Even Adi Weisman see below knows that

New York can't close Nassau OTB on Roman Catholic Easter Sunday in preference to Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday. Ditto for Roman Catholic Palm Sunday in preference to Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday.

Certainly there must be one horse playing lawyer at this firm who can see that New York Bettors can bet at Nassau OTB on any day of the year that they might wish.

Nassau County, NY 2012 Series ABC Tax Anticipation - PFM

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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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Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law 
* §  109.  Filing  of pari-mutuel tax returns or reports by electronic
  means. Every corporation or association authorized by  this  chapter  to
  conduct pari-mutuel betting on horse races shall file in a timely manner
  pari-mutuel  tax  returns  or other reports relating to such activity in
  such form and by such means,  including  electronic  means,  as  may  be
  prescribed by the state racing and wagering board or the commissioner of
  taxation  and  finance,  as  the  case  may  be  in  accordance with the
  provisions of this chapter.
    * NB Effective until February 1, 2013
    * §  109.  Supplementary  regulatory   powers   of   the   commission.
  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  the  commission
  through its rules and regulations or  in  allotting  dates  for  racing,
  simulcasting  or in licensing race meetings at which pari-mutuel betting
  is permitted shall be authorized to:
    1. permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on  any  or
  all  dates from the first day of January through the thirty-first day of
  December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive of  December  twenty-fifth,
  Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday; and
    2. fix minimum and maximum charges for admission at any race meeting.
    * NB Effective February 1, 2013

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BY JERRY BOSSERT. Sunday, April 13, 2003. Bucking the law, New York City Off-Track Betting will be open today, Palm Sunday, accepting wagering from ...

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