In April or thereabout Andrew Cuomo our thoughts turn toward betting

the races of Gulfstream Park and the other tracks running all across the United States. If you cared as much about our right to do as we please while you do as you please, you would see that Nassau OTB is open every day of the year.  Fishing is fun.  Betting is fun. Working at OTB can be fun until the OTB goes bankrupt like NYC OTB did.When tracks are running that bettors want to bet, the OTBs must be open to take our bets. If we don't want to bet and go fishing we are free to do so.  You however are not free to see that Nassau OTB closes only on Roman Catholic Easter Sunday and Roman Catholic Palm Sunday in preference to the same holidays as observed on different days by the Greek Orthodox Church or not observed at all.
Go fish. Good try. We are not amused by your antics when you seemingly pay NO Attention to NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3

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Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012

Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.

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