetrack owners in North America _ Churchill Downs Inc. and Magna Entertainment Corp. _ have joined forces in an attempt to reach more fans.
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SACRAMENTO, California -- As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: &quot;...The state&#39;s big horse racetracks and card clubs will launch their big push today for an initiative that could give them slot machines with a $3 million-a-week television buy for a
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The Colonial Downs racetrack in New Kent County, Va., and its nine off-track betting affiliates are put up for sale this week by Jacobs Entertainment.
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A quick screen for making winning picks.
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Competition usually means better odds for the gambler. Here's a case where the game got worse.
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Reports say a group from the horse racing industry has put forward an offer for UK state-owned bookmaker, the Tote.
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Bookmakers make Scotland odds-on for a white Christmas after a flurry of betting across their counters.
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ZeTurf picks a winner at last House of Cards In a major blow to existent French gaming law, the French high court - le Cour de Cassation - ruled that the French horse racing monopolist Parimutuel Urbain (PMU) cannot prevent Malta-based ZeTurf from offering wagers over the internet on French horse races. The pdf of the decision is here.â¦
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Horses can take a misstep and break an ankle on any racetrack. The injury to Barbaro, however, has renewed debate over whether such an injury would happen less often on a surface other than dirt.