Meeting of the Franchise Oversight Board
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May 22, 2018
A meeting of the Franchise Oversight Board will be held on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 214, Conference Room 2, of the State Capitol.
| Meeting Date: | Tuesday, May 22, 2018 |
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suffolk county legislator kevin mccaffrey president of teamsters local keeping nassau otb employees fully informed about nassau otb finances. only kidding
the hicks on the franchise oversight board are barred from saint pauls fir obvious reasons
when tracks are running across the us are running that bettors want to bet debtors must take bets to make money to pay off debts
see racing schedule for sunday april 1 2018 at out of state tracks
great racing!
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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.
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