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Call them the penny slots of the ponies. From a 10-cent Pick 6 to a 50-cent superfecta box, gamblers are seeing more affordable exotic wagers at the pari-mutuel window. The cost of betting on horses keeps going down.
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JOHNSTON - A new system unanimously approved Thursday by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission will allow state gamblers to bet on horse races by phone or online. On a 5-0 vote Thursday at a meeting in Johnston, the commission approved rules that would let Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino begin the new system by January. The casino still would need to reach an agreement with a private vendor and the Iowa horsemen's association.
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ARCADIA - Lupita Limon passed along a family tradition to her sister-in-law, Donna Burbaj, on Wednesday: horse-race betting. Watch Video: Oak Tree
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ATLANTA - Groups working for legalized horse-race betting began sharing notes Sun-day on the eve of the start of the 2010 legislative session. With state tax revenues down $2 billion from their peak two years ago, they hope the timing is right. Four race tracks could make up the difference if they generate as much in taxes as Indiana did after it began legalized horse-race betting in 2007, according to Arthur Anderson, a lobbyist with the Georgia-South Carolina Horse Racing Com-mit-tee, based in Augusta.
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Since 1976, I've been to Las Vegas and Reno, Nev., nearly 25 times combined. Having cousins, aunts and uncles living in and around Las Vegas certainly contributed to those many trips. I love my extended family, but the big lure was obviously the casinos. My cousins Billy and Bobby grew up in North Adams, Mass., and I grew up nearby in Adams. While growing up in the rural environment of the Berkshires had its countryside advantages, the three of us lived for those trips out West and the opportunity to frequent the casinos. Summer trips in Vegas were the best because we always made plans to visit some sportsbooks along the way. In addition to betting on a horse race or two, betting on sports was a priority since it was legal. At 11 a.m., we would bet on some Major League Baseball games, k...
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LAS VEGAS-Man was I ever wrong and I've heard it loud and clear from Dave Smith of AM 830, whom I lost a Ruth Chris House steak dinner to; from James Wimberley, who brutally let me have it after the fight; from Dane Suttle's text message; Evan and Jason who acted as if my choice of Oscar De La Hoya over Manny Pacquiao would prevent Barack Obama from actually becoming President and I'm sure others who have no way of reaching me. Pacquiao swiftly moved up from lightweight 135 pounds where he knocked out David Diaz in nine rounds to de La Hoya where the Golden Boy couldn't make it past eight rounds. And he did it emphatically from the opening bell peppering Oscar red with right jabs, and then doubling up with right and lefts and then down stairs to the wrinkled rib section. Then he plucked...
...I check out the odds at the Race & Sports Book at the MGM Grand and thought long an... of the indicators were there, just like betting a 4-5 favorite at the race track and the horse jus...
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ARCADIA - Lupita Limon passed on a family tradition to her sister- in-law Donna Burbaj this afternoon: horse race betting. I grew up at the races," said Limon, 29, of Riverside, who was explaining handicaps to Burbaj using the daily racing program. "My dad taught me how to bet.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Like betting on a horse race after its finish, some executives were guaranteed to be "in the money. That is how investor advocates and irate shareholders describe it as signs emerge daily about possible manipulation of the timing of stock options grants to enrich top company executives.
