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Churchill Downs Sues DRF for Oaks/Derby bet
"Churchill Downs Inc. is suing the Daily Racing Form saying the trade publication's online betting site accepted bets on Kentucky Derby and Oaks days without permission.
In a lawsuit filed Monday in Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville-based Churchill seeks a court order blocking the Form's DRF Bets online wagering site from taking bets on any Churchill-owned track." http://www.courier-journal.com/story...bets/27581981/ |
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*wanking motion*
After the takeout hike was such a rousing success, I guess they want to try another avenue to reduce handle. |
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While neither of the entities involved are going to win popularity contests in the racing world, if it is indeed true that DRF Bets took wagers on the Derby and Oaks without a contract in place, then they are 1000000% wrong and should pay damages beyond the host fees they stiffed CD for.
CD increases their host fee on Oaks/Derby days because of the premium content (as do Pimlico and NYRA on Preakness/Belmont days). But, the suit makes it seem as if they have no contract with CDSN period, which means that DRF Bets cannot offer AP, FG, OP, IND, CD and a few other tracks. Can any DRF Bets customers on the board let us know if that's true? |
Does twinspires take GP, SA etc.? And if so do they have a contract?
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The sticking point here with this issue is that CDI (presumably) does not have a contract with DRF Bets. |
I was going to open a drf account, but didn't because they said they did not offer CDI tracks or Oaklawn.
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If someone who is more familiar with this could please explain, DRF Bets says that all its bets go through xpressbet, and that (quoting from the FAQ) "The XpressBet® legal entity, XpressBet, LLC is responsible for obtaining all licensing, maintaining compliance and contracting." So if Xpressbet has a contract with CDI, and I assume that they do, then doesn't DRF Bets have one as well if they use the Xpressbet platform?
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Are we going to ask if anyone from CD bothers to tell the judge this?
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