February, 2021 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Cyber Bingo

There is a game taking the gaming world by storm and it is called cyber bingo. Cyber bingo is an online representation of the old classic called bingo.

Bingo originated in the 1500’s as a form of lottery in Italy where people could win money. The game made the trip across the Atlantic in the early 1900’s when it was called Beano. The game changed its name when a player accidentally called out “Bingo” instead of Beano. The new name stuck, and has remained the same ever since.

With the advent of the internet and online gaming, the obvious next step of the game is cyber bingo. The word “cyber” refers to the bingo game being online or rather played in ‘cyberspace’. Instead of the old method of playing that is in halls.

The basics of cyber bingo is the same as its land based counterpart in that a player hopes to fill a card made up of random numbers between 1 and 75. As the numbers are called out, the player ticks off the numbers she has. This process continues until the he or she has ticked off all the numbers required to win. Cyber bingo games usually have the required winning numbers to make up a special shape. The participant of the game will then need to get the required numbers in the same shape that was chosen before the game starts. The shape changes at the beginning of each new game.

The other great feature of cyber bingo is the chat facility that allows players to chat with other players during the game. Most reputable cyber bingo games automatically check to see if you have won, thus allowing you to chat while playing.

A great site called Bingodrome even has small chat games where you can win extra credits to spend at their site.

Gulfstream Park: Lake Avenue Regains Winning Ways; Thursday Rainbow 6 Jackpot Guaranteed at $750,000

Godolphin LLC's Lake Avenue came through with a winning 2021 debut in Wednesday's stakes-quality featured race at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., scoring her first victory since capturing the Demoiselle Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct in December 2019.

Winless in four start last year, the 4-year-old daughter of Tapit closed from far off the pace under Junior Alvarado to catch 35-1 pacesetter Dance d'Oro in mid-stretch on her way to a 4 ½-length triumph in the seven-furlong optional claiming allowance for older fillies and mares.

“She didn't break well at all and in these kinds of races you want to at least break good so you can move forward. But I just think she was much the best. Even with breaking a little slow like that, making my move a little bit wide, having the best horse just helps. She just kept going to the wire. She ran a pretty impressive race,” Alvarado said. “When we passed the half-mile pole, I was hoping that she wasn't just fooling me there because the way she was moving was like how I know she moved when she's on her game. She just proved it today. She kept going, kept moving along pretty good, and had a very strong, nice finish.”

Trained by Bill Mott, Lake Avenue ($8.20) was undefeated as a 2-year-old with Junior Alvarado aboard. She finished third behind future Preakness winner Swiss Skydiver in last year's Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) during her four-race 3-year-old campaign.

Dance d'Oro and jockey Emisael Jaramillo held second, 1 ¼ lengths ahead of Crumb Bun and jockey Luca Panici. Hopeful Growth, the 6-5 favorite who captured the Monmouth Oaks (G3) last year, finished fourth under Irad Ortiz Jr., in her first start since finishing third in the Oct. 3 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at Pimlico.

Lake Avenue, a Godolphin homebred, ran seven furlongs in 1:23.46.

Thursday's Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $750,000

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $750,000 Thursday.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the six straight racing day Wednesday, when multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth $6,886.32.

The jackpot pool is only paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Thursday's Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 5-10.

WHO'S HOT: Edgard Zayas notched his second straight four-win day Wednesday at Gulfstream Park. Fresh off a Sunday Grand Slam, the 27-year-old Zayas made four more visits to the winner's circle Wednesday following victories aboard Kantstaros ($13.80) in Race 1, Infatuating ($3.40) in Race 3, Codrington ($4.80) in Race 7 and R Adios Jersey ($3.40) in Race 8.

Zayas has ridden 54 winners during his breakthrough Championship Meet.

Saffie Joseph Jr. saddled his 29^th and 30^th winners of the Championship Meet, scoring with Infatuating ($3.40) in Race 3 and Nitro Time ($3.80) in Race 4. Antonio Sano also saddled a pair of winners, Leyenda ($26.80) in Race 6 Codrington ($4.80) in Race 7.

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Churchill Downs Subsidiary Sues Thoroughbred Owners Of California Over Simulcast Fee Dispute

A subsidiary of Churchill Downs, Inc. that operates advance deposit wagering companies TwinSpires and BetAmerica is suing Thoroughbred Owners of California for invoking state statute in an effort to bring a dispute over simulcast hub fees into binding arbitration.

Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives Company (CDTIC) filed the suit on Tuesday in United States District Court Central District of California's Western Division, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief while alleging that the arbitration provisions of California Business & Professions Code section 19604 are invalid and unenforceable because they violate the U.S. and California Constitutions' Due Process and Contracts Clauses.

The dispute centers around a hub agreement reached on Dec. 22, 2020, between Santa Anita Park and CDI's two online wagering companies, TwinSpires and BetAmerica. The agreement specified the percentage the ADW companies would receive on each dollar wagered by California residents using their platforms. By California statute, the maximum an ADW company may receive to facilitate a wager is 6.5%. The agreed-upon percentage in the agreement between the ADW companies and Santa Anita is redacted in the court filings. According to the lawsuit, TOC asked that the hub fee be reduced to 4.1%, which the complaint said “would cost Churchill Downs Technology millions of dollars and upset almost a decade of an established course of dealing between the contracting parties.”

TOC is not a party to the contract. By law, according to the complaint, an ADW provider can choose to enter into a hub agreement with a racetrack, a horsemen's organization, or both. However, under section 19604, the horsemen's organization (or racetrack) may file a written demand for arbitration within 10 days of receiving a copy of a hub contract. TOC did so on Dec. 31.

Two months earlier, on Oct. 28, the suit alleges, TOC president and CEO Greg Avioli asked Churchill Downs Inc. executive Mike Ziegler to “voluntarily return the equivalent of 1% of the total” wagered on the company's ADW platforms in 2020. “TOC threatened that if Churchill Downs Technology did not comply with its 'voluntary' request, it would demand arbitration pursuant to section 19604,” the complaint alleges, calling the effort a to retain additional revenue a “shakedown.”

In a statement issued by Avioli after the TOC learned of the lawsuit, he said: “ADW wagering in California increased by over 40% year over year statewide in 2020 while purse generation from live tracks and OTBs dropped substantially due to COVID-19 closures and restrictions. In 2020 CDTIC received over $7 million of hub fees from ADW wagers by California on Thoroughbred races. TOC's decision to exercise its arbitration rights under California law came after CDTIC declined to reach a voluntary settlement of the matter.”

The complaint suggests that California racing – not TwinSpires or BetAmerica – was the real beneficiary when wagering shifted from on-track to online during the pandemic.

“Online and telephonic wagering, known as advanced deposit wagering, has transformed horse racing in the state, and allowed the many stakeholders involved in horse racing to continue to prosper,” the complaint states. “This has been particularly true since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to limited races and limited spectators for months.

“ADW providers, such as TwinSpires and BetAmerica, make significant investments in technology, marketing and customer service to bring horse racing to as many fans possible, attract new fans, and make wagering on horses fun and easy,” the complaint continues. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, the ADW distribution not only kept fans engaged when they could not otherwise go to a racetrack, but also attracted and created many new fans of horseracing. Rather than appreciating this necessary and growing distribution outlet, the TOC has treated the ADW providers as competition, not as valued partners. This is bad for racing fans and horseracing as a whole.”

TOC's Avioli said the statute concerning arbitration is long established and clear.

“The specific provision in California law (Business and Professional Code 19604 et. seq.) authorizing the arbitration of hub fees is nothing new and, in fact, has been unchanged in California law for more than two decades,” Avioli said in a statement. “We intend to move forward with the hub fee arbitration in an expedited manner and believe the attempt to disrupt the arbitration by CDTIC with this last-minute federal lawsuit has no merit.”

According to section 19604, the arbitration must take place within 60 days of a formal request. The arbitrator has 15 days to render a decision on whether to maintain the contract as signed or to change the fee to the percentage requested by TOC.

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Oops: How Old Is That Injury?

Horses love to find ways to injure themselves and it's not always easy to determine if the lump, bump or scrape is new or old, especially if the horse isn't groomed every day or if he's sporting a long, thick winter coat. When a lump or bump is discovered, a few things can be done to determine if it's fresh and requires a call to the vet or if it's old and just now being noticed.

The feel of a lump can indicate if it's new or old: New injuries are often soft to the touch from fluid that pools in the area. A new injury will often feel hot to the touch. An older injury tends to feel firmer as it's made up of scar tissue or calcification; it will be the same temperature as the surrounding skin.

If the horse reacts to palpation, it's most likely a newer injury. Sensitivity to touch is associated with the same inflammation that causes the soft feel.

A call to the veterinarian may be in order if the lump or bump is new and if the horse is lame. Older injuries that have healed and are nothing to be alarmed about.