Tag Archives: Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering

Gretna “Pari-Mutuel Barrel Racing” Awarded Mystery License

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

Announcing “business as usual,” Gretna Racing LLC (“Gretna”) applied for and has received an amended racing license from the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering yesterday, June 6, 2013, that authorized it to conduct back-to-back weekends of mysterious and unspecified “quadruple-header” … Continue reading →

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Gretna Pari-Mutuel Barrel Racing Ruling–National News Coverage This Week

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA May 8, 2013 In a story Monday about a ruling involving the facility running barrel races in Gretna, the News Service incorrectly said, based on information from the source, that the parent company … Continue reading →

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Based on Phony April 8 “Race,” GPTARP Opens Slot Door Through Summer Jai Alai Permit Argument; The Florida Current’s Gray Rohrer Reports On Administrative Challenge

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

Flap over summer jai alai permit bleeds into another pari-mutuel loophole fight Gray Rohrer, 10/29/2012 TheFloridaCurrent.com State regulators denied a second summer jai alai permit to Flagler Dog Track and Magic City Casino this summer, but now the fight over the little-used … Continue reading →

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Controversial Gretna Resumes “Pari-Mutuel Barrel Racing,” Plans Thoroughbred Simulcasting from Calder Casino Despite Pending Litigation, The Blood Horse’s Jim Freer Reports

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Gretna Resumes Racing, Plans Simulcasting By Jim Freer Updated: Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:52 AM Posted: Friday, October 12, 2012 9:56 AM http://www.BloodHorse.com Gretna Racing in Gretna, Fla., has resumed its controversial pari-mutuel barrel racing under a Quarter Horse license … Continue reading →

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Citing “Low Attendance,” Gretna Racing Cancels “Open Barrel Racing;” Poker and Cardrooms Allowed to Continue, While Slots Loom

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Resultant horse racing industry job loss continues as pari-mutuels leverage “Gretna Model” to bypass Florida’s live racing requirements for slot machines Opening for “pari-mutuel barrel racing” once again today, October 5, 2012, despite an imminent court ruling on the legality … Continue reading →

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Florida “Pari-Mutuel Barrel Racing” Hearing Case No: 11-005796RU Reconvenes for Third Time on August 22-23, 2012 in Tallahassee

Posted on August 21, 2012 by

Litigation Now at Nine-Month Mark American Quarter Horse Association: “Pari-mutuel barrel racing” is NOT legitimate Quarter Horse racing Litigation over the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering’s 2011 unilateral license award for Greta Racing LLC to conduct “pari-mutuel barrel racing” as … Continue reading →

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Overruled! Marc Dunbar Defending Gretna “Pari-Mutuel Barrel Racing” On Behalf of State of Florida; Gray Rohrer of the Florida Current Reports: Fight over barrel racing license resumes

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Fight over barrel racing license resumes By Gray Rohrer, 06/26/2012 http://www.TheFloridaCurrent.com Testimony continued Tuesday in an administrative court case over a barrel racing license issued to Gretna Racing LLC. Legal fireworks ensued as attorneys for the quarter horse racing industry … Continue reading →

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Magic City Loophole Lawyer John Lockwood Tells The Florida Current: Repeal of slot machine rules won’t have much of an effect on pari-mutuel business

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

The Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering (DPMW) was set to consider the repeal of various Rules relating to slot machine and pari-mutuel regulation at a hearing on Monday, June 18, 2012  in Tallahassee.   The hearing was scheduled to place less … Continue reading →

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Ray Paulick: Gretna Racing’s Bizarre Florida Barrel Racing Scheme Like Woody Allen’s Movie “Bananas”–”A travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham”

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Ray’s Paddock Bizarre Florida Barrel Racing Scheme Rolls Along by Ray Paulick | 05.09.2012 | 7:53am http://www.PaulickReport.com If Fielding Mellish, the hapless revolutionary from the 1971 Woody Allen movie “Bananas,” were representing Florida horsemen in trying to stop the barrel-racing-for-slots … Continue reading →

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Florida Gretna Racing LLC “Pari-Mutuel Barrel Racing” Case To Be Continued On June 26, 2012

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

After nearly three days of testimony and at least six witnesses still remaining to testify yesterday, April 11, 2012, the case involving a dispute over the award of a racing license by the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering to Gretna … Continue reading →

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