Sun, Nov 22 2009
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Indian casinos may get Derby signal blocked Lucas said the Oklahoma group favors having tribal casinos pay the same percentage as the non-tribal casinos toward purses for state horsemen, but “that’s something that’s not new. That’s been for years and years ... This is not a new situation in Oklahoma.”
The Kentucky Derby is usually a profitable event for racetracks that simulcast the event, said Constantin Rieger, the executive director of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission. The commission has no regulatory authority over tribal casinos, but Rieger said he believed that the Derby simulcast probably provides a high-profit day as well for those casinos. “The (Kentucky) Derby is probably the most dramatic signal that can affect facilities,” Rieger said. In a statement, Dry said that “regardless of what happens,” Choctaw Racing has made arrangements for any patron at a tribal casino served by the company “to view and wager on races at Churchill Downs on Derby Day.” Dry said that patrons from the 10 casinos would be given the option to be taken by bus, at the tribe’s expense, to Blue Ribbon Downs, which is owned by the Choctaw Nation. The distance to Sallisaw from the towns where those casinos are located ranges from 34 miles (Pocola) to 240 miles (Lawton). 
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