eye123
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Post by eye123 on Jul 3, 2022 17:28:08 GMT -5
Lone Star ran a 10-race card on Saturday, June 25 and
handled $1,771,138 or $177,113 per race.
There was an eight race card on Saturday(July 2) and the total handle for the day was
$215,107, for an average of $26,888 per race.
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1hooper
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Post by 1hooper on Jul 3, 2022 18:04:58 GMT -5
Bill Finley
The Texas Racing Commission has not complied with the Horse Racing and Integrity Safety Act, arguing that under Texas law only the commission has the authority to oversee racing. That led the commission to rule that the signal from the state's tracks cannot be sent out of state and that advance deposit wagering companies could not take betting on Texas races.
Predictably, that led to a massive decline in handle Saturday at Lone Star Park on the first day that its races couldn't be sent out of state. Lone Star ran a 10-race card on Saturday, June 25 and handled $1,771,138 or $177,113 per race. There was an eight-race card on Saturday and total handle for the day was $215,107, for an average of $26,888 per race.
The Lone Star meet concludes July 24, so it's unlikely that the decreased handle will affect purses in the short term, but that could change if the HISA-Texas Racing Commission standoff persists.
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eye123
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Post by eye123 on Jul 3, 2022 18:23:02 GMT -5
Lone Star 9/16/2022-12/17/2022 They have two months to "change their minds" (Posturing is one thing, bottom line is another)
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