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Does Tim Sylvester believe that Nassau OTB, a public benefit corporation, should be open for business 365 days of the year without religious preference like the NY State Lottery and the slot machines in NY?

Nassau OTB employees represented by the Teamsters should be able to choose to work or not on any given day of the year?  How can a public benefit corporation make money when it is not open when bettors want to bet?

Perhaps some Local 804 members would like to come to the Baldwin Public Library on March 4, 2015 to make their views known to Assemblyman Curran who will be speaking about the New york State Budget on March 4, 2015 at the Baldwin Public Library.

Dear Fred Zuckerman,
  Please help see that Nassau OTB, a public benefit corporation, is open 365 days of the year for bettors who wish to bet and workers who wish to work while they still can. Nassau OTB employees are represented by the Teamsters/A Suffolk County Legislator.


 
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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.