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Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros gave his blessing Saturday at the Dormition of Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons on the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos. Newsday's Steve Langford has the story. Credit: James Carbone
By John Asburyjohn.asbury@newsday.com @JohnAsbury
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IndicatorSA SANTA ANITA PARK 72 48 3:00 PM 12:00 PM PDT SUN SUNLAND PARK 168 24 2:30 PM 12:30 PM MDT Mt. Cristo Rey H. TAM TAMPA BAY DOWNS 72 0 12:35 PM 
https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/open-1st-palm-sunday-otb-rakes-2m-article-1.659016
New York City Off-Track Betting made history yesterday, taking bets on Palm Sunday. Since 1973, when Sunday racing was made legal in New York State, race tracks have been allowed to operate every Sunday except for Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. While Aqueduct kept its doors shut, NYCOTB had its betting parlors open despite a letter from the New York State Racing and Wagering Board stating that it couldn't do so. "We're not a race track," NYCOTB president Ray Casey said. "OTB's business is a simulcasting business." Bettors responded by wagering an estimated $2 million yesterday on tracks from around the country, including Keeneland in Kentucky and Gulfstream Park in Florida. While in the past NYCOTB has respected the law and shut down on Palm Sunday, it took a chance this time because its business is down. "With the weather being the way it's been our handle has been off significantly," Casey said. "Our lawyers felt from their point of view that we could open (yesterday)." The law says race tracks can't open. It doesn't mention OTBs. "I respect the Racing and Wagering Board and I have the utmost respect for chairman Michael Hoblock but I felt we're right on this one," Casey said. The NYSRWB didn't return phone calls yesterday but said on Saturday it would meet this week to discuss fines and penalties it can impose on NYCOTB. "This isn't personal," Casey said. "I just didn't agree with the board's interpretation." Casey also said NYCOTB may open on Easter Sunday.Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address.Claude SolnikLong Island Business News2150 Smithtown Ave.Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidaysStop 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.
Waving candles and incense, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros gave his blessing Saturday at the Dormition of Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons while facing the COVID-19 pandemic.
The archbishop came to the Southampton church Saturday on the Greek Orthodox Church’s high holy day of the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, commemorating the assumption to heaven of the Virgin Mary.
The service included readings in Greek and English, liturgy worship and prayers added by the archdiocese, based in Manhattan, for those affected by the coronavirus and for front-line medical workers.
“Since the beginning of this pandemic, we’ve prayed for those who suffer the virus and offer a prayer for those who fight against the virus — the doctors, medical workers, the scientists who do research to find a cure and a vaccine. We will pray for that as we have prayed the last few months,” Elpidophoros said before the service.
The church reopened in June following new social distancing guidelines, including remote forehead temperature checks for everyone who enters the church, masks for parishioners, limiting capacity and distancing by only using every other pew.
Church officials said they have modified giving Communion for the first time in about 1,000 years. Communion is now given using individual ecclesiastical spoons. Parishioners are also given individual packaged Antidoron, handed out on high holy days instead of the Eucharist.
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