North Carolina lottery players can try out the state lottery’s newest offering — Fast Play, a type of lottery game with a progressive jackpot that has become popular with other state lotteries in recent years.New Lottery Game, North Carolina, Fast Play
The Texas Lottery continues to shock the country with a Lotto Texas jackpot that refuses to quit. Right now, the estimated annuitized jackpot for the Sat., Sept. 19 drawing is $42.75 million — impressive for an in-state game.Texas, Jackpots
The Texas Lottery continues to shock the country with a Lotto Texas jackpot that refuses to quit. Right now, the estimated annuitized jackpot for the Sat., Sept. 19 drawing is $42.75 million — impressive for an in-state game.Texas, Jackpots
Starting on opening day, Friday, Sept. 25, licensed owners with a horse entered may attend the races at Santa Anita Park. Due to COVID-19, space is limited to two licensed owners per horse and unlicensed guests are not permitted.
Sackatoga Stable’s operating manager Jack Knowlton said Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) winner Tiz the Law is likely to work at Belmont Park next week, which will determine his status for the Preakness, the final jewel of the Triple Crown.
The son of Candy Ride leads his sire class with a $294,792 average from Books 1-2 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Keeneland and TCA announced an initiative to provide September Yearling and November Breeding Stock Sales buyers the opportunity to make a voluntary contribution to TCA to assist industry backstretch and farm workers.
Google’s gambling policies briefly forced Indian online payment processor Paytm out of the Google Play marketplace, and while the app is back, this fight appears far from over.
Early Friday, tech giant Google issued a blog post reminding the world of its strict no-gambling policies for Google Play apps, adding that these policies also apply “if an app leads consumers to an external website that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to win real money or cash prizes.”
Paytm apparently violated these rules due to a promotion on its payment app in which users received ‘stickers’ for each transaction. Users were urged to collect five stickers and redeem them for Paytm Cashback. This ‘Paytm Cricket League’ was timed to coincide with the Indian Premier League’s 2020 season, which gets underway Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.
The expulsion of Paytm’s app set off a brief panic among its hundreds of millions of users in India, forcing Paytm to reassure customers that their funds were safe. A few hours later, Paytm’s app was restored to the Google Play market after the company removed the offending promotion.
The son of Candy Ride leads his sire class with a $294,792 average from Books 1-2 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Trainer George Weaver and his Weaver Racing Inc. have paid a total of $425,000 in court-ordered back wages, liquidated damages, and civil penalties, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
Six weeks after finishing a half-length apart in an Aug. 8 maiden race at Saratoga Race Course, American Monarch and Secret Potion meet again in the CA$250,000 Summer Stakes (G1T) Sept. 20 at Woodbine—with a lot more on the line.
Mr. Big News, third in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), breezed a half-mile in :48 4/5 Sept. 18 in preparation for the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Oct. 3.
After posting a narrow victory in the Catch a Glimpse Stakes Aug. 23 on the Woodbine turf, Wertheimer et Frere homebred Alda will return to that course for her graded stakes debut in the $250,000 Natalma Stakes (G1T) Sept. 20.
Trainer Kelly Rubley sends out Laurel Park track record holder Top Line Growth in Sunday’s $150,000 Salvator Mile (G3).
The multimillionaire son of Imperialism won four grade 1 stakes.
Larry Collmus, who subbed for regular announcer Trevor Denman this summer at Del Mar amid COVID-19, is returning for the track’s fall meet that begins Oct. 31. Denman again chose to stay home at his Minnesota farm out of concerns about the pandemic.
US casino operator Hard Rock International (HRI) has once again failed to overturn the Greek government’s awarding of an integrated resort license to rival Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE).
On Friday, Greece’s highest court, the Council of State, rejected HRI’s latest appeal of the government’s decision to award the sole casino license for the €8b Hellinikon resort on the site of Athens’ old airport to MGE and its local partner, construction giant GEK Terna.
In January, Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) disqualified HRI’s Hellinikon bid due to HRI’s alleged failure to provide a bank guarantee attesting to its ability to see such a massive project through to completion. HRI protested that its guarantee had only arrived four days late and accused the HGC of being biased toward MGE’s bid.
HRI’s efforts to overturn the HGC’s ruling have found little traction in Greek courts, but the company is exploring its options with European Commission courts. There’s still time for an appeal, as Greece doesn’t expect to formally issue MGE’s casino license until next year, after it’s received MGE’s binding financial offer, meaning construction on this perpetually delayed white elephant isn’t likely to start until 2022.
Keeneland is the ultimate destination for Wesley Ward’s unbeaten Queen Mary (G2) and Darley Prix Morny (G1) heroine Campanelle, who has returned to her home course in Kentucky.
Even in Godolphin’s gilded paddocks there will not be too many more important juveniles to be making their debuts than Sayyida, who starts off away from the major action in the opening race at Newmarket Sept. 19.
Woodbine Entertainment announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Christine Magee as Chair effective immediately. Magee will provide leadership, guidance, and governance to sustain and grow horse racing in Ontario.