so patterson and those from nyc can bet great racing at nassau otb
With NY revenue ailing, casinos pitch gambling expansion to sunday april 21 @ nassau otb great racing to be bet see ny const art 1 sec 3
Sunday, April 21, 2019
| 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 | |||
| LS | LONE STAR PARK | 72 | 0 | 3:35 PM | 2:35 PM | CDT | |||
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 24 | 3:30 PM | 12:30 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 168 | 0 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT | |||
| WO | WOODBINE | 72 | 48 |
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who successfully campaigned for a referendum creating the four upstate casinos in 2013, has been cool to the idea of further expansion.
Then-Gov. David A. Paterson, at a town hall meeting in Brooklyn, on March 8, 2010. Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
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Stop scratching on holidays
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.
Claude Solnik
Long Island Business News
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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.
ALBANY — Former Gov. David A. Paterson who does not understand ny const art 1 sec 3returned to the State Capitol Tuesday as part of an effort by a Las Vegas gambling company to open up bidding for a downstate casino — as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo threw more cold water on the idea of any gambling expansion.
Paterson, who led New York from 2008-10, is part of an advisory board set up by Las Vegas Sands, which is trying to persuade lawmakers to lift a moratorium that prohibits downstate casinos until at least 2023. The former governor recently signed a letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislators asking them to open up bidding.
Paterson’s entry into the fray is one of many moving pieces involving casinos and other forms of gambling as state lawmakers are trying to finalize a state budget amid a revenue shortfall.
Upstate casinos are preparing to offer sports betting to customers who visit in person. But some lawmakers want to expand the law to allow online and mobile wagering. Sands and other casinos want legislators to lift the 2023 moratorium. MGM, which operates video slots and racetracks at Yonkers, and Genting, which does the same at Aqueduct, want to convert their facilities to full-fledged casinos with table games.
Sands' effort in New York has drawn fire from progressive groups who cite the company's opposition to labor unions in its Nevada casinos. They also have criticized Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson heavy political giving to President Donald Trump.
Cuomo, who successfully campaigned for a referendum creating the four upstate casinos in 2013, has been cool to the idea of further expansion. But that hasn’t stopped the lobbying push at the Capitol.
Paterson said lifting the moratorium would provide “increased participation for women- and minority-owned businesses and increase jobs for New Yorkers who can turn these jobs into careers.” Further, if New York allows downstate casinos, it should reject Yonkers’ and Aqueduct’s pitch to merely allow it to expand and instead fully open up bidding, Paterson said.
The moratorium was meant to protect the four upstate casinos from losing business to New York City-based gambling. But with all of them falling short of revenue projections, they have indicated they would be willing to relax the moratorium as long as they receive a prorated refund for their license fees and a share of future slot machine revenue. Upstate casino operators met with legislators Monday to make that pitch.
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