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    <title>After 22 horses die at Santa Anita, Congress wants to ban dangerous doping</title>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Problem No. 1: Unwinding a bunch of sports betting laws."]]></description>
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    <title>As others race ahead with sports betting, DeLeo blows the whistle</title>
    <dc:date>2018-05-15T11:22:07+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["In Rhode Island, the governor assumed the state would be collecting revenue from sports betting when she proposed her fiscal 2019 budget. And in Connecticut, Gov. Dannel Malloy said Monday he is prepared to call lawmakers into a special session to consider legalizing sports betting. Massachusetts has, so far, taken the wait-and-see approach. Gov. Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Harriette Chandler each said Monday that Massachusetts should look into legalizing sports betting, which the MGC estimated could generate between $9 million and $61 million in state tax revenue a year, but none went a step further to call for passage of such a bill."]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Particularly with respect to Thoroughbred racing, if we don't get the tools to bring all the parties together and use the levels of muscle, which are the revenue streams ... then I'm afraid we'll be stuck where we've been for the last umpteen years, which is an internal war in the industry and not being able to come together with a comprehensive strategy," Crosby told the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.]]></description>
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    <title>Former Raynham track &quot;definitely viable&quot; as horse track, exec says</title>
    <dc:date>2017-07-27T18:56:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/20170727/former-raynham-track-definitely-viable-as-horse-track-exec-says</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[1. Ritvo said Stronach will begin to assemble a financial model to test the economics of the plan and work with architects to produce drawings of what a Raynham horse track might look like. He said Stronach will stay in touch with the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association -- which has been working closely with Stronach and accompanied Ritvo on Monday -- the New England Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, and other stakeholder groups as the plan comes into clearer focus. "We're looking to add another track to our portfolio but I want to definitely be clear here: we're not looking to blow money, we're not looking to give to charity, we're looking to run a really good business," Ritvo said. "And if it makes business sense after we run all the economics then we'll invest." That investment, he said, could be in the ballpark of $20 million. 

2. Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby, who favors different legislation (S 175) that would give the Gaming Commission the power to assign simulcasting rights to whichever facilities they feel are in the best interests of the industry’s development, said this week another one-year extension would limit investment in racing in Massachusetts.]]></description>
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    <title>Lawmakers kick the can on horse racing</title>
    <dc:date>2017-07-27T18:53:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://commonwealthmagazine.org/gambling/lawmakers-kick-can-horse-racing/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["William Lagorio, who heads the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, said the Stronach Group is prepared to spend $20 million to $40 million at Raynham Park. But he indicated passage of the status-quo-simulcasting bill would make that difficult, even though Raynham Park has a simulcasting license."]]></description>
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    <title>Massachusetts lawmakers extend racing, simulcasting</title>
    <dc:date>2017-07-27T11:18:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/222760/massachusetts-lawmakers-extend-racing-simulcasting</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Extends Suffolk Downs rights until July 2018, holds off repeal of 128x statutes.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2017/06/10/race-horse-fund-gets-much-needed-second-look/U467wpBCE5tgRoZUKoSosO/story.html">
    <title>Race horse fund gets much-needed second look</title>
    <dc:date>2017-06-11T11:35:52+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["It’s a definite sign of progress that legislators like Karen Spilka, Mark Montigny, and Bradley Jones have broached changes to the horse-racing fund. The money in the fund isn’t huge, in the context of the state’s $39 billion budget, but unwinding the special-interest giveaway embodied in the 2011 legislation would represent a victory in its own right ... as a general matter, state aid should be aimed at helping build businesses that can eventually stand on their own, rather than keeping dying ones on artificial life support ... horse racing in Massachusetts has enjoyed a special deal from the state. The stirrings on Beacon Hill are a welcome sign that the Legislature might be ready to rethink the state’s priorities."]]></description>
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    <dc:date>2017-06-10T00:54:02+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["It is the commission’s belief that with a reorganized regulatory structure, and empowering the Gaming Commission to strategically manage all the thoroughbred revenue streams – including the Race Horse Development Fund – that there is a legitimate chance of designing a sustainable strategy for thoroughbred racing in Massachusetts."]]></description>
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    <title>New England horsemen fight for funding</title>
    <dc:date>2017-06-08T18:21:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/221991/new-england-horsemen-fight-for-funding</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["We went to the Statehouse and dropped off flyers and informational material for all the senators and representatives," said trainer Kevin McCarthy, a member of the New England affiliate of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association. "We need to show them why this fund is vital to our industry." ]]></description>
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    <title>Barr-Tonko 2.0: Better, but is it good enough?</title>
    <dc:date>2017-05-31T12:25:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2017/05/barr-tonko-ver-20-better-but-is-it-good.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["... unsolicited and probably unwelcome advice to Eric Hamelback of the national HBPA and Rick Violette of the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association: don't fight this one. The bill is good enough to live with, and opposing it will just reinforce the public view that we're all incorrigible drug pushers."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2017/05/state_senator_seeks_money_for_sex_trafficking_victims_from_horse_racing">
    <title>State senator seeks money for sex-trafficking victims from horse racing funds</title>
    <dc:date>2017-05-19T12:15:10+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2017/05/state_senator_seeks_money_for_sex_trafficking_victims_from_horse_racing</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["State Sen. Mark Montigny, who championed the state’s 2011 human-trafficking law, is pushing an amendment to the Senate budget that would redirect half of the funds slated for an account created to support Bay State horse racing to the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund. The move, Montigny said, could mean 'millions' for the five-year-old trust, which the Herald reported last week has taken in just $16,000 and has yet to award a single grant to help survivors of sex trafficking."]]></description>
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    <title>Senate sweeps race horse fund to invest in DCR, DEP</title>
    <dc:date>2017-05-16T21:34:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_30992974/senate-sweeps-race-horse-fund-invest-dcr-dep</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tucked into the Senate's $40.3 billion fiscal year 2018 budget proposal is an outside section that would sweep $15 million from the Race Horse Development Fund into the General Fund by June 30, 2018, availing the Senate to $15 million in new revenue that it proposes to spend other programs ... the Senate's outside section calls for the $15 million from the Race Horse Development Fund to be "expended to support programming and operations for the department of agricultural resources and the department of conservation and recreation." ]]></description>
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    <title>Budget deal would allow more visas for backstretch workers</title>
    <dc:date>2017-05-02T12:24:31+00:00</dc:date>
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    <title>Bill S.175</title>
    <dc:date>2017-04-19T11:46:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S175/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Text of bill in 2017 MA legislature revising 128x statutes.]]></description>
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    <title>Section 7: Administration and enforcement of chapters 128A and 128C; grant of simulcasting license to gaming establishment</title>
    <dc:date>2017-03-22T03:59:16+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/feds-on-brink-of-helping-or-hurting-industry-employers/">
    <title>Feds on brink of helping — or hurting — industry employers</title>
    <dc:date>2016-12-06T12:33:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/feds-on-brink-of-helping-or-hurting-industry-employers/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Neither Waldrop nor Hamelback could cite a ballpark number of H-2B workers that have traditionally been covered by the exemption. “I don’t have that number,” Waldrop said. “All I know is that trainers say that a large number of their employees that they hire are eligible for the H-2B program. What we don’t know is how many are here under the program, and how many are here without documentation. And frankly, that’s just not something that people talk a lot about.”]]></description>
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    <title>Congressional committee reviews federal gambling laws</title>
    <dc:date>2016-10-21T14:35:43+00:00</dc:date>
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    <title>General Laws: PART I</title>
    <dc:date>2016-07-06T01:34:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Saved for reference to chapter 128A (horse and dog racing meetings) and chapter 128C (simulcast wagering of horse and dog racing).]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/irwin/">
    <title>Irwin: Tennis, track scandals support racing's path toward independent oversight</title>
    <dc:date>2016-01-20T12:39:11+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/irwin/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Based on my revelation that even if cheating is exposed to racing officials that nothing will happen, as well as this latest bombshell expose of professional tennis, I have come to one conclusion—and it is not a new one. I now more firmly than ever believe that only USADA can make a difference in restoring the credibility of racing. The reason is that they will bring independence to a sport whose integrity is being held captive by industry insiders bent on maintaining things as they are and always have been."]]></description>
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    <title>Congress passes H-2B visa improvements backed by NTRA</title>
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    <title>Bill Casner on drug reform in racing</title>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["One drug that has decades of continuous use is EPO. There is no doubt that it has been used at the highest level. There has never been a horse to test positive for it post-race because everyone knows that it can only be detected in the first 24 to 36 hours after administration (requiring a sophisticated expensive test) and it is always given days or even weeks out. The only way it will ever be caught is with Out-of-Competition Testing, which is virtually non-existent in North American horse racing. The American Thoroughbred industry is at the proverbial crossroads. The choice is ours: which direction will we choose? One path maintains the status quo with 38 dysfunctional jurisdictions that are underfunded, politically appointed, and lack the expertise to challenge the cheaters. The other road offers the choice of appointing a USADA-type organization having the mission, funding and expertise to meet that challenge. The pending House bill that will be introduced by Rep. Paul Tonko (NY) offers the opportunity to have that ultimate drug organization."]]></description>
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    <title>Primer for proposed THADO legislation</title>
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    <title>Update the 1978 Interstate Horse Racing Act: Survival of the US industry depends upon it</title>
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    <title>New racing economics show inadequacies of 1978 Interstate Horse Racing Act</title>
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    <title>Jockey Club to push for federal regulation of racing if uniform drug rules aren't adopted</title>
    <dc:date>2013-08-12T11:54:14+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[“The racing poll you heard about today told us in no uncertain terms how both casual fans and avid horseplayers feel about medication and the integrity of competition. Clearly, our wagering handle and our business is being compromised. The international community is watching us closely and still wondering why this country allows such liberal medication policies.”]]></description>
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    <title>Rogue reporting</title>
    <dc:date>2012-06-26T17:58:22+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The sledgehammer-like beating the Thoroughbred racing industry has taken recently in the New York Times over drug use has been hailed by many owners and racing organizations that want the industry to clean up its act. The coverage, which has cast racing in the worst possible light through slanted reporting and faulty statistics, has been widely expected by anti-drug supporters to accelerate change. But these advocates have hitched their horse to the wrong wagon. Instead of rallying behind a champion, they’re giving credence to gross misrepresentations of the sport and allowing racing to be buried under a mountain of unchallenged and unmitigated negativity. This is dangerous policy for an industry that acknowledges a severe perception problem already exists in the minds of casual fans or non-fans of the sport."]]></description>
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    <title>Put a foot down on the gambling debate</title>
    <dc:date>2011-02-05T12:12:59+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Suffolk and Wonderland, which are essentially a single entity, and which have pumped a combined $3 million into gambling lobbying since 2005, are especially troublesome. They’re basically the speaker’s tracks. They’ve long been the odds-on favorites to win a casino license. If they’d won one last year, the deal would have looked wired and unseemly, but also not all that unexpected. Things are different now."]]></description>
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