365 days of the year just

like the New York State Lottery and the slot machines. See also NY Const. Art 1, Sec 3

This old bill did not resolve anything. Wait until Pope Francis comes to town and tells the faithful that he has no objection to Nassau OTB being open 365 days of the year. 


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S03821 Summary:

BILL NO    S03821

SAME AS    No same as

SPONSOR    ADAMS

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MLTSPNSR  

Amd S109, RWB L

Permits racing or licensing race meetings on Palm Sunday.

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BILL NO    S03821

02/21/2013 REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
04/23/2013 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
05/07/2014 PASSED SENATE
05/07/2014 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

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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.