Revenues generated by the Indian gaming industry grew 1.5 percent in 2014 to $28.5 billion, the fifth consecutive annual increase. The largest revenue growth was in the Oklahoma City region, which consists of 65 gaming operations in Texas and western Oklahoma.
Wall Street traders, poker pros and celebrities recently came together for the sake of charity and entertainment. Anteing up inside Gotham Hall in Manhattan, the group of high flying financial experts managed to raise $850,000 for Education Reform Now which is an advocacy organization that’s committed to making sure all kids can access high-quality public […]
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Chuck Simon, the 48-year-old Saratoga Springs native, is back to training at Saratoga Race Course for its summer meeting.
Todd Pletcher sent out several of his stable stars for workouts July 26 at Saratoga Race Course, including graded stakes winners Stopchargingmaria, Angela Renee, and Competitive Edge.
Uncle Vinny and Magna Light, respective first-and third-place finishers in the Sanford Stakes (gr. III) July 25 emerged in good shape from a contentious running of the six-furlong sprint for 2-year-olds at Saratoga.
Boy, does Jeb! Bush want to win the Koch lottery or what? Because he just wrote off the votes of millions of senior citizens by telling them he really does mean it when he says he wants to end Medicare. And Social Security to boot.
Grade II winner Wilburn was represented by his first winner July 25, when 2-year-old filly Simply a Treasure won the fifth race at Fairmount Park.
With a week remaining until the William Hill Haskell Invitational (gr. I) at Monmouth Park, the field continues to take shape as Top Clearance joins the list horses likely to take on American Pharoah.
With no jackpot winner in Saturday’s Powerball drawing, the top prize will roll over to an estimated $100 million. To play Powerball, players pay $2 and select five white balls from the first set of 59 numbers plus a single red ball, the Powerball, from a second set of 35 numbers.
Mr Notorious, a French 2-year-old winner eligible for the Breeders’ Cup, topped the Barretts Paddock Sale at Del Mar, selling for $200,000. The July 25 sale was held in the Del Mar paddock immediately after the day’s races.
Short-term contract employees of the Culture Ministry, unpaid for over six months, inform tourists about their protest outside the entrance of the ancient Acropolis hill in Athens, Thursday, July 23, 2015. Greece’s radical left-led government survived another revolt by rebels in the early hours of Thursday, passing reforms that should pave the way for the imminent start of bailout discussions with European creditors.
Mr Notorious, a French 2-year-old winner eligible for the Breeders’ Cup, topped the Barretts Paddock Sale at Del Mar, selling for $200,000. The July 25 sale was held in the Del Mar paddock immediately after the day’s races.
Life is full of mistakes that we make only once. Known as the unsinkable ship, the Titanic was specifically designed to make the long journey to America with no possible chance of sinking.
Seven $40,000 divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes were contested Saturday night, July 25 at Scioto Downs. This was the second in a four-leg series for Ohio-bred 2-year-old trotting and pacing distaffs.
Southeast Texans are flocking to the “Everyday #3” store in the 2900 block of Washington Boulevard after someone bought a winning scratch-off ticket there. That winner is the owner of Murray’s Auto Sales, Glen Murray.
Dialing back in distance proved to be the winning formula for Haras Santa Maria de Araras’ Catch a Flight, who wore down longshot Appealing Tale in the final strides to take the $200,000 San Diego Handicap (gr. II) July 25.
The negotiations continue to finalize the remaining details for the fall HBO Pay-Per-View showdown between WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and challenger Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The two sides were considering the dates of November 7th and November 21 – with the MGM Grand and the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas and New York’s Madison Square Garden as the three venues in the running to host.
Champion female sprinter Judy the Beauty headlines the $200,000 Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares going six furlongs July 29 at Saratoga Race Course.
A late move into second place by Uncle Vinny paid off when the son of Uncle Mo was placed first in the $150,000 Sanford Stakes (gr. III) July 25 at Saratoga Race Course after Magna Light was disqualified from first.
Hard Not to Like came flying and secured her second consecutive grade I victory July 25, edging out Tepin in the final strides of the $500,000 TVG Diana Stakes (gr. IT) at Saratoga while setting a new course record.