While legal sportsbooks have spread around the nation, the underground betting market remains prevalent, and the NFL believes the lack of safeguards with bookmakers who operate outside of the regulated environment in the U.S. poses an integrity threat.
“We believe that additional attention and resources are needed from lawmakers and law-enforcement to address the illicit sports betting market, which still has the power of incumbency,” Nabavi wrote.
ESPN – Dave Purdum – NFL seeks federal help to combat ‘illicit’ sports betting
Sports Business Journal – NFL seeks federal help to address betting issues
Phil has a question:
Why do the UCP, AGLC and Horse Racing Alberta have their heads up each others’ asses when it comes to bringing the millions of dollars of tax dollars that are lost to illegal offshore and onshore gambling into the Alberta coffers.
What does the Undertaker do on a long weekend besides gaze out a window.
Catalog Now Available For 2023 CTHS Alberta Thoroughbred Sale
Dorth Vader, John Ropes Florida homebred fresh off an hard fought second in the GI Acorn at Belmont returns in a super tough rendition of the Test GI for $500,000US at Saratoga on Saturday August 5, 2023 shortening up to 7 furlongs. The 8 horse field is jammed with graded stakes placed fillies with plenty of sizzling speed. John R Velazquez stays for George Weaver’s second race with the filly.
Dorth Vader is by Girvin (Tale of Ekati) out of the Yonaguska mare Hardcore Candy who was campaigned in Alberta by Darrell Landry and then Amber Buniak and Ryan McLean. Hardcore Candy won 8 races from 40 starts with 8 seconds and 4 thirds, earning $101,308. She was Stakes placed in the Freedom of the City Stakes (Black Type) at Northlands Park.
Brisnet – Vance Hanson – Pretty Mischievous, Maple Leaf Mel clash in Test
The Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga (RGCS) is honored to announce that longtime gaming executive and horse racing enthusiast Joe Asher, IGT President of Sports Betting, will be the luncheon keynote speaker on Tuesday, August 15.
Asher will join more than 50 industry leaders and experts who will participate as speakers in this year’s conference which takes place August 14-16 at the Saratoga Hilton.
All the panelists at the conference will examine the trends, challenges and critical issues facing their industries, with panel discussion topics including:
- Consolidation of Gaming: Status and Implications for Racetracks and Casinos
- New York Casino Expansion to New York City and Surrounding Counties: Is the Finish Line in Sight?
- Tribal Digital Gaming: Has the Moment Finally Arrived?
- Technology and Gaming: New Challenges, New Solutions
- The Implications of Exclusion for Racetracks and Casinos
- Consumer Protections and the Federalization of Gaming
- HISA – Legal Limbo and Regulatory Reluctance with Pete Sacopulos
- Harness Racing: An Industry in Decline, or in Transformation?
- Historical Horse Racing Machines: The Tail Wagging the Horse?
- Racing’s Changing Customer Base, CRWs and the Future of Betting
The conference includes a welcome reception at the historic Adelphi Hotel on August 14, a networking event on the evening of August 15, and a Day at the Races beginning at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, August 16.
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Horse Racing Insider – John Pricci – EQUINE ATHLETES GIVE THEIR ALL FOR OUR PLEASURE
I’ve spoken with so many people in the last year who have been in the racing business their whole lives and who, from one vantage point or another, fight to do the right things by horses. They’re tired. They’re jaded. They’re getting tired of answering questions from their barista or taxi driver about horse deaths. They’re telling me they’re not sure how much longer they can keep defending the sport, and starting to wrestle with their own moral responsibility in continuing on.
More and more, I don’t know what to say to them.
Paulick Report – Natalie Voss – In Wake Of Maple Leaf Mel Tragedy, There Are No Easy Answers
Bloodhorse – Tim Wilkin – Maple Leaf Mel Remains on Everyone’s Mind
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Test Tragedy a Devastating Memory for Einsidler
Paulick Report – ‘She Just Loved Running’: Remembering Maple Leaf Mel
Paste – Samantha Maxwell – It’s Finally, Blessedly, Tomato Sandwich Season
Phil has a question:
Have you noticed that the comments on the Athletic are better than most sites.
(Let’s pause to note the irony in Hoffman moving to San Jose in a Karlsson trade. Hoffman was traded by Ottawa to the Sharks in 2018, who immediately traded him to to the Florida Panthers. The reason for the trade at the time: Allegations surfaced that his fianceé had harassed then-Ottawa captain Erik Karlsson’s wife online.)
ESPN – Greg Wyshynski – NHL trade grades: Penguins swing big with Karlsson deal
SportsNet – Penguins completing trade with Sharks for defenceman Erik Karlsson
TSN – Penguins acquire D Karlsson from Sharks in three-team deal with Habs
Phil has a question:
When you saw that Montreal was the third team did you think that Dubas might be reuniting Karlsson and Hoffman.
ESPN – USWNT exits Women’s World Cup after penalty defeat to Sweden
The agony of defeat.
ABC’s Wide World of Sports
Phil has a question:
What’s your one word.
SportsNet – AP – Sweden eliminates U.S. on penalty kicks in round of 16 at Women’s World Cup
Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.
Charlie Brown,
Players that aren’t true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already assume others will make mistakes.
Johan Cruyff
Fox Sports – Doug McIntyre – USA’s three-peat dream ends in heartbreaking shootout loss to Sweden
Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Although
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may have been more appropriate.
Phil has a question:
Did the US regress or are the other countries catching up.
Would Bobby Clark breaking someone’s ankle have helped.
Who will the right wingnuts blame for the loss.
Phil has a question:
How much money do the Saudis spend on women’s soccer.
Fox Sports – Netherlands vs. South Africa highlights: Dutch advance with 2-0 win
I’m not religious. In Spain all 22 players make the sign of the cross before they enter the pitch. If it works all matches must therefore end in a draw.
Johan Cruyff
Sometimes Phil just has to give in to the Urge.
Sports Illustrated – Emma Baccellieri – Power Rankings: Where Every World Series Contender Stands
Phil has a question:
Is Mattress Mack smiling happy today.
GrubStreet – Tammie Teclemariam – A Big Fat Blob of Boring
Vulture – Josh Bell – Every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie, Ranked
Paulick Report – Catalog Now Available For 2023 CTHS Alberta Thoroughbred Sale
Bloodhorse – Derby Runner-Up Two Phil’s to Stand at WinStar
TDN – HOF Rider Jerry Bailey Talks Jim Dandy And More On Writers’ Room
If you can’t beat ’em in the alley, you can’t beat ’em on the ice.
Conn Smythe
If you can’t beat ’em behind the barn, you can’t beat ’em down the stretch.
The Ortiz Bros.
Canadian Gaming Business – Great Canadian Entertainment cooks up ‘groundbreaking’ Gordon Ramsay deal
Phil has a question:
Why don’t the thoroughbred tracks make a similar deal with Bobby Flay.
Sometimes Phil just has to give in to the Urge.
As the season gallops on, the HBPA continues to provide a united voice for horsemen when track or facility issues arise. The Manitoba division holds several meetings during the year, including a session before the racing meet begins, a recent meeting (held Sunday, July 30), and an annual general meeting in September.
The biggest day of Assiniboia’s meet is just around the corner, with the 75th running of the Manitoba Derby on Monday, August 7. The $125,000 race is the first leg of the Western Canadian Triple Crown. Manitoba Derby day will also feature two $50,000 stakes races: the Harvey Warner Manitoba Mile and the Escape Clause Stakes.
Dunn is upbeat about Assiniboia’s racing season thus far. “Our 2023 live race season has experienced significant on-track attendance this year, including strong representation from a young audience, record or near-record wagering which has then created the environment for our continued record purses and record shipping incentives available to be offered for the horse people who race here.”
Canadian Thoroughbred – Hayley Morrison – What’s Going on Inside Assiniboia Downs
Paulick Report – NYRA To Host Whitney Two-Day Pick 6 Wager, Cross-Breed Cross Country Pick 5
Phil has a question:
Instead of restricting the CAWS why don’t the tracks spread the rebates amongst the regular bettors.
Music is the silence between the notes.
Claude Debussy
Paulick Report – Natalie Voss – Antonucci: HISA Regulations Have Been ‘A Great Equalizer’
Phil has a question:
Does having a horse win one of the Triple Crown races suddenly make a trainer a genius.
In opera, there is always too much singing.
Claude Debussy
Phil has a question:
Did the QKB teach George Cuff how to sweep things under the carpet.
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.
William Shakespeare
The Ringer – Lex Pryor – America’s Bee Problem Is an Us Problem
Southern Living – Kaitlyn Yarborough – The South’s Most Iconic Recipes Of All Time
Atlas Obscura – Paula Marcoux – Eat Like a 19th-Century Lumberjack With This Recipe
Sometimes Phil just has to give in to the Urge.
Salon – Maggie Hennessy – Why do I cook like a Sicilian? Seeing myself in the food of Italy
TDN – NY Claiming Rules Revision Would Keep Horses In-State for 60 Days
Sometimes Phil just has to give in to the Urge.
Sports Business Journal – Fox’s Carli Lloyd walks back USWNT comments following criticism
Phil M Stockmen
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