John Sabini will resign his post as chairman of the New York
State Racing and Wagering Board effective Friday, a spokesman for the
board confirmed Wednesday.
The news, first reported Tuesday by the Albany Times Union, comes three weeks before the NYSRWB is to be merged with and work under a new state gaming commission. The three-member NYSRWB will be replaced by a seven-member board with an unsalaried chairman. As chairman, Sabini earned $120,800 annually, according to the Times Union.
“He’s retiring prior to that to work in the private sector,” said Lee Park, a spokesman for the NYSRWB.
According to the Times Union, Sabini will open a public affairs lobbying office that will serve both Albany and Washington, D.C.
Sabini, a former New York state senator, was appointed chairman of the Racing and Wagering Board in August 2008.
If you earn that much money you would think that you might have asked the New York State Attorney General for a FREE FORMAL OPIONION. Any horse's ass knows that you can't close Nassau OTB on Roman Catholic Palm Sunday in preference to Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday. Tracks are running all acros
the United States that bettors want to bet. John Sabini should have read NY Const. Art, 1, Sec. 3 years ago.
The news, first reported Tuesday by the Albany Times Union, comes three weeks before the NYSRWB is to be merged with and work under a new state gaming commission. The three-member NYSRWB will be replaced by a seven-member board with an unsalaried chairman. As chairman, Sabini earned $120,800 annually, according to the Times Union.
“He’s retiring prior to that to work in the private sector,” said Lee Park, a spokesman for the NYSRWB.
According to the Times Union, Sabini will open a public affairs lobbying office that will serve both Albany and Washington, D.C.
Sabini, a former New York state senator, was appointed chairman of the Racing and Wagering Board in August 2008.
If you earn that much money you would think that you might have asked the New York State Attorney General for a FREE FORMAL OPIONION. Any horse's ass knows that you can't close Nassau OTB on Roman Catholic Palm Sunday in preference to Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday. Tracks are running all acros
the United States that bettors want to bet. John Sabini should have read NY Const. Art, 1, Sec. 3 years ago.
John Sabini will resign his post as chairman of the New York
State Racing and Wagering Board effective Friday, a spokesman for the
board confirmed Wednesday.
The news, first reported Tuesday by the Albany Times Union, comes three weeks before the NYSRWB is to be merged with and work under a new state gaming commission. The three-member NYSRWB will be replaced by a seven-member board with an unsalaried chairman. As chairman, Sabini earned $120,800 annually, according to the Times Union.
“He’s retiring prior to that to work in the private sector,” said Lee Park, a spokesman for the NYSRWB.
According to the Times Union, Sabini will open a public affairs lobbying office that will serve both Albany and Washington, D.C.
Sabini, a former New York state senator, was appointed chairman of the Racing and Wagering Board in August 2008.
Stop scratching on holidays
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.
The news, first reported Tuesday by the Albany Times Union, comes three weeks before the NYSRWB is to be merged with and work under a new state gaming commission. The three-member NYSRWB will be replaced by a seven-member board with an unsalaried chairman. As chairman, Sabini earned $120,800 annually, according to the Times Union.
“He’s retiring prior to that to work in the private sector,” said Lee Park, a spokesman for the NYSRWB.
According to the Times Union, Sabini will open a public affairs lobbying office that will serve both Albany and Washington, D.C.
Sabini, a former New York state senator, was appointed chairman of the Racing and Wagering Board in August 2008.
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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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