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OPEN ON 1ST PALM SUNDAY, OTB RAKES IN $2M
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.
Claude Solnik
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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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New York State Attorney General Letitia James is leading a group of states in challenging T-Mobile’s controversial merger with Sprint — an unusual legal salvo that throws the $26 billion deal into doubt.
James — joined on Tuesday by her counterparts in eight other states and the District of Columbia — sued to block the megamerger between the wireless carriers, arguing that a deal would mean higher prices for consumers.
“When it comes to corporate power, bigger isn’t always better,” James told reporters gathered at her Manhattan offices.
A merger of the nation’s No. 3 and No. 4 telecom giants would mean “diminished competition, higher prices, and reduced quality and innovation,” according to the complaint filed in New York federal court by attorneys general from states including New York, California and Connecticut.
James said negotiations with the Justice Department, Sprint and T-Mobile are “ongoing” but that the deal as it stands — which would cut the number of nationwide wireless carriers from four to three — “violates antitrust laws.”
The DOJ has yet to complete its review of the merger. As reported by The Post, the DOJ last month was notified about the Federal Trade Commission’s surprise endorsement of the merger — a sign that the DOJ is poised to approve it.
“The states’ action suggests they saw the writing on the wall and wanted to get ahead of it,” a former DOJ official said, indicating that James must have believed the DOJ was about to approve the merger.
Now, the state AGs may have handcuffed the DOJ, as it will be very hard to approve a merger while a lawsuit is pending against it, the former DOJ official said.
“It’s a well-written complaint,” a lawyer requesting anonymity who is reviewing the situation for a hedge fund said. “The AGs will likely be granted a temporary restraining order stopping the merger.”
James did not consult with the DOJ, which is reviewing the merger before filing the suit, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation said.
“I don’t believe that we have an obligation to provide the DOJ with notice,” she said when asked Tuesday whether the DOJ had received a heads-up from the state AGs.
“We’re going to continue with our litigation. Whether or not the DOJ approves this merger or not we have a responsibility to move forward and protect consumers,” James said.
T-Mobile, which has already agreed to sell pre-paid carrier Boost Mobile, could also offer to sell enough wireless spectrum to help a new entrant form a fourth national wireless carrier.
That’s a concession that has been pushed for by the DOJ, according to sources, although some critics are skeptical whether it would work.
“I personally don’t know how the DOJ can stand up a legitimate fourth mobile provider in the market that would compete anytime soon,” Gigi Sohn, a distinguished fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy, told The Post.
Shares of Sprint fell 5.9%, while T-Mobile shares dropped 1.6%.
Reps from T-Mobile and Sprint did not respond to requests to comment.
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