Sports-betting law brings new life to owners of state's shuttered race tracks
The operators of the Raynham Park dog track and Suffolk Downs horse track held on to their simulcast businesses long after their live races ended, ...
The operators of the Raynham Park dog track and Suffolk Downs horse track held on to their simulcast businesses long after their live races ended, with the hope they could someday land a coveted casino license.That never happened. But now those two businesses have what could be the next best thing: sports betting.In the waning hours of the Legislature's formal sessions last week, lawmakers finally reached a deal to legalize sports betting in Massachusetts. The measure, following years of industry lobbying, effectively allows for only two brick-and-mortar locations, aside from the state's three casinos.