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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.
For Immediate Release: January 17, 2018
*** PUBLIC NOTICE AND MEDIA ADVISORY ***
Sunday, April 1, 2018
| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 24 | 3:30 PM | 12:30 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 120 | 0 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT |
WHAT: Meeting of the New York State Gaming Commission
WHEN: Monday, January 22, 2018 at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Empire State Development Corporation
36 Floor, 36-A Conference Room
633 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
*** OPEN PRESS ***
· As a matter of convenience to ease entry to the meeting location and ensure space is adequate, members of the public or media wishing to attend the meeting in person are encouraged to contact the N.Y.S. Gaming Commission’s press office at 518-388-3415 or info@gaming.ny.govby 5 p.m. on Friday, January 19. All attendees must have valid photo identification to be admitted to the meeting location.
· Material relating to matters scheduled for discussion may be foundherein accordance with Public Officers Law.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a re-trial of ex-New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
The high court declined Tuesday to get involved in the case. That allows for a re-trial tentatively set for April to proceed.
Silver was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted of public corruption charges in late 2015. But the U.S. court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit overturned that conviction last year and sent the case back to the trial court.
The appeals court said that the trial judge would need to instruct jurors on the law in a different manner to conform with a 2016 Supreme Court decision that reversed the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
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AGENDA
1. Call to Order and Establishment of Quorum
2. Consideration of Minutes, Meeting of November 27, 2017
3. Report of Acting Executive Director
4. Rulemaking
a. Adoption Racing Rulemaking: Horse Racing 48 Hour Restrictions
b. Proposed Racing Rulemaking: Voidable Claims of Lame Thoroughbred Horses
5. Adjudications
a. In the Matter of Andy Hernandez
b. In the Matter of Jorge Melendez
c. In the Matter of William Mott
6. Old Business/New Business
7. Scheduling of Next Meeting
8. Adjournment
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New York State Gaming Commission
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