Within the next three weeks, Big Brown and his trainer would be vying for the Triple Crown.
 
It’s been 30 years since a race horse won the highly coveted Triple Crown. Things then might be on its way to repeat history. With the hints that Richard Dutrow (Big Brown’s trainer) is showing the media recently, things [...]

Microsoft, Yahoo and Google – the three largest Internet companies agreed on Wednesday to pay a combined $31.5 million to settle federal civil allegations that they had accepted ads for illegal internet gambling.
The companies said they stopped taking the ads years ago. The settlement was announced by Catherine L. Hanaway, the United States attorney for [...]

Churchill Downs Incorporated today reported the results for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2007.
Net revenues from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2007 grew 7.1 percent to $103.9 million, compared to the $97.0 million reported during the same period of 2006. The growth in net revenues from continuing operations was [...]

HOUSTON, June 26, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. today announced that the New York State Lottery has approved a license to operate 750 video gaming machines at Tioga Downs Raceway. The June 28, 2006 opening of the new 19,000 square foot gaming facility represents the final step of Tioga Downs. Earlier this [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., June 26 /PRNewswire/ — Saratoga Gaming and Raceway has come to an agreement with the New York Racing Association to simulcast the entire six week Saratoga Race Course meet beginning July 26. The agreement between the two tracks gives visitors to Saratoga Springs, NY the opportunity to wager and view the popular [...]

Betfair, the rapidly growing exchange-wagering provider based in Great Britain, believes it could provide up to $50 million in new revenue for itself, racetracks, and horsemen by 2008 should it be permitted to operate in the United States horse racing industry.
The company, which now generates about $250 million in revenue a year, has cultivated [...]