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| Review: Virtual Horse Racing 3D HD for iPad Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:09 AM PDT See more Games app reviews under $5 »  Review this app for a chance to win a $50 card to iTunes Virtual Horse Racing 3D HD ReviewMoney earned is all well and good, but it just can't compare to money won. That, I think, pretty much sums up the appeal of horse-racing—to me anyhow. Sure, working sun-up to sun-down for your take-home pay builds character, but why not let a horse and jockey do all the heavy lifting while you rake in the cash? Critic Reviews of Virtual Horse Racing 3D HD iPhone AppNo critic reviews from around the web found User Reviews of Virtual Horse Racing 3D HD iPhone App Review itThank you for reviewing Virtual Horse Racing 3D HD. Your review will be visible in a few minutes. We're giving away four $50 iTunes gift certificates each month. Every time you review an iPhone app, you're automatically entered in that month's drawing. Review 50 apps, get 50 chances to win! No purchase is necessary to enter or win. Some restrictions apply; see Complete Contest Rules for details. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Horse Tracks Bet they Can Beat Casinos Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:59 AM PDT COMPLETE COVERAGE: Everybody loves a longshot, but even by horse racing standards, the odds of this historic industry surviving in Illinois couldn't be much worse. "If you don't think I think about it everyday what would happen if we lose horse racing and I have to walk in here and tell people they no longer have a job," says Chris Block, a trainer at Arlington for the last 21 years. How bad is it? Insiders tell FOX Chicago News this could be the last viable summer for the five remaining race tracks in the state, and if horse racing goes under as many as 40,000 jobs could be lost could be lost with it. We're talking everybody from jockeys to janitors, blacksmiths to breeders, jobs many of us didn't even know exist. "I believe it could all go away if we don't get help from legislation," Mike Smith, President of the Illinois Thoroughbred Horse Racing Association, tells us. The legislation he and many of his colleagues want is to turn the race tracks into race track casinos better known as racinos. According to a bill sponsored by State Representative Will Burns, these racinos would offer games like slots and video poker. A vote in Springfield could come as early as this fall. For the race tracks, it's as simple as if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. They claim the demise of their business can be directly attributed to the proliferation of casinos in Indiana and Illinois. Consider last year, the combined total purse or prize money in the state was almost $73 million -- a lot of money until you realize that's almost $20 million less than it was twenty years ago. Opposing the racino idea are casino, anti-gambling advocates, and a handful of lawmakers such as State Senator Mike Noland. Noland has as good a reason as any to oppose slots at the tracks - the Grand Victoria casino in Elgin is in his district. Up for election this November, Noland says the casino not only brings jobs to the area but millions of dollars in local construction. "This is money they've invested in local infrastructure. You see a number of projects underway in elgin - sidewalks, roads, preparing some of our bridges, what not." If the vote fails, Duke Johnston, President of Maywood park in Melrose Park, tells us his facility could be the first to close. Thirty years ago, Maywood was attracting 15,000 on a Saturday night.. Today, it's only drawing a couple grand. "Right now, were just in survive mode," Johnston told us. "Business is down 30 percent from last year which is down 30 percent from the year before." If, on the other hand, the bill passes, the tracks claim they can stop laying workers off and start hiring for 1,200 to 1,500 new positions. Not to mention, they estimate $100 to $300 million in annual tax revenue for the state. As Johnston says, "this isnt just good for horse racing, this is good for the state in general." Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Horse Racing Notebook: Plan must take care of Texans Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:42 PM PDT Loyalty. That's the issue. As leaders of the state's three Class 1 tracks continue meeting secretly to discuss date and purse consolidation, they raise an obvious concern. If Sam Houston Race Park and San Antonio's Retama Park skip their 2011 thoroughbred meets, Lone Star Park will immediately benefit from holding next year's only thoroughbred meet. The Dallas-area track's daily purses will soar to a targeted $280,000. Those are outer-space numbers compared with paltry $5,000 claiming races that have driven many Texas horse people out of state. Under current purse structure, better horses will jaunt in from Louisiana or Oklahoma for a big race. It's a quick trip and a short stay. The imported horse will return to lands of slot-machine-enriched purses after his or her Texas race. Should "the Lone Star plan" work and races there begin to pay out $25,000 and $30,000 a whack, inbound traffic is sure to intensify. Self-exiled Texas owners and trainers will return. Big money will become a green magnet to others. Owners, trainers and jockeys who seldom or never race in Texas will show up in grand numbers for Lone Star's proposed 65-day thoroughbred meet in 2011. So where does that leave the state's thoroughbred loyalists? Better-healed owners who ignore small purses and stay here because they want Texas racing to succeed? Thoroughbred breeders who share that commitment? Fence-sitters willing to stick it out until the 2011 Texas Legislature decides whether to submit the slot-machine issue to public vote? Smaller owners who have only a few horses and disdain the inconvenience and cost of going elsewhere? Asked about having out-of-state interests dominate Lone Star competition — at the expense of Texas loyalists - SHRP president and CEO Andrea Young said she could not comment. Lone Star, Retama and SHRP's executive staffs have agreed not to discuss consolidation publicly during negotiations. The next negotiating step belongs to breeders and owners. They will consider what the tracks are offering and deliver a counterproposal. The final agreement will need to guarantee Texas horsemen a fair share of well-paying races for Texas-breds. It needs to include other rewards for their loyalty. Young wouldn't discuss how SHRP might benefit from giving away its thoroughbred dates for a season. One source indicated a final agreement would include, during Lone Star's season, at least one major weekend of thoroughbred races for the Houston and San Antonio tracks. Rumors persist that surrendering dates might be a step toward SHRP declaring bankruptcy. That is not now possible because SHRP has no debt. After all sides agree to the consolidation plan - and they will - there would be an approximate eight-month void of live racing between SHRP's 2011 and 2012 quarter-horse seasons. The track would offer only simulcasts from other tracks. Despite that reality, several SHRP sources indicate there are no plans to cut costs by closing part of its plant. Absence of live racing would be an automatic cost-cutter. Live racing is far more expensive because the state mandates extensive personnel, such as veterinarians, stewards and other officials not required for simulcasting. Consolidation role modelNew Jersey's date consolidation has probably served as a model during SHRP, Lone Star and Retama negotiations. Meadowlands, located in East Rutherford, canceled its 2010 thoroughbred season. The track still conducts harness racing. Last year's 141 thorough-bred dates at Meadowlands and Monmouth were cut this year to 50 - all at Monmouth. The Oceanport track also reduced its weekly programs from five days to three. But it did not reduce purse money; that's up to $1 million a day, the highest in the U.S. Bigger bucks triggered a near stampede of higher-level thoroughbreds and interested fans to Monmouth. Nearly 18,000 people turned out for the first program, a 74-percent increase over last year's opening day. The betting total jumped to $9.4 million from $4.3 million. SHRP's start times differSHRP's three weekend quarter-horse programs have different starting times. Friday's program begins at 7 p.m., Saturday's at 5 p.m. and Sunday's at 1 p.m. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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