Fair Grounds to Bump Overnight Purses 10%
Updated: Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:56 PM
Posted: Friday, January 12, 2007 6:38 PM
Fair Grounds Race Course announced a 10% increase Jan. 12 on overnight purses beginning with the program of Jan. 18.
Overnight purses will be increased by $3,000 per race. The increase does not affect stakes races.
The purse enhancements were implemented due to continued better-than-expected simulcast and video poker business levels at Fair Grounds and its eight affiliated off-track betting facilities in the New Orleans area.
The changes will increase average daily purses at Fair Grounds to approximately $370,000, the highest ever awarded for a meet in New Orleans.
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