Virginia to Regulate Daily Fantasy Games
March 8, 2016 Frank Angst, Blood-Horse State policies on the legality of daily fantasy games continue to take shape with Virginia the first to legalize and regulate the relatively new [...]
NTRA Issues 2015 Horse PAC Annual Report
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Wednesday, March 2, 2016) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today released the 2015 Annual Report for its bipartisan federal Political Action Committee, Horse PACSM. Horse PACSM disbursed $288,500 in 2015, a [...]
WV Racing Supporters Tout Economic Benefits
March 1, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Pro-racing lawmakers in West Virginia took part in a March 1 Capitol press conference designed to discuss the economic impact of Thoroughbred racing and [...]
Florida Gaming, Decoupling Push Stalls
March 1, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Major gambling bills tied to a $3 billion compact with the Seminole tribe were removed from a Florida Senate committee agenda March 1 and [...]
WV Racing Groups to Rally at Capitol
February, 29, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Racing interests and their legislative representatives plan a rally March 1 at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston to combat bills that call for [...]
Florida Panel Oks Decoupling, Gaming Bill
February 29, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Legislation that would allow most pari-mutuel operations to end live racing or most jai alai games and become slot-machine casinos or card rooms with [...]
Illinois THA Reaches Out to Arlington
February 27, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association said it believes it can find common ground with Arlington International Racecourse as it moves into contract negotiations and [...]
Florida Panel Examines Decoupling Financials
February 26, 2017 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse A state group that studies the impact of tax changes in Florida offered a general assessment Feb. 26 that decoupling horse racing from gaming [...]
Texas Racing Commission Funding Restored
February 25, 2016 Eric Mitchell, Blood-Horse The Texas Racing Commission's decision to repeal rules it adopted previously to implement historical racing was rewarded Feb. 25 with a total restoration of [...]
Racetrack Gaming Issues Heat Up in WV
February 25, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The West Virginia Senate Feb. 25 had first reading on legislation that would defund and decouple greyhound racing from gaming but maintain requirements that [...]