Suffolk OTB filed for bankruptcy and

Nassau OTB cries poverty. how can a county improve solvency with such fine minds and deep pockets?

If Cuomo were an honest crook he would see that NY OTBs are open 365 days of the year just like the slot machines and the NY Lottery.  At the last Teamster Local 707 meeting slot machine consultants were mentioned by Kevin McCaffrey. Perhaps the NSA can identify them and their contracts and work done or imagined and their compensation.

All students who default on their student loan should be provided with a slot machine to help pay off the loan.
If you can give a slot machine to a bankrupt corporation you can certainly bail out a studious student?

Cuomo signs bill to expand NY casino gambling

Originally published: July 30, 2013 6:05 PM
Updated: July 31, 2013 10:03 AM
By YANCEY ROY  yancey.roy@newsday.com

Walmart shoppers in Farmingdale react to the possibility of casinos coming to Long Island. Videojournalists: Jessica Rotkiewicz and Elise Apelain (June 19, 2013)

ALBANY - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law Tuesday a bill that greatly expands casino gambling in New York -- including creating new video slot machine parlors in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
The plan authorizes four upstate casinos, which must also win approval in a statewide referendum this fall.
No matter the fate of the casino vote, the law allows Nassau and Suffolk counties to open one video-slot facility apiece. Each would have a maximum of 1,000 machines, which are known as video lottery terminals. Both counties had strongly backed a gambling bill as a way to boost county finances.
"The law will provide residents who now travel out of the county to recreate in gaming the opportunity to spend their money in their home county while bolstering educational and municipal services," Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said in a statement Tuesday.
"This legislation will allow Suffolk County to keep tens of millions of dollars on Long Island to provide relief to local taxpayers, school districts and create jobs," said Vanessa Baird-Streeter, spokeswoman for Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.
Off-track betting corporations in Nassau and Suffolk would operate the video slot machine centers, officials said. Neither county has designated a site preference yet, though Nassau Off-Track Betting Corp. president Joseph Cairo said officials were discussing the OTB Race Palace in Plainview.
He said access and parking are key issues at the facility, but added: "Our primary focus right now is the Race Palace."
Cuomo has touted the plan as a way to boost the upstate economy.
"This new law will bring the state one step closer to establishing world-class destination gaming resorts that will attract tourists to upstate New York and support thousands of good-paying jobs, as well as new revenue for local businesses," Cuomo said in a statement.
The law sanctions four casinos in three upstate areas: Catskills-Hudson Valley, Capital Region and Southern Tier.

aspirin and metformin treat lung cancer et al

don't get scammed by Mount Sinai et al.
search pubmed.org for lung cancer aspirin and metformin and you will see that metformin and aspirin will treat or better lung cancer and other types of cancer. scanning does not address the utility of this save and effective way to kill abberrant cancer cells. a scan should not be viewed simply as a profit center to deliver news. if the person scanned dies then there are plenty more people to be scanned.
why doesn't Delthia Ricks and Newsday help advance the safe inexpensive and effective treatment for lung cancer et al, metformin and apsirin?

if you are a terminal cancer patient you might consider aspirin and metformin and publish your results on You Tube. If/when it works better than anything else you may have tried you will wonder how humans treat each other.

Aspirin and metformin, inexpensive, safe, and effective and should be tried before employing lead to the head for a guaranteed result.

Annual CT scans for lung cancer recommended for longtime smokers

Originally published: July 29, 2013 9:00 PM
Updated: July 29, 2013 10:37 PM
By DELTHIA RICKS  delthia.ricks@newsday.com

Photo credit: Getty Images | Smokers who've indulged in the habit for decades can benefit from routine annual low-dose CT screenings to detect the presence of early-stage lung cancers, a key government health panel said. (Sept. 15, 2009)

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Smokers who've indulged in the habit for decades can benefit from routine annual low-dose CT screenings to detect the presence of early-stage lung cancers, a key government health panel said Monday.
The draft recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is open for public comment until Aug. 26. The final statement is expected to be officially published within three to six months.
Older smokers and former smokers -- 55 to 74 -- with a pack-a-day history should undergo annual helical CT scans, according to the task force, which estimates about 9 million people are probably eligible for screening.

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Panelists based their recommendation on the National Lung Screening Trial, a massive nationwide study of 53,000 current and former smokers. Researchers concluded in 2010 that screening reduced lung cancer deaths by 20 percent.
A second national study, a portion of which was conducted on Long Island, helped determine which types of lung nodules detected by CT scans should be biopsied to help prevent unnecessary invasive procedures.
The new screening endorsement by the influential government panel has been a long time coming.
In 2004, the task force gave the screening its lowest possible recommendation, saying there wasn't enough evidence to prove its worth. But Monday, the independent panel of nonfederal experts, which makes recommendations to primary care clinicians on screenings, counseling and preventive medications, gave the scans a grade of "B" -- a full-throated endorsement.
"Finally. Good for them," said Dr. Shahriyour Andaz, director of thoracic oncology at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside.
"The purpose of CT screening is to detect lung cancer early," said Andaz, who is also an associate professor of surgery at Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine. He led the Long Island portion of the Early Lung Cancer Action Program, which helped determine the types of lung nodules that should be biopsied.
"You're not preventing lung cancer through CT scanning, you're detecting it at hopefully stage 1A," added Andaz, noting that long-term survival is most likely when tumors are spotted in their earliest evolutionary phase.
For Dr. Claudia Henschke, director of the Lung and Cardiac Screening Program at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan, the panel's recommendation is vindication of her pioneering research.
She is the first doctor to theorize -- and prove 14 years ago -- that CT scanning saves lives.
For years, skeptics had denounced CT scans for lung cancer, complaining that patients would run the risk of false positives and invasive procedures that could prove costly and disabling. But the scientific evidence overwhelmingly showed lives were spared.
"The decision by the . . . [panel] to upgrade its recommendation for low-dose CT screening for lung cancer to a 'B' is a major step forward," Henschke said. "The benefits associated with CT screening, while still not fully appreciated, will continue to improve over time."
Dr. Nabil Rizk, a thoracic surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, said the panel's decision is good news for smokers -- and physicians"This is for people with a 30-year history of smoking," Rizk said.
. With the panel's recommendation, Rizk predicts Medicare and private insurers will probably cover the screening's cost, which can run anywhere from $500 to $750.
Lung cancer is a major disease burden that kills about 160,000 people annually, more than those who die from breast, prostate and colorectal cancers combined.
"Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and a devastating diagnosis for more than 200,000 people each year," said Dr. Virginia Moyer, who chairs the task force. "Sadly, nearly 90 percent of people who develop lung cancer die from the disease, in part because it often is not found until it is at an advanced stage," she said.

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Call to Order

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Dear Edmund C Burns Esq.:

New York State is violating my rights as a bettor secured by NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3.
NY PML Sec 109 does not apply to Nassau OTB
NY PML Sec 109 is unconstitutional.
NY PML Sec 109 is vague, indefinite and/or overly broad.
Please see that NY Bettors are free to bet at Nassau OTB 365 days of the year when tracks are running that bettors want to bet.

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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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Ed Burns became General Counsel of the New York State Gaming Commission at its inception in February 2013, after serving briefly as General Counsel of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board. For 17 years, Burns served in executive roles for Major League Baseball (MLB), where he was Vice President, Baseball Operations and Administration and Deputy General Counsel. He advised the Commissioner and the Major League Baseball clubs on rule interpretations and revisions, compliance, industry-wide and international agreements and operations matters, while overseeing the league’s Scouting Bureau and Arizona Fall League.
During his tenure at MLB, Burns was instrumental in negotiations with international partners, resolving disputes and rule enforcement issues. He was a key player in the establishment of the World Baseball Classic tournament and in getting the Federal COMPETE Act of 2006 passed, which eased the employment process for nonimmigrant athletes. Burns is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association and has served as a panelist at many conferences.
Prior to his work with MLB, Burns served as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where he litigated antitrust, insurance coverage, securities, contract and banking matters. He began his legal work serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, California.
Burns began his career as a sports reporter for Sports Illustrated and United Press International in the 1980s. He has a law degree from the Yale Law School and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and the Collegiate School in New York City.

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Deputy Mayor McCaffrey Begins Campaign For Suffolk Legislature Seat

Posted by Scott Moore (Editor) , July 26, 2013 at 02:20 PM

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Lindenhurst Village Deputy Mayor Kevin McCaffrey began his campaign for the recently vacated seat in the Suffolk County Legislator with a press conference outside Lindenhurst Village Hall.

“We still face many challenges in our south shore communities and as we do in Suffolk County,” said McCaffrey, the Republican candidate for the seat opened when Legislator Wayne Horsley (D–Babylon) said he would be leaving his position for a job with the state parks office.

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“I promise, as your Suffolk County Legislator, I will continue to make sure all the residents of Suffolk County, especially those in the 14th District, would have the things get done for them the right way.”

McCaffrey has served the village as a trustee for some 20 years over six terms and currently serves as the deputy mayor of Lindenhurst.

“This tenure has provided me with the experience that is invaluable as I serve as your Suffolk County legislator,” McCaffrey said. “I would like to bring that experience to Suffolk County.”

“This is a historic day,” said John Jay LaValle, Suffolk County Republican Committee Chairman. “We’re step-by-step putting a team together to take back our legislature and take back our local governments... we’re growing from the bottom up.”

LaValle continued, “Kevin McCaffrey is going to win this race. We have an individual who has stepped forward... a 30-year resident of this community who has served the village government for over 20 years.”

“He’s what we need right now.”

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meetings very often. perhaps this one will be more interesting.

slot machines  for all bankrupt new yorkers and those with student loans that they can't repay.

 

PLEASE NOTE THIS MEETING IS BEING RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 AT 11 A.M. AN UPDATED MEETING NOTICE WITH MORE INFORMATION WILL BE CIRCULATED SOON.

For Immediate Release: July 23, 2013

Contact: Lee.Park@gaming.ny.gov

          

*** PUBLIC NOTICE AND MEDIA ADVISORY ***

WHAT:           Meeting of the New York State Gaming Commission

WHEN:           Monday, July 29, 2013 at 9:30 a.m.

WHERE:         Empire State Development Corporation

34^th Floor Conference Room

633 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017

***OPEN PRESS***

Members of the public who wish to listen to the New York State Gaming Commission’s meeting remotely may dial-in up to 15 minutes prior to a meeting’s start time:

Dial-In: 1-866-394-2346
Code: 6430805412

NOTE: This is a “listen-only” line.

The expected agenda and materials relating to matters that are scheduled for discussion in open session will be posted on the Gaming Commission’s Web site prior to the meeting in accordance with the Public Officers Law.

NOTE:

·         Space is limited in this room and will accommodate only a few members of the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. Members of the media and public are strongly encouraged to use the dial-in option.

·         Members of the public or media wishing to attend the meeting in person must contact the Gaming Commission press office at 518-388-3415 by 3 p.m. on Friday, July 26.

·         All attendees must have valid photo ID to be admitted into the building.

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a source for other opinions is Nassau OTB

Nassau OTB Gloria Moran did collect enough signatures to have Teamsters Local 707 Kevin McCaffrey President replaced as the representative of Nassau OTB employees.

Come to Nassau OTB, make a few bets and ask about Kevin McCaffrey.

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McCaffrey Kicks Off Campaign For Suffolk Legislature Seat

Posted by Scott Moore (Editor) , July 26, 2013 at 02:51 PM

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Lindenhurst Village Deputy Mayor Kevin McCaffrey began his campaign for the recently vacated seat in the Suffolk County Legislator with a press conference outside Lindenhurst Village Hall.

“We still face many challenges in our south shore communities and as we do in Suffolk County,” said McCaffrey, the Republican candidate for the seat opened when Legislator Wayne Horsley (D–Babylon) said he would be leaving his position for a job with the state parks office.

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“I promise, as your Suffolk County Legislator, I will continue to make sure all the residents of Suffolk County, especially those in the 14th District, would have the things get done for them the right way.”

McCaffrey has served the village as a trustee for some 20 years over six terms and currently serves as the deputy mayor of Lindenhurst.

“This tenure has provided me with the experience that is invaluable as I serve as your Suffolk County legislator,” McCaffrey said. “I would like to bring that experience to Suffolk County.”

“This is a historic day,” said John Jay LaValle, Suffolk County Republican Committee Chairman. “We’re step-by-step putting a team together to take back our legislature and take back our local governments... we’re growing from the bottom up.”

LaValle continued, “Kevin McCaffrey is going to win this race. We have an individual who has stepped forward... a 30-year resident of this community who has served the village government for over 20 years.”

“He’s what we need right now.”

betting banned by NYRA on holy days for

non Greek Orthodox believers only.  Politicians care nothing about NY Const. ARt. 1, Sec. 3 and freedom of religion or separation of church and state and OTBs making money. Politicians care only for pocketing cash. Working is for dogs.

 

Campaign ban at track sinking in

New policy having effect, but there is a loophole

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A Republican state senator dropped plans for a big fundraiser next week at Saratoga Race Course after learning of the New York Racing Association's policy that bars the tradition of raising campaign cash at the state's tracks.
On Thursday, campaign workers for Suffolk County's representative in the upper chamber was reminding contributors of his fundraiser on Monday and to dress properly for "Day at the Track With Senator Lee M. Zeldin."
A few hours later, emails alerted contributors that the event had been canceled.
Zeldin is the fourth candidate to go in another direction as a result of NYRA's policy, adopted in June, that follows pre-existing prohibitions against political activities in state facilities.
The three NYRA-run tracks — Belmont Park on Long Island, Aqueduct in Queens and Saratoga Race Course — are officially off limits.
However, a loophole exists: Leased properties at the tracks, such as the Reading Room at Saratoga, remain eligible for the gatherings. Indeed, Senate Democrats have scheduled an event for Wednesday at the private club. Others are moving to places like the nearby Saratoga National Golf Club.
Zeldin Campaign Manager Michael Johnson said he had been talking to NYRA since scheduling the event in May about ways to make it work. Campaign supporters were being told as recently as Thursday morning to come, but not to make contributions at the races.
"We cannot and will not accept donations at the track," said a notice included with the Zeldin invitation.
The event offered a "winners circle" package of $5,000 for three tickets to the event, with a minimum of $500 to get into the Zeldin campaign's suite at the historic park.
"We were trying to see if we could just hold a day at the track — come and have fun," said Johnson. "Two days ago they said we could go forward."
But in the end, he said, the campaign decided it didn't want to push the issue.
Eric Wing, a spokesman for NYRA, said he wasn't sure which were the other three campaigns that had to cancel because of the ban.
Assemblyman James Tedisco, R-Glenville, changed his event about two weeks ago, a state official said.
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Gov. Cuomo: Estate tax paid by surviving gay spouses to be refunded

'As a result of [the Supreme Court] decision, New York State is now able to issue refund checks to qualified same-sex spouses who were required to pay taxes for no reason other than their sexual orientation,' Cuomo said.

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ALBANY — The city woman whose legal battle helped overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act will soon get a fat check from state taxpayers.
Gov. Cuomo announced Tuesday that he’s ordered the state Tax Department to issue refund checks to the surviving spouses of gay marriages who had to pay estate taxes on money or property they inherited from partners who died as long ago as 2008.
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Since heterosexual spouses are not subject to estate taxes, the state stopped collecting New York estate taxes from gay surviving spouses after New York legalized gay marriage in June 2011 but was barred by federal law from offering refunds to people like 84-year-old Edie Windsor, who paid taxes when her partner, Thea Spyer, died in 2009.
Windsor’s fight against the $363,000 federal estate tax bill she received after Spyer’s death led to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision last month that ordered federal recognition of gay marriage.
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Now, Cuomo says he’s issuing refunds to people he says were unfairly billed. He hailed the move as “one more step toward justice” for Windsor.
“As a result of [the Supreme Court] decision, New York State is now able to issue refund checks to qualified same-sex spouses who were required to pay taxes for no reason other than their sexual orientation,” Cuomo said.

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“As a result of [the Supreme Court] decision, New York State is now able to issue refund checks to qualified same-sex spouses who were required to pay taxes for no reason other than their sexual orientation,” Cuomo said.

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The Cuomo administration could not estimate how much the refunds would cost taxpayers but did not believe it would have a significant impact on the state’s budget.
So far, nine surviving spouses have already filed claims for refunds since the Supreme Court’s decision, officials said.
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The offer extends to people who died as long ago as 2008 — three years before the state legalized gay marriage — since three years is the normal statute of limitations for tax claims, officials said.
“I am of course thrilled that I will be getting a refund of the estate tax that I never should have had to pay in the first place,” Windsor said in a statement.
“What makes me even happier, however, is the fact that no other gay person will ever again have to face the indignity of DOMA,” Windsor continued. “Gov. Cuomo has once again kept his promise of equality for all.”
Windsor and Spyer had legally married in Canada in 2007, but under the Defense of Marriage Act their union was not recognized by the federal government.
Windsor’s attorney, Robbie Kaplan, said Windsor expects to receive a refund of $275,000, plus interest, from the state.
GBLAIN@nydailynews.com

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gov-cuomo-estate-tax-paid-surviving-gay-spouses-refunded-article-1.1407123#ixzz2a133cpD7

NY Const. Art 1, Sec. 3 even applies to homosexuals that adore Cuomo's concept of equality and religious freedom at the expense of non believers and other believers.  Cuomo is another Wiener.


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Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays

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.

NY PML Sec 109 does not pass the laugh test let alone scrutiny by a thinking homosexual.


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Letter: Why close racetrack on Palm Sunday?

Published: April 1, 2013 5:44 PM

Photo credit: AP | In this photo provided by New York Racing Association, Stay Thirsty, left, with Ramon Dominguez aboard, captures The G1 Cigar Mile horse race at Aqueduct in New York. (Nov. 24, 2012)

To see what's wrong up in Albany, one only needs to look at the fact that the Aqueduct Racetrack was closed on Palm Sunday. On an average Sunday, The Big A has a total handle of between $6 million and $7 million, of which New York State takes a percentage.
Racing also injects money into the industry, paying jockeys, trainers, grooms, etc. Hundreds of employees -- pari-mutuel clerks and racing officials -- help put on the show, which the state gets a piece of in income taxes.
All of this, worth thousands upon thousands of dollars, was lost because on an antiquated law. Not being allowed to race on Christmas or Easter is OK, but Palm Sunday? The New York Racing Authority races on Thanksgiving, and that's a holiday that the vast majority of us celebrate.
Changing this law would be a slam-dunk revenue creator.
Gerard Bringmann, Patchogue
Editor's note: The writer is both a racing fan and a practicing Catholic.

OPEN ON 1ST PALM SUNDAY, OTB RAKES IN $2M - NY Daily News

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OPEN ON 1ST PALM SUNDAY, OTB RAKES IN $2M. By Jerry Bossert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Monday, April 14, 2003, 12:00 AM. Print · Print; Comment ...

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Apr 16, 2003 – By Jerry Bossert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ... Aqueduct was also closed on Palm Sunday, but OTB thrived on action from around the country.






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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.