{"id":226112,"date":"2022-08-11T21:07:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T02:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=226112"},"modified":"2022-08-30T22:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T03:35:30","slug":"churchill-downs-nyra-venture-seeks-to-put-horse-racing-on-sports-betting-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/churchill-downs-nyra-venture-seeks-to-put-horse-racing-on-sports-betting-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Churchill Downs-NYRA Venture Seeks to Put Horse Racing on Sports Betting Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) announced late Thursday afternoon that it sold a 49% stake in its United Tote division to a subsidiary of NYRA. It’s a move the Louisville-based company said goes along with its vision of introducing pari-mutuel horse racing to sports bettors.<\/p>\n

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Poppy Flower, with Jose Ortiz aboard, wins the Galway Stakes Thursday at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY. Also, on Thursday, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced that NYRA Content Management Solutions would acquire a 49% stake in Churchill’s United Tote division. (Image: Chelsea Durand\/NYRA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NYRA is the New York-based thoroughbred racing association that operates meets at Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga. Its NYRA Content Management Solutions division acquired the shares in United Tote.<\/p>\n

United Tote supplies equipment and technology platforms to process pari-mutuel wagers for CDI\u2019s racetracks and more than 150 other clients worldwide.<\/p>\n

According to the release, Churchill and NYRA plan to partner \u201cto create and provide a comprehensive and efficient industry-leading pari-mutuel solution through United Tote that will expedite the expansion of horse racing seamlessly onto sports wagering platforms to reach new customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The transaction amount was not announced, and the parties expect the deal to close by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Churchill Sees Pathway for Racing to Sports Betting<\/h2>\n

Two weeks ago, CDI CEO Bill Carstanjen told investment analysts during the company\u2019s second-quarter earnings call that Churchill Downs wanted to be \u201ca leading distributor\u201d of racing content. He added it should be available on sports betting apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By doing that, Carstanjen said Churchill could work with sports betting operators and establish an official sports betting partner for the Kentucky Derby, the biggest event in horse racing.<\/p>\n

But unlike New Jersey\u2019s Monmouth Park, which launched fixed-odds wagering three months ago, Churchill officials want to place pari-mutuel wagering on online sports betting platforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The difference is that pari-mutuel odds change as more money enters the pool. In some instances, after a bettor makes their wager, the odds on their selection may shorten.<\/p>\n

Churchill Downs operates an online sports betting platform through its TwinSpires brand. However, earlier this year, the company announced it would pull out of the online business and focus only on retail sports betting. It has already closed operations in Indiana, Colorado, and Tennessee.<\/p>\n

TwinSpires continues to operate as an advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platform for racing.<\/p>\n

Prospects Good in New York<\/h2>\n

NYRA has a relationship with Caesars Sportsbook, which serves as the association\u2019s official sports betting marketing partner.<\/p>\n

In addition, Caesars has created an online racebook<\/a> that uses the NYRABets ADW platform.<\/p>\n

New York state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Queens), who chairs the Senate Committee on Racing, Gaming, and Wagering, has previously mentioned his interest in seeing sports betting expand in New York to include kiosks at the racetracks. Last year, he shared a similar vision of how sports betting and horse racing could be available to bettors simultaneously.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ridiculous that our New Yorkers can\u2019t place a bet on mobile sports betting, and at the same time place a bet at the fifth race in Saratoga or what have you.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Addabbo told Casino.org<\/em> in a November interview.\u00a0\u201cIt would be just a natural marriage. It would just be a rational thought, once again, to combine those two.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New York, the largest sports betting state in the US, currently has nine online operators and retail sportsbooks. They are located at the state\u2019s commercial and tribal casinos across the upstate region.<\/p>\n

The CDI release also stated NYRA would switch to United Tote processing pari-mutuel wagers starting next year as part of a separate deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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