Renzo DowneyDecember 2, 2019
3min438
Voters last year approved a dog racing ban that starts in 2021.
Tag: greyhound racingA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
Renzo DowneyDecember 2, 2019
Jim RosicaApril 10, 2019
9min1419
"It would be premature to comment ... while negotiations are still ongoing."
Jim RosicaFebruary 11, 2019
10min1052
It could include a new revenue-sharing deal with the Seminole Tribe.
Jim RosicaOctober 3, 2018
5min474
The state’s top gambling regulator, using the greyhound industry’s own concern against it, has nixed an “emergency” request to allow tours of greyhound kennels at race tracks. Robert Ehrhardt, director of the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering, on Wednesday released a letter (reprinted below) that he sent to Florida Greyhound Association lobbyist and spokesman Jack Cory. Ehrhardt’s division oversees dog […]
Jim RosicaOctober 1, 2018
6min761
An administrative law judge on Monday largely gutted the state’s proposed rule governing the drug testing of racing greyhounds. In a 44-page “final order,” Administrative Law Judge E. Gary Early struck down specific provisions of the state regulation on how greyhounds are chosen for testing on race days, and how samples are stored and at […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 26, 2018
10min1664
Political lobbying groups like Grey2K have long been using inaccurate information and statistics taken out of context to unjustly condemn the greyhound racing industry. They appeal to people’s emotions by only telling part of the story. Twenty years ago, I was a naive college student who believed the sad story spun by the anti-racing extremists. […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 18, 20184min494
Gambling regulators on Tuesday again said they were “renewing” an emergency rule that allows them to continue testing racing greyhounds for drugs, including cocaine. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which regulates gambling through its Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, posted a “notice of renewal” in Tuesday’s Florida Administrative Register. The emergency rule on “Procedures for Collecting Samples from Racing Greyhounds” […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 7, 2018
7min801
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday ordered a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban betting on live greyhound racing back on the ballot, reversing a lower-court judge. Now, if approved by at least 60 percent of voters in November, the measure could sound the death knell of the state’s 87-year-old greyhound industry. In Florida, live dog racing is still conducted […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 7, 2018
6min520
The face of the Florida Greyhound Association is asking the head of the state agency regulating gambling to let his people go. Go behind the scenes at dog tracks, that is. Tallahassee lobbying legend Jack Cory, who’s advocated for the greyhound industry for decades, sent a request Friday for an “emergency rule” to Jonathan Zachem, […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 4, 20187min974
Gambling regulators on Tuesday warned racing greyhound owners and others that public tours of kennels at Florida greyhound tracks may violate state regulations. A representative of the industry soon shot back that the prohibition was “outrageous!” Last month, the National Greyhound Association said it would offer tours of “three Florida greyhound tracks and their on-site kennels.” The two-hour guided […]