Topped by a racey-looking son of Goldencents that sold for $200,000, proven and up-and-coming race horses drove the Jan. 29 session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Winter Mixed Sale.
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Netherlands’ online gambling participation up 20% in two years
Online gambling participation in the Netherlands has grown by 20% over the past two years, despite the government denying its citizens a legal gambling opportunity.
New figures released by independent research and consultancy agency Motivaction International show that an estimated 1.86m Dutch citizens – in a population of only 17m – had engaged in some form of unauthorized online gambling for money at some point in 2018.
The 2018 figure represents a more than 300k increase in the number of online gamblers since Motivaction last surveyed the market in 2016. Motivaction estimates that the total unauthorized online market was worth €592m last year, essentially flat from 2016’s figure, and from which the Dutch government earns exactly nothing.
The survey, which queried over 15k respondents between the ages of 18 and 80 last November, was commissioned by state-owned land-based casino monopoly Holland Casino. Roughly 38% of these respondents copped to gambling of some form, while 18% admitted gambling online.
Nate Silver Compares President Trump’s Strategic Approach to a ‘Terrible Poker Player’
As the recent government shutdown began to draw to a close, President Donald Trump didn’t seem to be left with many great options, politically speaking. According to FiveThirtyEight.com’s Nate Silver, […]
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Brittas House Stud Owner Peter Magnier Dies
Peter Magnier, a member of one of the world’s most prominent racing families and a successful breeder under both codes in his own right, passed away Jan. 28.
Morning Line Dies Due to Complications From Pneumonia
The recent purchase of grade 1 winner Morning Line by A & A Ranch was seen as a substantial boost to the New Mexico breeding program. Tragically, the sire was euthanized Jan. 28 because of a rapidly advancing bout of pleuropneumonia.
OBS Pavilion Upgrade Rates a Thumbs Up
Thumbs up. That is the general consensus among those attending the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Winter Mixed Sale upon experiencing the sale pavilion makeover that has been nearly three years in the making.
A Horseplayer's Winning Dance at Pegasus
When I went down to Gulfstream for this year’s installment of the Pegasus World Cup Day, it felt as if I was seeing it for the first time. There was something off about it. Something just didn’t feel right.
First Finds Successful as Buyer and Seller at OBS
The First Finds operation of Tami Bobo and Fernando De Jesus made a quick profit on a yearling Bernardini colt that was purchased by Calumet Farm for $75,000 during the Jan. 29 session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Winter Mixed Sale.
Lord Nelson Reaches Milestone with First Foal
Spendthrift Farm bred the first foal, a colt out of stakes winner Harbingerofthings.
Golden Slipper Winner Bint Marscay Dies at 28
Bint Marscay, winner of the 1993 Toohey’s Golden Slipper (G1) and champon 2-year-old in Australia, has died.
Kindred Group gambling brands Sweden’s 2nd biggest advertiser
The Kindred Group’s online gambling brands were Sweden’s second-largest advertisers in 2018, according to new market research.
On Monday, Swedish newspaper Dagens Media reported new advertising statistics that show Kindred Group brands such as Unibet and MariaCasino spent a total of SEK985m (US$108.7m) raising their local awareness in 2018, ranking second on the overall chart behind Sweden’s largest grocer Ica, which spent SEK1.06b.
The stats, compiled by local social researchers Sifo, showed a significant rise in spending by Kindred brands, which ranked ninth in terms of overall spending in 2017. Kindred even surpassed Procter & Gamble, which was relegated to third place with a mere SEK678m marketing outlay.
Gaming companies accounted for six of 2018’s top-20 advertisers, with the state-run former monopoly Svenska Spel in sixth place (up from seventh in 2017) with SEK562m. The other four gaming firms were Cherry AB’s new Snabbare (Faster) brand in 16th place with SEK357m, just ahead of Global Gaming (17th, SEK348m), state-run horse betting monopoly ATG (19th, SEK327m) and LeoVegas (20th, SEK322m).
Denmark mulls UK-style gambling ad ban during live sports
Denmark’s licensed gambling operators could soon lose their ability to promote their products during live sports broadcasts as the government mulls a UK-style ban.
This week, Niels Folmann, director of the state-run former gambling monopoly Danske Spil, told local media that the Danish government should follow the UK’s lead and enact a blanket prohibition on gambling advertising during televised live sports events.
Folmann said the current marriage of televised sports and betting promos had “reached a point where it makes sense to discuss whether we should let viewers watch the match in peace, and promote our commercial messages at other times.”
In December, the UK’s Industry Group for Responsible Gambling announced new rules prohibiting betting adverts from five minutes before kickoff of a live sports event and extending to five minutes after the match has ended. Adverts are similarly off limits for non-live sports broadcasts airing before the 9pm watershed.
Live at the Bike Player ‘Weez’ Makes Incredible Comeback from $50 to Nearly $10K (VIDEO)
A regular on “Live at the Bike” known in the Los Angeles poker community as “Weez,” made one of the most insane comebacks in livestreamed low-stakes poker history. The area […]
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Canada's Graded Stakes Announced for 2019
The number of graded stakes in Canada will increase from 45 to 46 as one listed race will be upgraded to grade 3 following the Jockey Club of Canada’s Graded Stakes Committee annual review of the graded and listed stakes races in Canada.
Old Smoke Clothing Partners With America's Best Racing
America’s Best Racing today announced a partnership with Old Smoke Clothing Co.
Belinda Stronach: Pegasus Could Expand to Other Tracks
Belinda Stronach, widely known as an international business leader, philanthropist, and a two-term member of Parliament in Canada, met with BloodHorse correspondent Bob Ehalt Jan. 25 to discuss the growth and future of the Pegasus series.
Little Change in Canada's Graded Stakes
The number of graded stakes in Canada will increase from 45 to 46 as one listed race will be upgraded to grade 3 following the Jockey Club of Canada’s Graded Stakes Committee annual review of the graded and listed stakes races in Canada.
Groom Elite Announces Three New Classes
Registration is now open for three new classes presented by The Elite Program, Inc., home of Groom Elite education programs.
DraftKings and Genius Tech Group strike Super Bowl partnership
Melbourne, Australia, 29 January 2019: Technology and data provider Genius Tech Group (GTG) is excited to announce it has partnered with DraftKings to launch the world’s largest-ever Squares game ahead of Super Bowl LIII.
The free-to-play game is based on the Squares game concept familiar to American Football parties with contestants not requiring any betting knowledge to participate.
Contestants pick squares from a grid randomly numbered from 0-9 whereby the numbers relate to the last digit of the score for each team at the end of each quarter. If the numbers of a cell match the final digit of a team’s score at the end of a quarter, that is the winning square.
GTG has been working with the DraftKings sportsbook since August when the operator began offering GTG’s flagship iSport Genius data product.
NASCAR intros tough new Sports Betting Policy for members
NASCAR has banned its members from wagering on its races as more US states authorize legal wagering within their borders.
On Monday, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced its new Sports Betting Policy, which bans team owners, drivers, crew members and officials from gambling on NASCAR events. The policy also prohibits sharing inside information with third parties that could be used for betting purposes.
NASCAR members are also required to fink on anyone they suspect of involvement in any of the transgressions listed above “without undue delay.” Failure to comply with the new policy could result in fines ranging from $150k-$250k, along with the possible indefinite suspension or even termination of one’s membership.
NASCAR members who violate the new policy will receive a written communication detailing the steps they need to take to get back into the body’s good books. Only after completing these requirements will a member be eligible to be even considered for reinstatement.