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Panel considers bill to allow simulcast horse-race betting statewide
Summary
Senate Bill 147 would remove an old restriction limiting simulcast horse-race wagering to specific, historic track locations and allow simulcast sales at any authorized gaming facility; sponsor said the change modernizes an archaic statute.
Senate Bill 147, introduced by Sen. Sharon Lang, would remove a grandfather clause in existing law that limits simulcast horse-race wagering to a small set of specific licensed locations that historically hosted horse tracks, and would instead permit simulcast betting at authorized gaming facilities statewide.
"We had Hinsdale, Rockingham, Seabrook, and, Beaumont, with the 4 locations…
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