Trips to neighboring states to observe their lottery operations have shed light on the types of decisions that must be made should Mississippi opt to enact a lottery, two Northeast Mississippi legislators recently said.Tennessee, Financials, Louisiana, Starting a Lottery, Mississippi, Arkansas, Government
Monthly Archives: June 2017
California Sire Benchmark Dead at 26
Longtime California sire Benchmark was euthanized June 23 due to the infirmities of old age, according to a release from Ballena Vista Farm. He was 26.
Collected Dominant Again in Precisionist Stakes
Speedway Stables’ Collected continued to trounce his competition in Southern California June 24 with a dominant victory in the $100,000 Precisionist Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park.
Finley'sluckycharm Makes it Three in a Row in Chicago
Finley’sluckycharm extended her stakes winning streak to three in a row and picked up her second graded win when she ran gate to wire in the $100,000 Chicago Handicap (G3) June 24 at Churchill Downs.
Battle of Midway Cruises to Affirmed Victory
Battle of Midway’s connections were looking for a Betfair.com Haskell Invitational (G1) prep June 24 in the $100,000 Affirmed Stakes (G3), and they accomplished their mission at Santa Anita Park.
Irap Gets Best of Girvin in Ohio Derby
Irap proved his Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) win was no fluke when he caught fellow graded stakes winner Girvin on the line to edge out a victory in the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) at Thistledown June 24.
Champion Sire Benchmark Dead at 26
Longtime California sire Benchmark was euthanized June 23 due to the infirmities of old age, according to a release from Ballena Vista Farm. He was 26.
Finley'sluckycharm Cruises to Chicago Handicap Victory
Finley’sluckycharm extended her stakes winning streak to three in a row and picked up her second graded win when she ran gate to wire in the $100,000 Chicago Handicap (G3) June 24 at Churchill Downs.
'Hermaphrodite' Reported Before Race at Santa Anita
The changes posted for Saturday’s card state that Award It is “an anatomical hermaphrodite and appears unable to be bred.”
Mind Your Biscuits Emerges Well From Bullet Work
Multiple grade 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits emerged from a June 23 bullet breeze in good shape as he nears his stateside return in the $350,000 Belmont Sprint Championship (G2).
Brothers in Arms: Idaho Takes Hardwicke Stakes
Idaho emerged from the shadow of his older brother Highland Reel (IRE) to win the Hardwicke Stakes (G2) on the final day of Royal Ascot June 24, providing Coolmore a powerful 1-2 punch for the remainder of the season worldwide.
Dmitry Yurasov Steamrolls $10K NL Hold’em Six-Handed Final Table, Norman Chad Gets Trompled in HORSE
Dmitry Yurasov needed less time than Norman Chad’s first two marriages lasted to polish off his final table opponents in WSOP Event #42, $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed. Shall we continue […]
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Lottery jackpot rigger's Iowa convictions dismissed
The Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed the conviction of an Iowa man who just last week pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related with rigging lottery computers in order to win jackpots, but the dismissal has little practical impact on the case.Insider Buzz, Hot Lotto, Scandal, Technology, Security, Computerized Drawings, Crime, Multi-State Game, Court
Michigan man wins second lottery jackpot in 18 months
A Michigan man has won his second Michigan Lottery Fantasy 5 jackpot in 18 months.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Michigan, Pick 5, Won multiple times, Anonymous
Casse Duo Set for Queen's Plate Run
Trainer Mark Casse was at the Royal Ascot meet June 23 to saddle La Coronel to a fifth-place run in the Coronation Stakes (G1) and July 2 he’ll be at Woodbine to watch King and His Court and State of Honor compete in the Queen’s Plate.
Belterra to Honor the late Harry Holcomb
The St. Louis native, who died June 5 at the age of 86, was a jockey for 22 years and trained for 32 years.
Choong Weng Wins 2017 APT Macau, Ending Malaysian Drought
Choong Kian Weng didn’t realize when he won the APT Macau 2017 on Thursday that he was making history. But he was the first person from Malaysia to win a […]
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Soy Realidad Heads Peru's Gran Premio Pamplona
Led by El Castillo’s 3-year-old filly Soy Realidad, a field of 12 is entered for the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Pamplona (G1) June 25 at Hipodromo de Monterrico.
Energetico to Dunvegan Stud in Alberta
Son of Mutakddim will stand for CAN$3,000 in 2018.
The Player to Return on Churchill's Closing Night
The Player, unraced since he finished second in last year’s Indiana Derby (G2), is slated to make his 4-year-old debut in the Kelly’s Landing Overnight Stakes on closing night of the Churchill Downs spring/summer meet June 30.