After a four-furlong breeze from the gate in :49 3/5 at Santa Anita Park Feb. 13, trainer John Shirreffs said Jerry and Ann Moss’ homebred Ziconic will likely make his debut at Santa Anita Park Feb. 20.
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Beholder, Stellar Wind Nearing First Works
Some of the West Coast’s brightest equine stars from last year are getting back into the swing of things at Santa Anita Park.
Beholder, Stellar Wind Nearing First Works
Some of the West Coast’s brightest equine stars from last year are getting back into the swing of things at Santa Anita Park.
NJ Lottery holds annual second-chance drawing
The New Jersey Lottery held the Grand Prize Drawing of the 2015 Million Dollar Replay program with more than 100 semi-finalists and their guests in attendance at the War Memorial in Trenton.New Jersey, Second chance drawing
NJ Lottery holds annual second-chance drawing
The New Jersey Lottery held the Grand Prize Drawing of the 2015 Million Dollar Replay program with more than 100 semi-finalists and their guests in attendance at the War Memorial in Trenton.New Jersey, Second chance drawing
Several Tracks Cancel Feb. 13 Race Cards
With single-digit temperatures expected during racing hours, Turfway Park canceled live racing for Feb. 13, and New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack also canceled the day’s card, citing high winds and sub-zero wind chills.
Several Tracks Cancel Feb. 13 Race Cards
With single-digit temperatures expected during racing hours, Turfway Park canceled live racing for Feb. 13, and New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack also canceled the day’s card, citing high winds and sub-zero wind chills.
Turfway Park, Aqueduct Cancel Feb. 13 Races
With single-digit temperatures expected during racing hours, Turfway Park canceled live racing for Feb. 13, and New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack also canceled the day’s card, citing high winds and sub-zero wind chills.
Turfway Park Cancels Feb. 13 Races
With single-digit temperatures expected during racing hours, Turfway Park canceled live racing for Feb. 13. A decision regarding rescheduling the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes is pending.
FanDuel Exec Disses Poker Skill Factor
A FanDuel executive believes poker is more a game of chance than skill, but adds that the same doesn’t apply to daily fantasy sports (DFS). Matt King, chief financial officer at DFS site FanDuel, told Walt Bogdanich of PBS’s Frontline program that poker is not really a game of skill. King’s comments won’t go over […]
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Saratoga Mischief to Return in Capossela
Last year’s Saratoga Special Stakes (gr. II) runner-up Saratoga Mischief is entered for his 3-year-old season debut Sunday, Feb. 14 in the $100,000 Fred “Cappy” Capossela Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Saratoga Mischief to Return in Capossela
Last year’s Saratoga Special Stakes (gr. II) runner-up Saratoga Mischief is entered for his 3-year-old season debut Sunday, Feb. 14 in the $100,000 Fred “Cappy” Capossela Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Nyquist Begins 2016 Campaign in San Vicente
Nyquist’s first step onto the Triple Crown trail comes Feb. 15 at Santa Anita Park, where he’ll look to keep his undefeated record intact against five other sophomore males in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (gr. II).
Nyquist Begins 2016 Campaign in San Vicente
Nyquist’s first step onto the Triple Crown trail comes Feb. 15 at Santa Anita Park, where he’ll look to keep his undefeated record intact against five other sophomore males in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (gr. II).
Atlantic City casinos start 2016 on the wrong foot
Atlantic City casinos started the year on a downer note, as even the market-leading Borgata property earned less revenue than one year ago.
Figures released on Friday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) showed the state’s eight brick-and-mortar casinos earning a combined $175.5m in gaming revenue, 5.6% less than the same month last year. The decline falls to 3.8% if you count the record $14.6m earned by the state’s regulated online gambling market.
January’s numbers bring an end to the asterisks that had to be applied to the monthly figures following the closure of four of AC’s dozen casinos in 2014. For the first time in a long time, true apples to apples comparisons are possible, for which all of us mathematically challenged gambling scribes are profoundly grateful.
Leaving aside the online numbers, January’s results were evenly split between winners and losers. The Borgata suffered a rate setback, as gaming revenue fell 8.8% to $52.1m, although it helps to realize that January 2015’s numbers were up more than 18% year-on-year.
Atlantic City casinos start 2016 on the wrong foot
Atlantic City casinos started the year on a downer note, as even the market-leading Borgata property earned less revenue than one year ago.
Figures released on Friday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) showed the state’s eight brick-and-mortar casinos earning a combined $175.5m in gaming revenue, 5.6% less than the same month last year. The decline falls to 3.8% if you count the record $14.6m earned by the state’s regulated online gambling market.
January’s numbers bring an end to the asterisks that had to be applied to the monthly figures following the closure of four of AC’s dozen casinos in 2014. For the first time in a long time, true apples to apples comparisons are possible, for which all of us mathematically challenged gambling scribes are profoundly grateful.
Leaving aside the online numbers, January’s results were evenly split between winners and losers. The Borgata suffered a rate setback, as gaming revenue fell 8.8% to $52.1m, although it helps to realize that January 2015’s numbers were up more than 18% year-on-year.
Green Gratto Among Nine in General George
Green Gratto, who has become a force in the New York sprinter ranks in the fall and winter, is among nine horses entered for the $250,000 General George Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 15 at Laurel Park.
Green Gratto Among Nine in General George
Green Gratto, who has become a force in the New York sprinter ranks in the fall and winter, is among nine horses entered for the $250,000 General George Stakes (gr. III) Feb. 15 at Laurel Park.
GAN inks social casino deal with Rock Gaming’s three Ohio properties
Online gaming technology provider GAN (formerly GameAccount Network) has inked a major new US client for its free-play social casino offering.
On Friday, GAN announced that it had inked a deal with Midwestern casino operator Rock Gaming LLC to provide its Simulated Gaming free-play online casino product to Rock’s three brick-and-mortar properties in Ohio.
The deal will see Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati and ThistleDown Racino launch GAN’s Simulated Gaming product on both web and mobile sometime in the first half of 2016, pending regulatory approval.
The online offering will be linked with Rock Gaming Ohio’s loyalty program, allowing members to earn online rewards that can be redeemed for real-world goods and services at the three Ohio gaming venues.
GAN inks social casino deal with Rock Gaming’s three Ohio properties
Online gaming technology provider GAN (formerly GameAccount Network) has inked a major new US client for its free-play social casino offering.
On Friday, GAN announced that it had inked a deal with Midwestern casino operator Rock Gaming LLC to provide its Simulated Gaming free-play online casino product to Rock’s three brick-and-mortar properties in Ohio.
The deal will see Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati and ThistleDown Racino launch GAN’s Simulated Gaming product on both web and mobile sometime in the first half of 2016, pending regulatory approval.
The online offering will be linked with Rock Gaming Ohio’s loyalty program, allowing members to earn online rewards that can be redeemed for real-world goods and services at the three Ohio gaming venues.