Current Tag: wagering
Summer meet at Saratoga Race Course to include special wagering opportunities
POSTED: July 10, 2022
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced a number of unique wagering opportunities for the upcoming 2022 summer meet...
Purses were up 17.09%, wagering down 0.15% from May 2021
POSTED: June 6, 2022
Thoroughbred Racing Economic Indicators For May 2022 May 2022 vs. May 2021IndicatorMay 2022May 2021% ChangeWagering on U.S. Races*$1,414,309,517$1,416,434,186-0.15%U.S. Purses$125,070,907$106,817,021+17.09%U.S. Race Days3993990.00%U.S. Races3,2493,252-0.09%U.S. Starts22,28923,183-3.86%Average Field Size6.867.13-3.77%Average...
Record Wagering, Safe Racing Highlight Del Mar 2021 Seasons
POSTED: November 29, 2021
Del Mar Pick Six Returns $10,142 to 358 Winners DEL MAR, Calif. – Del Mar brought to a close its 2021 racing calendar on Sunday...
Santa Anita’s Autumn Meet wagering menu announced, $1 Golden Hour Pick Four and $5 Double
POSTED: September 27, 2021
$1 Golden Hour Pick Four & $5 Golden Hour Double offered on first & last weekends of 16-day meet that opens Friday, Oct. 1 Grade...
Kentucky Downs: Record-smashing $74 million in betting; $15.9 million in purses
POSTED: September 13, 2021
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021) — Led by a record-smashing $20,849,967 wagered on Saturday’s showcase program, the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs completed North...
Summer meet eclipses $800 million in all-sources handle to set new wagering record at Saratoga Race Course
POSTED: September 7, 2021
40-day summer meet sees paid attendance of more than 1 million for sixth consecutive season and average daily attendance of more than 26,000 SARATOGA SPRINGS,...
Global Tote to produce Kentucky Downs' morning line
POSTED: August 26, 2021
FRANKLIN, Ky. (Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021) — Who better to make a morning line than the company that processes the bets? The program odds at...