Session Three: Lottery Executive Panel April 29, 2009 Larry Flynn from OLG and David Thornburn, NB/PEI project specialist, Gaming Boutiques, Atlantic Lottery Corporation, made up the final panel at this year's Standardbred Wagering Conference.
Life After Pari-Mutuel Wagering April 29, 2009 Moderator Jeremy Pierce allowed horseplayer Dean Towers to launch Wednesday's first panel of the Standardbred Wagering Conference, Life After Pari-Mutuel Wagering
A Candid Conversation with William Bissett April 29, 2009 "We'll have a fireside chat," joked Chris Roberts, sitting down to talk face to face with William J. Bissett, President of Delaware North Gaming and Entertainment, a leading operator of gaming and rac...
Wagering Conference Concludes April 29, 2009 Ted Smith closed the 2009 Standardbred Wagering Conference with a call for the industry to work together and entice horseplaying customers
Session Five: Think Customers First April 28, 2009 Moderator Kathy Parker, editor of The Horsemen and Fair World, led off the conversation about keeping customers in mind for Tuesday's fifth panel -- Think Customers First -- by offering the floor to o...
Session Four: Back To The Future April 28, 2009 The focus of this panel, began moderator Greg Blanchard, is to try and identify why harness racing doesn't seem to appeal to the younger generation, and how we can package and promote our product to g
Session Three: Show Me The Money April 28, 2009 The last session before lunch focused on the idea of creating a pot of money to fund marketing and innovation in harness racing
Session Two: No Holds Barred April 28, 2009 Erik Potek of Canadian Horseplayers Advocacy launched Tuesday's second session of the Standardbred Wagering Conference with an introduction to his interest in playing the ponies, and shared some of hi
Standardbred Wagering Conference Opening Address April 28, 2009 Ted Smith, CEO of Standardbred Canada, opened the second inaugural wagering conference this morning with a few words of encouragement, pushing the group of attendees to make the meeting a stepping off...
Standardbred Wagering Conference Concludes Day 1 April 28, 2009 Kelly Spencer of Grand River Raceway played host to the day's wrap up -- a classic Family Feud competition between racetrack employees and horseplayers
Wagering Innovation On Trot Radio April 27, 2009 Today's advanced episode of Trot Radio talks wagering innovation and appealing to the technologically-advanced younger generations
Lavers To Wagering Conference April 23, 2009 Standardbred Canada has announced that Paul Lavers, chief executive and co-founder of SportsDirect Inc., will be taking part in the Standardbred Wagering Conference
Wagering Conference On Trot Radio April 21, 2009 This week's edition of Trot Radio digs deeper into two of the sessions slated for next week's Standardbred Wagering Conference