PA Racing Threatened With Shutdown October 23, 2015 On Thursday, October 22, a spokesman for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said publicly that the state could shut down the PA horse racing industry this coming week if issues relating to the State Racin...
PA Committee Passes Horse Racing Bill February 25, 2015 On Tuesday, February 24, Senate Bill 352 was passed by the Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee. The bill will now be considered by the full senate. The legislation calls for regulatory ch...
PA To Audit Gaming/Control Board December 17, 2014 Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has been cited as saying that his office will conduct an audit the operations of the state’s gaming and control board in 2015.
New Pennsylvania Whipping Rules September 25, 2014 On Thursday, September 25, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced that it is imposing stricter standards to safeguard equine athletes from direct contact with whips during harness racing...
PA Auditor General Issues Warning June 18, 2014 On Wednesday, June 18, Pennsylvania’s Department of the Auditor General issued a release which says that the future of the state’s billion-dollar horse racing industry is in trouble and risks a catast...
PA Racing Fund Being Audited May 01, 2014 It has been reported that Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is in the midst of an audit of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund, the fund which annually sends hundreds of millions...
Public Input Date Set In PA March 12, 2014 It has been reported that a date has been set for public input into the proposed harness raceway and casino expansion in Pennsylvania’s Lawrence County.
PA Responds To Proposed Cuts February 01, 2014 Two days after another threat to Pennsylvania's horse racing industry was presented in a new bill that would divert $250 million out of the state’s Horse Racing Development Fund, the horse racing indu...
Proposed Bill Threatening PA Racing January 29, 2014 According to an article out of Pennsylvania, State Representative Todd Stephens has proposed legislation which would see $250 million redirected from the state’s Horse Racing Development Fund to schoo...
2013 PA Slot Revenue Tops $2.3B January 03, 2014 Even though slot machine gross revenue in Pennsylvania dropped last calendar year, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that the amount of revenue generated during 2013 was $2.38 billi...
Trainers Arrested, Charged In PA November 22, 2013 It has been reported that a three trainers and a track employee in Pennsylvania have been arrested and charged by the United States Attorney’s Office with fraud relating to horse racing.
Report: FBI Conducting Racing Probe November 21, 2013 It has been reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigations is conducting a probe into the horse racing industry in one of racing's most prosperous jurisdictions.