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Predatory gambling interests turning Ohio into The Suckeye State
Under the ruse of “save the tracks,” the predatory gambling interests in Ohio are seeking to expand even further across the state. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the state’s seven racetracks are pushing for slots in the current legislative session… Read more
It’s official: the Sport of Kings is dead
Horse racing has long been described as “the sport of kings.” But for the last twenty years, in the face of declining interest in horse racing, track owners have spent their resources adding slot machines and other gimmicks to make… Read more
New Jersey bill doesn’t “reform” casino regulations – it destroys them
Below is a must-read column written by former N.J. Casino Commission member Carl Zeitz that appears in today’s Press of Atlantic City newspaper. It is a response to the push by predatory gambling interests to emasculate New Jersey’s oversight of casinos…. Read more
Aqueduct jobs come from out-of-state but its profits will come from the neighborhood
Local political leaders in the Queens borough of New York pushed through a deal to legalize slot machines at Aqueduct horse track in the name of jobs for their constituents. Now with its slots license in hand, the overseas casino… Read more
When the facts don’t support their answer, gambling interests change the question
For almost twenty years, racetrack owners across the country have pushed for slot machines at their facilities in the name of “saving jobs at the tracks.” Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on PR and public affairs work… Read more
Saying it loud and clear
Charlie Pierce, the talented journalist who writes for the Boston Globe Magazine, has an excellent column this week unmasking those who advocate for slot machines to save “jobs.” Pierce writes: “If slots can save the racing industry, why not all… Read more
A stuffed horse will never win the Triple Crown
For at least fifteen years, horse track owners across the country have relentlessly lobbied state legislatures to give them slot machines. They said they needed slots for the preservation of horse racing, the employment of the horsemen, and for the… Read more
Big Deception will win the Derby
On the eve of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, much is being written about the economic decline for horse racing. Money bet on horse races, known as the handle, is off nearly 30 percent, to $12 billion in 2009. Casino interests have… Read more
Casinos look to end their support for racing
Liz Benston of The Las Vegas Sun has a story this week about how casinos are trying to shed greyhound racing as part of their predatory gambling operations because it is no longer profitable. Casino gambling would not exist in… Read more
But does she use the product frequently?
Cleveland lawyer Kathleen Burke was announced yesterday as the new executive director of the Ohio Lottery Commission. Burke’s background “in litigation with high financial stakes should help her on the job.” She steps in just as efforts get under way… Read more