“Sports betting is an incredible opportunity to diversify your business. The time is now. You have everything in place to move sports betting forward.” That's the message that Richard McGuire, Executive Chairman of SportTech PLC, delivered to attendees at the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson on Wednesday. Although McGuire acknowledges that there has historically [...]

TUCSON, AZ–The 45th Global Symposium on Racing began two days of sessions Tuesday morning at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson. Sponsored by the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program, it drew several hundred racing executives from around the world. The morning kickoff session addressed integrity in commercial sports. Jack Anderson, an Irish-born professor [...]

Get ready, horse racing, because sports wagering is coming your way. That was the consensus of speakers on the hottest panel discussion on the second day of the Global Symposium on Racing sponsored by the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program. The session was particularly timely because arguments on the issue of sports wagering [...]

Betting on horse racing is too expensive in today's competitive gaming environment. That's a message that speakers delivered in presentations on the opening day of the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Arizona Tuesday. The annual event is sponsored by the Race Track Industry Program at the University of Arizona. Several experts emphasized the need [...]

Each December, several hundred racing executives seek the sunshine of the Southwest and the wisdom of their peers at the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Arizona. The 44th annual gathering began with a reception on Monday evening, but the business sessions begin on Tuesday morning and wrap up on Wednesday afternoon. It's sponsored by [...]

Two days of speakers and panel discussions focusing on innovation in horse racing concluded Wednesday evening in Tucson. The 43rd annual Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming was sponsored by the Race Track Industry Program at the University of Arizona. Two Wednesday morning speakers addressed the animal rights agenda and the threat that it poses [...]

Horse racing recognizes that it must put on a more entertaining product to expand its fan base and retain a diminishing core customer base, and the opening panel at the Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming Symposium addressed how racing can accomplish those goals. Peter Rotondo, vice president of media and entertainment for the Breeders [...]

Does horse racing truly understand its niche in today's evolving entertainment and gaming environments? That question will be discussed in the kickoff session as the Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming gets underway in Tucson on Tuesday. Since 1974, racing executives, officials, and vendors have gathered in the Arizona desert in early December to take [...]

Shaun Pyrah of Australia won the $15,000 first prize in the Innovators' Circle, racing's first pitch competition, at the wrap-up session of the 42nd annual Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming. The event is sponsored by the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program. He presented his idea titled “SWOP Stakes,” a competition offering “life [...]

Racing should have “family only” areas at tracks that cater to “the often overlooked family friendly experience,” says Amy Zimmerman. Zimmerman, the vice-president and director of broadcasting for the Stronach Group, was one of five panelists presenting innovative ideas at the opening session of the Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming, which began Tuesday in [...]