Horse Racing

Whether it's on the track, in the betting shop, or online, we're doing our part to keep the Sport of Kings alive. While we don't cover the subject in-depth like we do casinos, we try to bring you the big races and the bigger changes as they happen in the industry.

If you are looking for detailed information on any particular venue, may we suggest the World Casino Directory. Find the region or city and then click on Horse Racing Tracks for post times, race dates, dining info, off-track betting and more. For a complete primer on horse racing please visit the Directory's Horse Racing 101 section.

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Sports Wagering And Internet Gambling Hit New Record Levels In New Jersey In November

Sports wagering and internet gambling hit new record levels last month in New Jersey. The primary reason for this is the constant evolution and decreasing dependence on brick-and-mortar casinos of the regulated...

More Than 24 Horses Killed And 1 Person Harmed After Pennsylvania Man Supposedly Set Fire To Barn At Tioga Downs Casino Resort Property

In the early hours of November 9, over two dozen racehorses accommodated in a barn at the upstate New York track within the Tioga Downs Casino & Resort were brutally killed after the barn was set on fire. A...

Flutter Cuts Full-Year Revenue Prediction, Shares Fall

Flutter Entertainment, a global gambling and sports wagering firm, is predicting that recent favorable results will help that full-year income reach the bottom of its former prediction range, except for the new...

Sandy’s Racing and Gaming To Officially Open On October 26th

Eastern Kentucky will officially get its first-ever entertainment and gaming hub called Sandy’s Racing and Gaming, an investment worth $75 million estimated to produce almost 250 new jobs and collect millions o...

Online Gambling And Sports Betting At A Record Level In New Jersey In September; Pre-Pandemic Level Not Reached Yet

Online gambling and sports wagering reached almost record levels over the past month in New Jersey. Additionally, the money that almost half of the Atlantic City casinos earned from in-person players is bigger ...

SIS Extends Its Presence In African Regulated Market Through A Partnership With Aardvark Technologies

Sports Information Services, better known as SIS, a flagship provider of multi-channel 24/7 live betting services such as horse and greyhound racing, based in Milton Keynes, UK, has entered into a partnership w...

High-Risk Problem Gambling Down Slightly, Sports Wagering Rises In New Jersey, New Report Says

According to a report published on September 28, 2023, high-stakes problem gambling in New Jersey decreased even as sports wagering increased. High-risk problem gambling is three times higher in New Jersey t...

Churchil Downs Incorporated Opens Newest Rosie’s Gaming Emporium In Emporia

Churchil Downs Incorporated (CDI), a flagship entertainment, gaming and horse racing firm based in Kentucky, has revealed the official opening of its latest Rosie’s Gaming Emporium, located in Emporia, a city i...

l’Autorité de la Concurrence Validates Française des Jeux To Proceed With Purchase Of ZeTurf

Following the revelation that Française des Jeux (FDJ) had agreed to purchase ZeTurf Group, an online horse racing wagering site, in November last year, l'Autorité de la Concurrence (ADLC), France's national co...

Macau Jockey Club To Reportedly Host Its Final Race This Saturday

Recently, reports surfaced that the fate of horse racing in Macau could be in jeopardy as signs indicate that the "Macau Jockey Club (MJC) will soon lose its right to run racing in the SAR." However, nothing is...

Kentucky Awards Operating Licenses Ahead of Sports Betting September Launch

The Kentucky lawmakers awarded sports betting licenses for horse tracks and online operators ahead of the legal sports wagering launch in the Bluegrass State scheduled for September 2023. September Launch: ...