nassau otb makes money when it is open to take the bets of its faithful
it should donate its progits from operations on both easter sundays to immigrants in need
Sunday, April 16, 2017
| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMD | EMERALD DOWNS | 72 | 24 | 5:00 PM | 2:00 PM | PDT | |||
| GG | GOLDEN GATE FIELDS | 48 | 24 | 3:45 PM | 12:45 PM | PDT | |||
| GP | GULFSTREAM PARK | 72 | 0 | 1:15 PM | 1:15 PM | EDT | |||
| HST | HASTINGS RACECOURSE | 96 | 0 | 4:50 PM | 1:50 PM | PDT | |||
| LA | LOS ALAMITOS (MX) | 72 | 48 | 8:00 PM | 5:00 PM | PDT | |||
| LRL | LAUREL PARK | 72 | 0 | 12:30 PM | 12:30 PM | EDT | |||
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 24 | 3:30 PM | 12:30 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 120 | 24 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT | Sunland Park H. | ||
| Copper Top Futurity | |||||||||
| WO | WOODBINE | 72 | 48 | 1:00 PM | 1:00 PM | EDT |
Claude Solnik
Long Island Business News
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Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348
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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.
The Nassau Regional OTB, its Levittown branch above, is considering layoffs after fewer employees than expected accepted an early retirement incentive to trim expenses amid declining race revenue. (Credit: Steve Pfost)
Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp will consider layoffs for the first time in recent memory after fewer employees than expected accepted a voluntary retirement incentive to trim expenses amid declining racing revenue, officials said.
Nassau OTB President Joseph Cairo said 12 full-time employees and 8 part-timers took the incentive, which will pay them 1 percent of their base salary for...
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