Friday, September 21, 2012

nassau otb bettors against leonard steinman

Leonard Steinman is not a lawyer for all the people of New York who bet horses.
You'd think a "super lawyer" would know that you can't close Nassau OTB, a public benefit corporation, only on Roman Catholic Holidays in preference to Greek Orthodox holidays with the same name. eg Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Leonard Steinman's firm was well paid by Nassau OTB when Dino Amoroso was President of Nassau OTB. Put the billing records on the public table.

Vote no and/or demand that Leonard Steinman and/or his firm sue (or make a telephone call to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman) so that bettors who wish to bet at Nassau OTB may do so on any day of the year when there is a race running in the United States that they want to bet. Don't be fooled by the foolish words of Leonard Steinman's website. See below.
Perhaps Leonard Steinman does not have any Greek friends?

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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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