Some other interesting notes: Genting, which won the contract to operate the Racino at
Aqueduct race course in Queens, spent about $ 870,000 in lobbying last year even though they were awarded the contract to install the VLT's in 2010.
The findings in the state Inspector General's bombshell report on the bidding process for selecting a VLT operator at
Aqueduct race course are appalling.
Not exact matches
About 100
races, it turns out, were rigged in five states, at Pocono Downs, Garden State, Suffolk Downs, Detroit
Race Course, Hazel Park,
Aqueduct and even Saratoga, the so - called Dowager Queen of the American Turf.
• The inaugural meeting was held in 1925 at Jamaica
Race Course (N.Y.), where the stakes was run until 1960, when Jamaica was torn down and the Wood went to
Aqueduct.
While many of the aspects of NYRA» s recently approved reorganization plan are out front and obvious, the shadow of the Cuomo administration still lurks over the facilities at
Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga
race courses as it has since October 2012.
And more recently, he proposed taking some money NYRA gets from
Aqueduct's casino and giving it to the state, in apparent violation of NYRA's contract to run Saratoga
Race Course, Belmont Park and
Aqueduct.
NYRA, a 55 - year - old not - for - profit organization, also operates the
Aqueduct and Belmont
race courses.
campaign, for refusing to relinquish state control of the New York
Racing Association, which runs Saratoga
Race Course, Belmont Park and
Aqueduct Race Track.
On the day of the Wood Memorial at
Aqueduct, New York
Racing Association CEO Chris Kay gave details of the upcoming meets at Belmont and Saratoga
Race Course.
The decision is critical locally, because New York
Racing Association is slated to get a significant share of
Aqueduct racino revenue, much of which would be spent on Saratoga
Race Course improvements.
BEST receives funding from the New York
Racing Association, which operates Saratoga
Race Course as well as tracks at Belmont and
Aqueduct, and the New York Thoroughbred Horseman's Association.