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CHRB Seeks Explanation of Past Posting Error

CHRB Seeks Explanation of Past Posting Error

The California Horse Racing Board is investigating the cause of a wagering glitch during the running of the Los Angeles Handicap (gr. III) May 16 at Hollywood Park in which betting at 33 simulcast spots did not close until after the race was completed.

 Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Calif. Committee OKs Wagering Oversight Bill

A bill requiring independent oversight of all pari-mutuel horse race wagering in California was unanimously approved by the state senate's committee on governmental organization April 28.

 Wednesday, April 29, 2009

California Bill Seeks Wager Monitoring

A California state senator has introduce legislation seeking real-time monitoring of pari-mutuel wagering, a move prompted by a high-profile technology glitch involving last year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Monday, March 09, 2009
Shapiro Steps Down as CHRB Chairman

Shapiro Steps Down as CHRB Chairman

California Horse Racing Board chairman Richard Shapiro announced his resignation Dec. 15 during a meeting of the board at Santa Anita Park.

 Monday, December 15, 2008
California Quick-Pick Inquiry Widens

California Quick-Pick Inquiry Widens

In its ongoing investigation of an apparent software glitch that affected "quick-pick" wagers, the California Horse Racing Board is looking into a charge made by its chairman that the New York-based tote company Scientific Games knew of the problem in February and did not report it to the agency or anyone else.

 Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Officials Plead Case to Calif. Committee

At a time when California is facing a state budget deficit approaching $15 billion, horse racing industry officials pleaded their case for special consideration before a legislative committee convened at the State Capitol in Sacramento March 5.

 Thursday, March 06, 2008
CHRB's Ingrid Fermin Resigns

CHRB's Ingrid Fermin Resigns

Ingrid Fermin, executive director of the California Horse Racing Board, has submitted her resignation effective Jan. 7, 2008, the date of her third-year anniversary as chief executive for the agency that regulates horse racing in the state.

 Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Assembly Panel OKs Limit on CHRB Membership

Legislation limiting the number of commissioners on the California Horse Racing Board who can be licensed to participate in the sport has cleared the state assembly's appropriations committee and is headed for a full vote on the assembly floor.

 Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Legislation to Change CHRB Membership Introduced

Legislation that would change the current membership of the commission that oversees horse racing in California and require other "ethics reform" was introduced by State Senator Leland Yee June 26.

 Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Vienna Resigns CHRB Consultant Post

Trainer Darrell Vienna, whose controversial position as a state consultant became part of a political squabble with a California state senator, has resigned.

 Sunday, June 10, 2007

Bay Meadows Could Race in 2008

With State Sen. Leland Yee in attendance at its May 22 meeting in Sacramento, the California Horse Racing Board threw open the possibility that Bay Meadows could resume racing in 2008.

 Wednesday, May 23, 2007

State Senator Seeks Shapiro's Resignation

California state senator Leland Yee introduced a resolution March 29 calling for the resignation of Richard Shapiro, the chairman of the California Horse Racing Board, following a vote a week earlier causing the likely closure of the historic Bay Meadows horse track in San Mateo.

 Friday, March 30, 2007

California Industry Backs 'Instant Racing' Bill

The California horseracing industry has thrown its weight behind "Instant Racing" video games in the drive to offset declining economic fortunes, but a representative of the state's major casino tribes say it's nothing more than a smokescreen to breakĀ theĀ Indians' monopoly and give the tracks slot machines.

 Friday, June 23, 2006