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Recent Impacts Of Penny And Fixed Odds Wagering: What Does The Future Hold?, Thomas E. Lambert

Faculty Scholarship

In order hopefully to revive attendance at the tracks and/or fuel a resurgence in gambling (either in person or virtually), the last year has seen some recent wagering developments and changes at different horseracing tracks in the United States. At Ellis Park Racing and Gaming (Henderson, Kentucky) in the Evansville, Indiana metro area, penny wagering has been tried since the 2022 season to influence gambling revenues. Meanwhile, starting in 2022 Monmouth Park in New Jersey now offers “fixed odds” wagering as an alternative to parimutuel wagering for patrons who do not like the possible fluctuations in odds before a race …

Stake Size And Wagering In A Professional Betting Environment – When Data Affects Decision Making, Anthony Bedford, Tristan Barnett

International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking

In this work, we discuss the structure of a number of professional wagering organisations, and how they attempt to deal with the “Ender’s Game” effect – when knowledge of the true nature of the ‘war being wagered’ may have affected the process and choice of betting. We analyse the responses from professional wagering and betting organisations, whom operate predominately in Horseracing and sportsbetting, and they identify the importance of separation of decisions around choices to make and the stakes and size of wagers that are linked to the decisions. The proposed model, practically carried out by one company, is an …

Horse Sense Or Horse Hype? Estimating The True Economic Impact Of Churchill Downs And The Kentucky Derby On The Louisville Metro Area, Thomas E. Lambert

Faculty Scholarship

In trying to assess the true economic impact of the Kentucky Derby on the Louisville region (north central Kentucky and south central Indiana counties), one can find two different estimates appear in doing a quick search on the internet. Some sources, such as the Kentucky Derby Museum, indicate that the economic impact of the Derby is around $217 million (Kentucky Derby Museum 2023) but never mention a source or study for this conjecture. In doing some research, this amount is determined to come from a 2001 study by the marketing research firm Wilkerson and Associates (LaMarra 2001), and therefore this …

A Comparison Of The Economic Impact Of Horse Racing Tracks In Kentucky Versus Neighboring Indiana, Thomas E. Lambert

Faculty Scholarship

The Louisville metro area is one that spans two states—Kentucky and Indiana. Since the University of Louisville has many students and employees who come from the Hoosier State, it would be interesting to see how the two states compare when it comes to what has been labeled a “signature” industry for the Commonwealth of Kentucky—horse racing.

The Economic Impact Of Keeneland Race Course On The Lexington Metro Area With Projections For This Year’S Breeders Cup, Thomas E. Lambert

Faculty Scholarship

Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky has had a long tradition for quality horse racing going back to its inception in 1936 (Keeneland 2022). With the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships coming to the race track this November, this paper examines what economic impact the race track has on the Lexington metro area (Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Scott, and Woodford counties in Kentucky) on an annual basis and how the 2022 Breeders’ Cup will boost the impact of the race track when compared to a typical year.

A Day At The Races In Black And White: How An 1898 Horse Race Led To A Whipping, A Lawsuit, And A 1901 Arrest, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

After losing an 1898 horse race in the Bronx, New York, African-American jockey Alonzo ‘Lonnie’ Clayton, who had won the Kentucky Derby in 1892 at the age of fifteen, heard an insult from the crowd along the rail and struck a white spectator from Brooklyn across the face with his riding whip. The blow resulted in a two hundred dollar fine by the track stewards, but ultimately led to a civil trial, a financial judgment against Clayton that he ignored, and then an arrest and incarceration for non-payment of the judgment, which some writers mistakenly still claim was for race-fixing. …

Sports Gaming, Casinos, And Horse Racing In New Jersey: The Record Before And During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Thomas E. Lambert

Faculty Scholarship

New Jersey was the first state to legalize sports gaming outside of Nevada after a landmark US Supreme Court decision in May 2018 struck down a federal law banning sports gambling in all other states and the District of Columbia (Liptak and Draper 2018). Some race tracks such as Monmouth Park race track began offering sports gambling as a way to bring back fans to parimutuel wagering which had been and still is in decline for several decades at tracks throughout the nation (Associated Press 2019). This brief paper examines trends in New Jersey on how sports gambling has grown …

Thomason, Mary Jean (Healan) (Fa 1299), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1299. Project titled “Ten Broeck and Mollie: An Intriguing Puzzle,” which includes variants of the texts for “Ten Broeck and Mollie” and “Skewball” collected primarily from Jesse Blair in Grayson County, Kentucky. Project may include texts, song lyrics, tunes, photos, and informant name and location.

Modeling The Dynamics Of The Supply Of Registered Thoroughbred Foals And Animal Health, Steven S. Vickner Ph.D.

Faculty Scholarship

Understanding key drivers of the Thoroughbred foal supply is fundamental to long run industry sustainability. A short supply of foals poses significant future challenges for racing executives offering a full season of healthy racecards. In many regions the foal supply has steadily declined and/or plateaued.

Modeling The Determinants Of Handle: Standardbred Racing At Woodbine And Mohawk, Steven S. Vickner Ph.D., National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Faculty Scholarship

Using data for 2,742 races over 241 race days from the 2009 Standardbred racing season at the Woodbine and Mohawk Racetracks, all sources single-leg handle (win, place, show, exacta, trifecta, superfecta) per race was modeled with explanatory variables controlling for field size, field quality and race conditions, and seasonality.

Ohio River Survey (Fa 656), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 656. Kentucky Folklife Program project titled: “Ohio River Survey,” which includes interviews, tape logs, photographs and other documentation of folklife along the Ohio River in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. Interviews may include a description of belief, traditional occupation, practice, craft, or tool, informant’s name, age, birth date, and address.

Modeling The Determinants Of Handle: An Analysis Of Woodbine Thoroughbred Racing Data, Steven S. Vickner Ph.D., National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Faculty Scholarship

Using data for 1,515 races over 165 race days from the 2011 Thoroughbred racing season at the Woodbine Racetrack, variability in all sources handle per race was explained as a function of field size, field quality and race conditions, race distance, surface, weather, and an array of seasonality control variables.

Mcguire, Wilma (Wise) (Fa 981), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 981. Project titled: “Ten Broeck and Mollie and the Miller’s Will.” Includes descriptions of the lyrics of the two ballads “Ten Broeck and Mollie” and “The Miller’s Will” collected in Taylor County, Kentucky.

Mckee, Ann Elizabeth (Fa 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 9. Interviews conducted by Ann McKee with Mary Elizabeth (McPherson) Ricketts, Bowling Green, Kentucky, about her experiences concerning the Kentucky Derby. Topics include Louisville hotels and Derby food and fashion.

Governing Gambling In The United States, Maria E. Garcia

CMC Senior Theses

The role risk taking has played in American history has helped shape current legislation concerning gambling. This thesis attempts to explain the discrepancies in legislation regarding distinct forms of gambling. While casinos are heavily regulated by state and federal laws, most statutes dealing with lotteries strive to regulate the activities of other parties instead of those of the lottery institutions. Incidentally, lotteries are the only form of gambling completely managed by the government. It can be inferred that the United States government is more concerned with people exploiting gambling than with the actual practice of wagering.

In an effort to …

Warren County, Kentucky - Court Records (Sc 2115), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2115. Sundry Warren County, Kentucky court records collected by Warren County Circuit Court judge, Robert Coleman. Includes a will, indenture, manusmission papers, bonds, etc. List of documents is included in the finding aid.

Davis, Sarah (Fa 224), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 224. Paper: "Derby Day" written by Sarah Davis for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Davis, Rochelle (Fa 179), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 179. "Folklore in Derby Festivals and Traditions", a paper written by Rochelle Davis for a WKU folk studies class. Articles from the Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, referenced.

Tidwell, Tiffany (Fa 187), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 187. Paper written by Tidwell for a WKU folk studies class entitled "Derby Traditions." Articles from the Courier-Journal are referenced.

Gregory, Corinne Taylor, B. 1904 (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Corinne Taylor Gregory conducted by Charlotte Postlewaite for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Gregory discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Ohio County, Kentucky, the Great Depression, horse racing, company stores, coal towns, courtship, and social life and customs.

Interview With Mary Elizabeth Mcpherson Ricketts (Fa 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Mary Elizabeth (McPherson) Ricketts conducted by Anne Elizabeth McKee on 16 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Mary Elizabeth Ricketts about her experiences concerning the Kentucky Derby. Topics include Louisville hotels and Derby food and fashion. This is the second tape of the interview.

Interview With Mary Elizabeth Mcpherson Ricketts (Fa 9), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Mary Elizabeth (McPherson) Ricketts conducted by Anne Elizabeth McKee on 16 October 1984. From folk studies student project with interview of Mary Elizabeth Ricketts about her experiences concerning the Kentucky Derby. Topics include Louisville hotels and Derby food and fashion.

Horse Racing And Drug Abuse: Untangling The Issues Involved, Dana Murphy

International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems

During mid-January, hearings on a new bill intended to stop the misuse of drugs in racehorses will be held in the U.S. Senate. The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) wholeheartedly supported the bill and worked with the American Horse Protection Association as one of the co-authors of its specific provisions. But to many sectors of the racing industry, the bill is anathema. They believe that enactment of this legislation will surely spell financial ruin for the racetracks of America, given the costs that will be entailed in foregoing the alleged benefits of drugs and in setting up the drug …

Drugs & Horse Racing

Close Up Reports

CONTENTS

• HSUS Working to End Use of Drugs at Tracks--New Bill Introduced in House & Senate
• Why Do We Need Federal Regulation?
• Some Common Track Drugs: How They Affect Horses
• Federal Bill Introduced
• The Vicious Cycle: Economics, Longer Seasons, and Drugs
• Drugs are Destroying Horse Racing!
• What You Can Do to Stop the Drugging Now!
• Support HSUS Efforts to Clean Up Horse Racing!

January 1944, William Preston Davies

W. P. Davies' Newspaper Column ('That Reminds Me')

No abstract provided.

Lincoln County Fair Race Program, Wednesday, August 27, 1941, Lincoln County Fair Race Committee

Kendall Photo Albums

The six-page program for the Wednesday, August 27, 1941, Lincoln County Fair Races held in Damariscotta, Maine, including the names of race officials including Lawrence Haddock, starter; R. M. McKinley, presiding judge; and R. R. Hall, race secretary. The program includes race start times, and Guy Kendall's handwritten notes about changes in the race field and race finishes.

Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Saturday, Aug. 16, 1941, Skowhegan Fair Racing Committee

Kendall Photo Albums

The official race day program for the Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Saturday, Aug. 16, 1941 harness races at Skowhegan Fair. The cover of the program includes the contemporary track record time for Pacing set at 2.02 1/2 by Ray Henley in 1937 and matched by Little Pat in 1939. The track record time for Trotting set at 2.04 1/4 by Emma Signal in 1939.

Race day officials listed on the program include: Harry McKinney, Wakefield, Massachusetts; Starter Judges Dr. J. A. Stevens, Dover, New Hampshire, Frank G. Trott, Winchester, Massachusetts, Dr. A. P. Mills, New Vineyard, Maine. Timers C. Scott …

Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Friday, Aug. 15, 1941, Skowhegan Fair Racing Committee

Kendall Photo Albums

The official race day program for the Friday, Aug. 15, 1941 harness races at Skowhegan Fair. The cover of the program includes the contemporary track record time for Pacing set at 2.02 1/2 by Ray Henley in 1937 and matched by Little Pat in 1939. The track record time for Trotting set at 2.04 1/4 by Emma Signal in 1939.

Race day officials listed on the program include: Harry McKinney, Wakefield, Massachusetts; Starter Judges Dr. J. A. Stevens, Dover, New Hampshire, Frank G. Trott, Winchester, Massachusetts, Dr. A. P. Mills, New Vineyard, Maine. Timers C. Scott Robinson, Byron B. Perkins. …

Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Thursday, Aug. 14, 1941, Skowhegan Fair Racing Committee

Kendall Photo Albums

The official race day program for the Thursday, Aug. 14, 1941 harness races at Skowhegan Fair. The cover of the program includes the contemporary track record time for Pacing set at 2.02 1/2 by Ray Henley in 1937 and matched by Little Pat in 1939. The track record time for Trotting set at 2.04 1/4 by Emma Signal in 1939.

Race day officials listed on the program include: Harry McKinney, Wakefield, Massachusetts; Starter Judges Dr. J. A. Stevens, Dover, New Hampshire, Frank G. Trott, Winchester, Massachusetts, Dr. A. P. Mills, New Vineyard, Maine. Timers C. Scott Robinson, Byron B. Perkins. …

Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1941, Skowhegan Fair Racing Committee

Kendall Photo Albums

The official race day program for the Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1941 harness races at Skowhegan Fair. The cover of the program includes the contemporary track record time for Pacing set at 2.02 1/2 by Ray Henley in 1937 and matched by Little Pat in 1939. The track record time for Trotting set at 2.04 1/4 by Emma Signal in 1939.

Race day officials listed on the program include: Harry McKinney, Wakefield, Massachusetts; Starter Judges Dr. J. A. Stevens, Dover, New Hampshire, Frank G. Trott, Winchester, Massachusetts, Dr. A. P. Mills, New Vineyard, Maine. Timers C. Scott Robinson, Byron B. Perkins. …