If management of a racetrack can get alternative gaming, by all means it should do so, as it will enhance revenues and profits. But horse-racing owners and breeders are chasing fool’s gold if they expect alternative-gaming subsidies to last forever.
Entries from June 2009
ALTERNATIVE GAMING AT RACETRACKS: GOLD OR FOOL’S GOLD?
June 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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DEAR SENATOR
June 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPACT OF MIDWEST/MIDEAST STATES (EDCMMS)
Serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia since 1990, with offices in Springfield, Indianapolis, Lansing, Columbus, Harrisburg, and Charleston
June 23, 2009
TO: Honorable Charlie Borders, Kentucky State Senate
FROM: William David, Executive Director, EDCMMS
SUBJECT: Rejection of Slots Bill
On behalf of the government, business, and union leaders—and, most of all, [...]
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SHOULD THE WINNINGEST THOROUGHBRED TRAINER OF ALL TIME BE IN THE HALL OF FAME?
June 20th, 2009 · 16 Comments
This week’s Horse Racing Business evaluates the following resolution: The late Dale Baird, the number 1 Thoroughbred horse trainer ever in recording wins, should have his name enshrined in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame election standards for trainers:
The Hall of Fame specifies that a candidate must have worked at the craft for a minimum of [...]
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