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A racino is a combined race track and casino. In some cases, the gambling is limited to slot machines, but many locations are beginning to include table games such as blackjack, poker, and roulette.
In 2003, Joe Bob Briggs described the economic motivation of race track owners to convert into racinos:
USA Today noted in a June 2003 article that receipts from slot machines are divided about evenly in four ways:
As of 2013, racinos are legal in ten states: Delaware, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. The first racino in Pennsylvania opened in November 2006. West Virginia pioneered the concept when MTR Gaming Group was allowed to introduce video lottery terminals (VLTs) to Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester. Delaware, Rhode Island, and West Virginia, three of the members of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), jointly ran a progressive VLT game, Ca$hola, from 2006 to July 2011; the three lotteries also will offer Ca$hola's successor, MegaHits, beginning July 15, 2011.
Thistledown Racino is a thoroughbred race track and casino in North Randall, Ohio at the outskirts of the city of Cleveland. It is owned and operated by a joint venture of Caesars Entertainment and Rock Gaming.
The track came under the regulation of the Ohio Racing Commission in 1931 when it was formed. The track is the home of the Ohio Derby, the only graded stakes race in Ohio.
The track races under the Ohio 7/7 Program which means that live racing is held at two locations in the state at the same time. During the summer Thistledown races seven races on a card and River Downs races the other seven. In September, Beulah Park takes over for River Downs. Ohio racing is dark January to March. The track has declined in recent years due to summertime competition and the lack of slot machines that neighboring tracks have.
In 2007, Thistledown's parent company, Magna Entertainment, announced that the racetrack was for sale. As a result of staggering losses in which Magna Entertainment reported net losses of $87.4 million in 2006, $105.3 million in 2005 and $95.6 million in 2004, and has an accumulated deficit of $393.8 million as of March 31, 2007, Magna Entertainment stated: "Accordingly, the company's ability to continue as a going concern is in substantial doubt and is dependent on the company generating cash flows that are adequate to sustain the operations of the business, renew or extend current financing arrangements and maintain its obligations with respect to secured and unsecured creditors, none of which is assured...". Once-thriving Thistledown, which hosts the $300,000 Ohio Derby, posted a pretax loss of $4.5 million in 2006. Thistledown and parent company, Magna Entertainment, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Coordinates: 40°23′48″N 76°39′31″W / 40.39667°N 76.65861°W / 40.39667; -76.65861
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racing track and casino in Grantville, Pennsylvania, 17 miles (27 km) east of Harrisburg. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn National Gaming.
The track opened on August 30, 1972. It consists of a 1 mile (1.6 km) dirt course and a 7 - furlong turf course. It is unusual among United States thoroughbred tracks in offering racing 52 weeks a year. It features the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Handicap for horses three-years-old and up run 5 furlongs on the turf. In 2009 Cardashi, ridden by jockey David Cora, won in a 29-1 upset.
This track is home to Eclipse Special Award winner Rapid Redux and his trainer David J. Wells.
In 2013 the inaugural Penn Mile on turf was run. Its first winner was 3-year-old Rydilluc in a time of 1:33.99.
Hollywood Casino opened at Penn National on February 12, 2008. On July 13, 2010, table games began operation. As of July 2010, Hollywood Casino has over 2,480 slot machines and 54 tables. Table games include:14 Poker tables, Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Pai-Gow Poker, Three and Four Card Poker, Mini-Baccarat, and Let-It-Ride. Penn National Gaming operates other casinos under the Hollywood Casino brand.
The Miami Valley, broadly, refers to the land area surrounding the Great Miami River in southwest Ohio, USA, and also includes the Little Miami, Mad, and Stillwater rivers as well. Geographically, it includes Dayton, Springfield, Middletown, Hamilton, and other communities. The name is derived from the Miami Indians.
Most commonly, however, it refers to the economic and cultural-social region centered primarily on Dayton and the Greater Dayton area, including TV and radio markets. Middletown and Hamilton both fall under the economic and cultural-social influence of Cincinnati and thus, do not commonly use the term in this sense. Institutions and enterprises in the Dayton area, such as Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Miami Valley Hospital, Miami Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America and Miami Valley Storytellers, as well as Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy), illustrate local usage.
Local television stations WDTN, ThinkTV (WPTD and WPTO), WHIO-TV, WKEF and WRGT include the following counties and cities in the cultural Miami Valley:
Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway is a racino in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It was originally established in 1959 as Raceway Park in Toledo, Ohio, hosting car racing and thoroughbred racing. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn National Gaming.
Known for weekend live harness racing including Ohio Sire Stakes and Buckeye-Wolverine Pace. The Buckeye-Wolverine Pace took place every year until ending recently. The race once successfully predicted the outcome of the rival Ohio State-Michigan football game with 75% accuracy.
In 2011, Governor John Kasich agreed to allow video lottery terminals at Ohio's seven racetracks. To avoid having Raceway Park compete with its own Hollywood Casino Toledo, Penn National has sought and obtained state approval to move Raceway Park to Dayton. The racetrack move was completed in the Spring of 2014.The racino opened on August 28, 2014 with 1,000 video lottery terminals.
DAYTON -- Hollywood has finally hit the Miami Valley as Dayton's racino officially opens its doors. Officials at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway planned to open to the public at 1 p.m. today but a growing crowd at the door prompted the racino to open a little early. With 1,000 video lottery terminals, which resemble slot machines, Dayton's Hollywood is now the fifth racino to open in Ohio, with a sixth scheduled to open next month near Youngstown. Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway was designed to resemble the 1930's-style Hollywood ambiance with art-deco design details throughout the property. "We want our guests to feel as if they've re-entered the Golden Age of Hollywood," said Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway General Manager Gary DeWitt. "Vintage Hollywood never goe...
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The start of the live horse racing season used to be a big deal at Thistledown, now every day's a big day as 24/7 gambling begins at the North Randall track.
ThistleDown Racino was nominated by Harrah's - North Kansas City. We now challenge Horseshoe Cincinnati, Mayor of North Randall Village - David Smith, and Mayor of Warrensville Heights - Brad Sellers!
DAYTON -- Officials from Penn National Gaming, and community leaders officially broke ground this morning on the $250 million Hollywood at Dayton Raceway racino, planned at a former auto factory at Needmore and Wagner Ford roads.The combined horse racing and casino complex is expected to include 1,500 video lottery terminals, which operated like slots machines, a 5/8-mile track, a climate-controlled grandstand and a simulcast wagering theater.The racino will be off Needmore Road, the same site where the Delphi plant use to be, until it closed in 2008. When it closed that area took a hard hit. We've all seen this road kind of languish especially after Delphi pulled out and then we tore that building down, here's the opportunity for us to have not only expansion of businesses that are alrea...
Newschannel 5's John Kosich looks at the decision facing Rock Ohio Caesars whether to move ThistleDown Racino from North Randall, Ohio to the Akron-Canton area.
WARREN COUNTY, Ohio (Jeff Hirsh) -- Twelve-twelve-twelve, thats when the tri-states newest gambling establishment will open. Miami Valley Gaming will open its doors on December 12th, at noon. The facility, just off I-75 in Warren County, near Lebanon, will have 1600 video slot terminals, four restaurants, two bars,and a 5/8 mile harness racing track, which takes the place of Lebanon Raceway a few miles away. Operators of the $175 million facility say it has employed 1,000 construction workers, and will have more than 500 permanent employees. Its a a great economic project, said General Manager Jim Simms. Its a huge economic engine for the area. Owners estimate more than $24 million dollars a year will be pumped into local communities. While the video gaming portion of the racino o...
The Hard Rock Racino at Northfield Park opens on December 18th. Here are snapshots of what Cleveland's new gambling location, which will feature slot machines to go along with long running Harness Racing, will look like.
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