-
paulmoranattheraces.blogspot.com »
Belmont neighbors: Say no to VLTs
The Locustwood/ Gotham Civic Association, which represents the community adjacent to Belmont Park, began 2009 by issuing the following statement…
January 2 2009, 5:45am | Visit source »
-
Why won't all the slot machines slated to be installed at a NYRA racino have racehorse themes? Why don't more…
December 31 2008, 3:30pm | Visit source »
-
In reading this long article on The Journal News' LoHud.com site about crime statistics at the Yonkers racino and a…
December 29 2008, 1:22am | Visit source »
-
New York's harness tracks, with support from the State Racing and Wagering Board, successfully defended three claims by the state's…
December 22 2008, 9:04pm | Visit source »
-
Some discussion in the comments section as to what exactly the governor is proposing for Belmont VLT's. So the following…
December 17 2008, 4:56am | Visit source »
-
$370 Million Becomes The Standard
Looks like the $370 million upfront fee which was offered and accepted, above and beyond the $250 million originally requested,…
December 16 2008, 10:30am | Visit source »
-
blog.horseplayersassociation.org »
Will Slots Continue to Hurt Handles?
Thalheimer and Ali present an ominous scenario in their paper entitled, "Pari-Mutuel Horse Race Wagering -- Competition from Within and…
Continue reading post from
Horseplayers Association of North AmericaDecember 14 2008, 9:59am | Visit source »
-
Paul Post reports from the Arizona symposium, where NYRA president Charles Hayward appeared on a panel, that a Memorandum of…
December 10 2008, 6:03am | Visit source »
-
Live racing boosts slots handle in Iowa
From panel on racino effect: "Expanded gaming at racetracks has not helped the business of Thoroughbred racing ... but live racing does help handle on slot machines at Prairie Meadows Racetrack." (ThoroTimes)
December 9 2008, 2:48pm | Visit source »
-
A commenter under the name Delaware North Companies writes: The rumor and comments you have written about related to Delaware…
December 3 2008, 1:53pm | Visit source »
-
paulmoranattheraces.blogspot.com »
Slot machines everywhere; now what?
Once the details are cleared in Maryland, New York and parts of Florida, blinking lights, bells and annoying sound effects…
November 28 2008, 1:08pm | Visit source »
-
Penn National apparently has some serious designs on Atlantic City, with two casino projects on the drawing board. One, said…
November 24 2008, 1:50pm | Visit source »
-
With the passage of legislation in Maryland to allow either slots at the race tracks or, at the very least,…
November 17 2008, 10:00am | Visit source »
-
Familiar Names Behind Expanded Gaming Push
A couple of upstate papers are reporting on a move afoot in Albany to allow electronic versions of table games…
November 15 2008, 7:19am | Visit source »
-
Addicted to Slots (Part 287 or so)
The Associated Press reported yesterday that New York State has become increasingly dependent on revenue from the state's eight racinos…
November 11 2008, 10:37am | Visit source »
-
Trouble at Freehold Raceway, the daytime half-mile harness track in the New Jersey town of the same name. The track's…
November 10 2008, 2:51pm | Visit source »
-
A ballot measure passed in Massachusetts banning hound racing. Thoroughbreds will be on their hit list next. (check out the…
November 5 2008, 12:25am | Visit source »
-
Governor Paterson, in an interview with the Albany Times Union, defended his efforts on behalf of his party's Senate candidates,…
October 31 2008, 7:38pm | Visit source »
-
My first long term exposure to racing was the Maryland circuit: Laurel-Pimlico and the state fair meet at Timonium. This…
October 31 2008, 12:59pm | Visit source »
-
Build It (sans slots), And They Won't Come
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reiterated his opposition to the slots at Belmont that Governor Paterson did not actually propose the…
October 28 2008, 10:44am | Visit source »
-
The Democrats want to get some political mileage out of the Aqueduct racino too. So Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith…
October 23 2008, 12:52pm | Visit source »
-
Senate Republicans have capitulated on the Delaware North racino at the Big A. In the big picture, the additional week…
October 23 2008, 4:20am | Visit source »
-
Halsey Minor, the former CNET founder and Internet entrepreneur who wants to buy tracks, might be a guy that can…
October 22 2008, 6:32pm | Visit source »
-
Senate Democrats want you to know how much they feel that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is costing the state…
October 21 2008, 1:16pm | Visit source »
-
State Senator Bill Larkin, the Chairman of the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, weighs in on the Aqueduct racino imbroglio.…
October 21 2008, 10:47am | Visit source »
-
Slots Revenue Tumbles and Other Notes
In a harbinger perhaps (thanks to Equidaily for the link) slots revenue is falling fast.The amount of money bet at…
October 20 2008, 10:01am | Visit source »
-
An official in the NY State Comptroller's office tells Bloomberg, of the state's plan to collect an upfront fee and…
October 17 2008, 1:02pm | Visit source »
-
During a campaign stop in Maryland (yes, he's running again), Ralph Nader said NO to slots. "We oppose it because…
October 17 2008, 9:15am | Visit source »
-
More on Aqueduct in the local Queens Chronicle this week; and the free weekly reports that the community has a…
October 17 2008, 3:00am | Visit source »
-
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos' spokesperson John McArdle, who I guess is the resident spokesperson for whomever the GOP Senate…
October 15 2008, 10:45am | Visit source »
-
Delaware North hopes to take their case directly to Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. (Skeptical Skelos, I was going to…
October 14 2008, 9:20am | Visit source »
-
Big A Dispute Tinged with Lobbyists and Politics (what else is new?)
Speaker Sheldon Silver and the Assembly Democrats stand with Governor Paterson in favor of Delaware North's selection to run the…
October 11 2008, 6:58am | Visit source »
-
Report: It's Delaware North....
...This according to a report on the Albany Times Union's Capitol Confidential blog. According to two informed sources, the governor…
October 10 2008, 12:57pm | Visit source »
-
Paterson: Big A Bidders "Sound," Decision "Forthcoming"
Here's the thread from Governor Paterson's Q&A;on The Albany Project site. Glad that a questioner there named Luke - perhaps…
October 9 2008, 9:24am | Visit source »
-
Yonkers, NY is the staycation capital of the world! So proclaims proud reader jk in response to what is to…
October 8 2008, 1:37pm | Visit source »
-
One major project that's proceeding despite the ongoing credit crisis is developer Louis Cappelli's $1.1 billion Entertainment City on the…
October 6 2008, 4:26am | Visit source »
Page: 1 2