Fine Needle came with a perfectly timed rush to land a narrow victory in the Sprinters Stakes (G1) Sept. 30 at Nakayama Racecourse.
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Philippines ‘steps up’ crackdown on illegal online gambling
Online gambling operators in the Philippines face a grim future if they continue to operate without a local license, according to the country’s gambling regulatory body.
On Sunday, Andrea Domingo, chair of the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), said local officials would make life miserable for any online gambling operator conducting business from the Philippines without a PAGCOR-issued Philippine Offshore Gambling Operator (POGO) license.
Philippine law enforcement agencies have raided over 170 illegal online gambling operations since January 2017 and PAGCOR VP Jose Tria Jr. claimed the crackdown had been “stepped up” in June 2018 following a “mutual cooperation” pact with the National Bureau of Investigation, the Philippine National Police and the Bureau of Immigration.
Domingo offered illegal online gambling operators a “word of advice,” namely, “legalize your operations or face dire consequences.” Said consequences could mean either criminal charges or deportation, depending on the passport anyone swept up in the dragnet happens to be holding.
He won $19 million in the lottery — and became a bank robber
Jim Hayes won the jackpot of a lifetime and spent big on Lamborghinis and Vegas gambling trips. Then his life went south and he turned to crime.Legal, Winner Stories, California, After the Big Win, Theft, Law Enforcement, General Interest, Crime
Author Maria Konnikova Will Award $30K PokerStars Platinum Pass to Best Storyteller
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Forty Under on Top in Pilgrim Stakes
August Dawn Farm’s Forty Under, the 4-1 second choice, runs down Somelikeithotbrown to win Belmont Park’s Pilgrim Stakes (G3T) for 2-year-olds. The son of Uncle Mo covers the 1 1/16 miles over yielding turf in 1:44.37.
Mind Your Biscuits Goes the Distance in Lukas Classic
Trainer Chad Summers got the answer he was looking for Sept. 29 as Mind Your Biscuits stalked and pounced his way to a 4 3/4-length victory in the $200,000 Lukas Classic (G3) going 1 1/8-miles at Churchill Downs.
Seeking the Soul Proves Best in Ack Ack
Charles Fipke’s homebred Seeking the Soul, winner of last year’s Clark Handicap presented by Norton Healthcare (G1) bounced back to win the one-turn mile Ack Ack Stakes (G3) Sept. 29 at Churchill Downs.
Accelerate Causes Own Trouble, Still Wins Awesome Again
Hronis Racing’s Accelerate didn’t make it easy on himself in the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (G1) Sept. 29 at Santa Anita Park, but his prep for the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) still resulted in a victory.
Bellafina Dominant Again in Chandelier
Kaleem Shah’s Bellafina once again dominated her competition of 2-year-old fillies in the $300,000 Chandelier Stakes (G1) Sept. 29 at Santa Anita Park.
Vasilika Travels to the Top in Rodeo Drive
Continuing her steady improvement for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer this year, the 4-year-old Skipshot filly won the $300,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes (G1T) by half a length over 3-year-old Paved, with Cambodia rounding out the trifecta.
Game Winner Pulls Away in American Pharoah
The trajectory of Game Winner’s career continued in its upward trend Sept. 29 with a 4 1/2-length score in the $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park.
Doctor Mounty Scores Big in International Turf Cup
Giving it all he had in the stretch to get up in the last second, Larry Pratt and Dave Alden’s Doctor Mounty hit the wire a nose ahead of his competition in the $200,000 Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup (G3T) Sept. 29 at Laurel Park.
Game Winner Pulls Away to Win American Pharoah
The trajectory of Game Winner’s career continued in its upward trend Sept. 29 with a 4 1/2-length score in the $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park.
Discreet Lover Upsets Jockey Club Gold Cup
The handicap division had another wrinkle thrown into it Sept. 29 as 45-1 longshot Discreet Lover rallied in late stretch to catch Thunder Snow at the wire and take the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Park.
Mohawk Cuts Down Competition in Royal Lodge Stakes
Mohawk ran out a game winner of the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) to give Aidan O’Brien a 1-2-3 after the John Gosden-trained favorite Beatboxer ran visibly below par to finish last.
Channel Maker Gets His Grade 1 in Joe Hirsch
Channel Maker fended off the prompting from Teodoro on the front end and had plenty left to turn back grade 1 winner Robert Bruce in the lane en route to victory in the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1T) Sept. 29 at Belmont Park.
Imperial Hint Strolls to Victory in Vosburgh Stakes
Raymond Mamone’s Imperial Hint collected his second consecutive top-level win with ease Sept. 29, when he cruised home in the $350,000 Vosburgh Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park.
Unbeaten Ten Sovereigns Lands Middle Park Stakes
Strains of The Wild Rover were no doubt echoing around pubs in Ireland as Ten Sovereigns maintained his unbeaten record in the Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes (G1), with trainer Aidan O’Brien dominating on the Rowley Mile.
Fairyland Proves Tenacious in Cheveley Park Stakes
This time last year Aidan O’Brien was closing in on Bobby Frankel’s world record for top-flight winners in a year. Any hope of a repeat of that record-breaking season this term went under when a respiratory illness swept through Ballydoyle.
Goa’s floating casinos granted yet another stay of execution
Floating casinos in the Indian state of Goa have been granted yet another reprieve from their forced relocation, in what definitely qualifies as the day’s least surprising news.
On Saturday, Goa’s Public Works Minister Sudin Dhavalikar granted the state’s six floating casinos another six-month extension of their ability to operate on the Mandovi river. The announcement came just one day before the last six-month extension was set to expire.
For years now, Goa’s government has been promising to shift the shipboard casinos to a new waterway, but only as a temporary measure. The ultimate plan is to compel the casinos to permanently transfer their operations to a designated land-based gaming zone, possibly as part of an in-development airport near the state’s northern border.
The original plan was for Goa’s floating casinos to move ashore by 2020, but Goa’s Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar announced in early August that the transfer might not take place until 2022. Parrikar also promised to appoint a judicial commissioner who would be responsible for regulating casino activity as of this December.