Word: pari
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Florida ever leaves a time capsule for future generations, it will probably be filled with losing pari-mutuel tick ets. SEE YOU AT TROPICAL PARK-EXCITING TWIN DOUBLE, read roadside billboards. DOG RACING HOLLYWOOD KENNEL CLUB TONIGHT. There is no state income tax and no funded debt; almost five percent of the annual state budget is financed by revenues from gambling. Florida boasts four horse tracks and more dog tracks (17) than any other state. What's more, it is the only place in the U.S. that permits pari-mutuel betting on human beings...
...Friday night crowd at Long Island's Roosevelt Raceway was in a festive mood. In the grandstand, beer cans rattled and pari-mutuel machines beat a steady thunk, thunk, thunk. In the Cloud Casino, champagne corks popped and waiters served steaks. For some, it was just a night at the races. But most were drawn there by a fantasy of instant wealth...
...Says James C. Brady, chairman of the New York Racing Association: "There could be a point of no return here. If racing is to be gouged just for state income, the sport could be killed." Says a New York racing official: "If it's money they want from pari-mutuels, why don't they just run a bunch of mice around a track twelve months a year?" Even a few bettors gripe. Says one: "I don't care what the longer season does to horses. What does it do to humans? They're giving...
...state some $5,000,000 beyond last year's take of $15 million. California expects to net nearly $42 million from racing this year, is considering a bill to take part of admissions and concession money as well. Pennsylvania and Vermont soon will set up their first pari-mutuel machines...
...Berry, who told a ministerial association that it need not fear that racing would lure prostitutes, since "we already got plenty of prostitutes to meet the demands." A subcommittee of the Iowa legislature has favorably reported a racing bill. In Idaho, where at least five previous legislatures passed a pari-mutuel law only to see Governors veto it, the present legislature recently overrode Governor Robert Smylie's veto. But Smylie contends that the law violates the state constitution, so far has refused to appoint a racing commission to get things going. Some states are eying the potentially huge take...