Brought to you by the man who is too lazy and/or

 ... to ask Attorney General Eric Scheiderman for a FREE FORMAL OPINION  as to whether NY PML Sec  109/105 is constitutionally defensible (see eg NY Const. Art. 1, Sec 3) and /or applies to Nassau OTB. 

John D. Sabini/The NY Racing and Wagering Board have been repeatedly petitioned to ask for a Free Opinion and have failed to do so. 

It is even clear to a horse that you can't close Nassau OTB on Roman Catholic Easter Sunday and Palm Sunday and not on Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday and Palm Sunday. Fair is fair.

Let's bet on Eric's scholarly opinion assuming we can find someone with standing to request same.

News from the New York State Racing and Wagering Board
Contact: Lee.Park@racing.ny.gov<mailto:Lee.Park@racing.ny.gov>


September 28, 2012



STATEMENT FROM JOHN D. SABINI, CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK STATE RACING AND WAGERING BOARD


"The sweeping reform suggestions announced today by the Task Force on Racehorse Health and Safety are welcome recommendations that will greatly improve horse and rider safety in New York state. The measures will be fully implemented by the Racing and Wagering Board. The Board will hold a special meeting within the next two weeks to enact several emergency rules in accordance with the Task Force's recommendations. These rules will apply to all Thoroughbred racing in New York State. The Racing and Wagering Board will also adopt other recommended protocols and policies that do not require specific rulemaking actions."





Rules expected to be enacted on an emergency basis include:

 *   Voiding claims (at claimant's discretion) for horses that are vanned off the grounds
 *   Requiring that Claimants be advised of Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Administrations
 *   Adjusting the Purses Claiming Ratio to 1.6 times claiming price
 *   Corticosteroid Administration Changes

    *   DepoMedrol prohibited within 15 days
    *   All other Intra-Articular Corticosteroids prohibited within 7 days
    *   All Systemic Corticosteroids prohibited within 5 days

 *   Required Corticosteroid Reporting to Stewards
 *   Clenbuterol prohibited within 21 days
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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.