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Due to the fact that there is no racing product on December 24, 2014, all Nassau  Regional Off-Track Betting Location branches (NROTB) will be closed.

Even when tracks are running all across the US that Bettors want to bet, Nassau OTB, a public benefit corporation, is CLOSED.

MANY NASSAU OTB EMPLOYEES WOULD LIKE TO SEE NASSAU OTB CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS AND CHRISTMAS EVE, WHEN FEW IF ANY TRACKS ARE RUNNING, AND OPEN ON DAYS WHEN MANY TRACKS ARE RUNNING, EG ROMAN CATHOLIC PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER SUNDAY. THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE RELIGIOUS MAY SIMPLY TAKE A DAY OFF AND DO AS THEY WISH.  THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT SINCE THE US IS A CHRISTIAN NATION AND WISH TO FIGHT ALL OTHERS ARE FREE TO DO SO AS NY CONST. ART 1, SEC 3 TRUMPS AN ANDREW CUOMO, AND SEE ALSO BELOW, OPEN ON BOTH OR CLOSED OR BOTH.

FIGHT ON HARVARD IN MEMORY OF NEW YORK CITY OTB, DEAD DEAD DEAD

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 707 AND KEVIN MCCAFFREY HAS SLOT MACHINE FEVER AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE RIGHT TO WORK OR NOT AS ONE WISHES BEFORE THE NYC OTB DEAD HITS NASSAU.

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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.