Trainer A.C. Avila does not plan to appeal his 60-day suspension and $10,000 fine recently handed out by the California Horse Racing Board after one of his runners tested over the permitted level of acepromazine last year.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Dam of Japanese Champ Orfevre Dies
Dam of 2011 Japanese Horse of the Year Orfevre died March 4 after delivering a full sister to the son of Stay Gold.
Global Poker Masters: Timeline Announced and Bet365 are Taking Bets
The Global Poker Index has released the full schedule of the upcoming 2015 Global Poker Masters, and Bet365 are offering odds on which nation will win poker’s World Cup competition.
The clock is ticking.
In 11-days time the very best poker players in the world will gather in Malta to eat rabbit, get wet, and compete in poker’s first World Cup competition. I am, of course, talking about the 2015 Global Poker Masters, and the man behind it all has just released the final schedule.
The event will take place over two days: 21 – 22 March, with the action forming part of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Malta. Interesting parties, who are not in Malta, needn’t fret as all the action will be streamed live on Twitch, in five different languages.
Jamie Burland: Giving Poker a Big Bear Hug
Jamie Burland: Giving Poker a Big Bear Hug Video
jwplayer(“mediaspace”).setup({
Chengdu Dubai Race Day Set for April 6
Meydan Group and the Chengdu Municipal Government in China will join forces once again to stage the second running of the Chengdu Dubai International Cup race day Friday, April 3.
McCoy Looks to Make Impact at Cheltenham
Tony McCoy’s long goodbye to horse racing takes him to the Cheltenham Festival, where Britain’s most successful jumps jockey has good chances in three marquee races over the four-day event that begins Tuesday, March 10.
White Thoroughbred Wins at Mahoning Valley
Wear the Mask, a rare white Thoroughbred, recorded his second career victory March 9, leading all the way in the fourth race at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course.
OBS Breeze Show Starts March 11
The under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale of 2-year-olds in training begins Wednesday, March 11.
Gambling revenue a mixed bag locally last month
Revenue was down at Hollywood Casino Columbus in February and up at Scioto Downs Racino. The revenue at Hollywood Casino was $16.6 million, down 5 percent from a year ago, according to the Ohio Casino Control Commission.
GPI European Poker Awards Nominees Announced
The nominations have been announced for the European Poker Awards, which, for the first time in its history, will be held outside France. The 14th European Poker Awards, newly acquired by Alex Dreyfus and the Global Poker Index, will be held on March 25 at the Hilton Hotel in St Julian’s, Malta. Dreyfus bought the […]
The post GPI European Poker Awards Nominees Announced first appeared….
Texas Red Returns to Santa Anita
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) winner will begin working March 14; may go in Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) April 4.
Big Keno spending = big community aid? Hardly
Milap Patel, an employee at Jimmy’s Convenience Store on Pleasant Street in Dracut, sees a steady stream of Keno customers who watch the games play out on the screens behind him. Despite being the state’s fifth biggest Keno hot spot with $11.2 million in sales, Dracut received just over $3 million in total community support from the Lottery.
Avila to Forego Appeal of Suspension, Fine
Trainer A.C. Avila does not plan to appeal his 60-day suspension and $10,000 fine recently handed out by the California Horse Racing Board after one of his runners tested over the permitted level of acepromazine last year.
RAWA Supporter Sen. Graham Has Never Sent An Email
The more information about the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) and its supporters that comes to light, the more ridiculous the Sheldon Adelson-backed bill becomes. For many in the poker industry the legitimacy of an anti-igaming bill backed by a billionaire casino owner is shaky at best, but now it’s emerged that one of […]
The post RAWA Supporter Sen. Graham Has Never Sent An Email appeared first on .
KER Founder to Discuss Electrolyte Supplement
Kentucky Equine Research president Joe Pagan, Ph.D., will discuss proper nutrition for horses being treated with Lasix (furosemide, formally called Salix) at a March 16 seminar in Ocala, Fla.
Gaming & Leisure Properties offers to buy Pinnacle Entertainment assets for $4.1 bln
GLPI said the offer is aimed at enhancing Pinnacle’s plan announced in November 2014 of separating its operating business and real estate assets. Pinnacle has refused to engage with GLPI, which is now taking its offer directly to investors, GLPI said in a statement.
Interesting April Stock Options for Las Vegas Sands
Consistently, one of the more popular stocks people enter into their stock options watchlist at Stock Options Channel is Las Vegas Sands Corp . So this week we highlight one interesting put contract, and one interesting call contract, from the April expiration for LVS.
Seals With Clubs Announces Cashout Deadline
Seals With Clubs (SwC), the suddenly-defunct bitcoin-only only poker website, has announced that all its players must cash out their balances by May 5, 2015, or they will be lost. SwC was the biggest bitcoin poker operator on the market until it suddenly went offline on February 11, citing a “hardware failure,” which it quickly […]
The post Seals With Clubs Announces Cashout Deadline appeared first on .
Smart Missile Colt Leads Way at MM Sale
A colt by first-season sire Smart Missile sold for $220,000 (US$169,605) at the Magic Millions Adelaide yearling sale March 9 in Morphettville, highlighting an opening session that saw declines in gross, average, and median.
Treasurer Deb Goldberg: Baker budget cuts will hurt Lottery games
State Treasurer Deb Goldberg said budget cuts by Gov. Charlie Baker will stifle state Lottery plans to put out new games and will force it to reduce revenue projections as it girds to compete with a new slots parlor opening in Plainville this summer and resort casinos in the years ahead. In an in-studio appearance on Boston Herald Radio “Morning Meeting,” Goldberg said Baker’s $1.7 million reduction to Lottery’s “9c” funds “directly impacted our ability to put out some new games that would have maintained or increased our revneues during this fiscal year.”