Jontay Porter being banned from the NBA is an example of sports betting legalization and regulation doing what it's supposed to do. Thanks for attending my TED Talk.

Kentucky sports betting totals from Sept-Feb

Online handle $1.3B
Online revenue $163.8M
Tax generated $23.3M

Retail handle $57.3M
Retail revenue $5.6M
Tax generated $543.2K

Kentucky has already exceeded the first-year tax estimate in 5+ months.

A lot of detail in here worth reading. x.com/theTDN/status/…

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New 15% Takeout Doubles did $1,107,375 in handle today vs $868,387 last year, an increase of 27.5%. Thanks Horseplayers! Keeneland Racing

The price of wagering in Daily Double pools at the Keeneland spring meet is going down as the Lexington track addresses high takeout on one of its core wagers. go.bloodhorse.com/4cDlWKS Frank Angst #Handicapping #BHDaily

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Great to see the takeout drop on double bets Keeneland Jim Goodman. Well done to them, players should support a low hold on a higher-churn exotic.

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The NTA Pat Cummings and I are happy that OBSSales Keeneland Sales and Fasig-Tipton have all collaborated and agreed to a new set of new protocols to increase the oversight of medication use at all 2 year old sales.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority was involved in the initial meeting.

This is

Unbelievable detail here from Dan’s piece. And while much of focus was on California’s situation, the info here should be very helpful for other state horsemen’s orgs particularly

Using the Purse Money Only option for a momentary tote error hours before a race makes absolutely no sense. There is plenty of time to communicate the error to those affected in that brief window (perhaps no one). Yet instead the steward(s) punish the other 99.9% of bettors.

This is a great move! Hope many take advantage of it.