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If only it would have been there during George Washington's day, the time would have gone much faster.
But I digress. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved its eighth location for sports betting, giving Greenwood Gaming (owners of Parx and the South Philly Turf Club) the okay to take sports bets at the Valley Forge Turf Club. They'll be competing in Valley Forge against Boyd Gaming's Valley Forge Casino.
Both facilities should be up and running in the next few weeks.
Full story here.
New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement tossed Major League Baseball's request to prohibit betting on spring training games.
Fuller story here.
Still not sure how you can take bets on something which has already happened and so many people know the result, but . . . the director of "The Favourite" didn't win the Oscar.
Pretty good day. Greg Frank continued blazing through the NBA with two more wins, Craig Dietel won his NHL pick, Neal Abrams went 2-0 in early women's singles action at Indian Wells and Mark Eckel split his two NCAA picks. Chris Garrity was hurt by scratches, but had a first and a second in his three races with runners.
We'll try to do better today.
Good luck at the tables, windows, kiosks and apps.
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