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Horse Racing’s Constant Battle

The California horse racing industry always seems to be fighting with someone these days, and it doesn’t matter who. First they were fighting with the tribes, then with online gambling, and now with the World Trade Organization.

The industry was saying that the tribes have an unfair advantage because they are allowed slot machines, and the tracks are not. They say that it is wrong of the state to not only give them an exclusive for having the slot machines, but then to increase the number of them in the state as well is just unheard of. They say that in order to survive, in order to compete, they have to be able to offer slot machines or they will not be able to compete.

Then they were fighting with the online gambling industry, supporting the ban on internet gaming while leaving in a provision for the horse racing industry. Many in the industry felt that because of their close ties that the tracks would support them, however, they only made sure to support themselves.

Now they are fighting with the WTO. The WTO has said that internet gambling should not be illegal, especially since they have not banned the horse racing aspect of gambling. They have now ordered the US to either lift the ban on online gambling, or they have to make horse racing illegal as well.

It looks like the horse racing industry is not done fighting – the question of course is who do they fight next? The WTO to change the ruling, or with the government should they choose to make them illegal as well.

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