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Scioto Downs On Track For Video Lottery Terminals
John Kasich reached an agreement to allow for the video lottery terminals to be placed at the Ohio's seven horse racing tracks. MTR Gaming officials said that they believe the new facility at Scioto Downs will bring an additional 800 jobs in Franklin ...

San Pail is one harness racing's greatest rags-to-riches stories

Five years ago, a struggling young horse trainer walked into a feed store in Port Perry, Ont., and accepted an offer that irrevocably changed his life and harness racing ...

Harness racing drug testing in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania TV show - 'Harness Week' looks inside the rigorous testing procedures
 at the cutting-edge Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology & Research Laboratory in West
 Chester, PA that ensures a level playing field for all harness racing competitors.

Racing and Wagering Board adopts new law that will allow cell phones in ...
Harness drivers and trainers, previously prohibited from using cell phones in the
 paddock, are now able to reach out and touch someone from there, too. The state
 Racing and Wagering Board on Wednesday adopted the new law ...

Federal Preemption is a Sure Bet in Horse Racing Dispute ...
Why does an Ohio horse racing case matter? Aside from a feel-good, philosophical
 no-man-is-an-island perspective, this case matters because the Sixth Circuit ...

State may remove casinos from Ohio troopers' plate
The measure sets a minimum number of live racing days at horse tracks, though Blessing said he expected additional changes to the proposal. The plan comes as the state is expanding the use of slots-like video lottery terminals at Ohio's seven horse ...

HORSEMAN'S BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION-OHIO DIVISION, INC., v. DeWINE
For those who are not so lucky (and like horse racing), the racing industry has devised
 the next best thing: off-track betting. Both the Federal Government and the State of
 Ohio regulate the pastime. The Horseman's Benevolent & Protective Association ...

Horsemen's Simulcast Rights Upheld in OH Case | BloodHorse.com
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion Jan. 24 that
states the federal Interstate Horseracing Act trumps Ohio statute in regard to
 horsemen having a say in where races are transmitted.

 
      
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