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Links for 2009-07-17

Betting on the web

Betfair's smart approach to the US market, anticipating expansion, using TVG: "The technical team he is building in Silicon Valley is therefore taking a very modular approach to what its building online so that various components of online gambling can be turned on and off depending on the laws in individual states (or even countries). So that might mean poker and horseracing in one state, and sports betting in another."

(tags: horseracing business business-of-racing wagering)
Daily Racing Form digital archive

Search scanned DRFs from the 1890s through the 1980s. Partial resource, ongoing project, helpful to racing history buffs. (Via @colinsghost)

(tags: horseracing history reference research resources)

Posted by Delicious in Industry on 07/17/2009 @ 7:00 am / Tagged Betfair, Business, Daily Racing Form, Research, Resources / Follow @railbird on Twitter

3 Comments

That DRF search engine does not seem to work for me.

I’ve tried every combination of inputs.
“Alysheba-Bluegrass Stakes-War-Leo Castelli-1987”

Nothing rings up.
What’s the deal?

Posted by The_Knight_Sky racing blog on July 17, 2009 @ 6:13 pm

I think there are still many missing issues and that the archive is incomplete. It’s a work in progress — you might try again in a month or three for stories from the 1980s.

Posted by Jessica on July 17, 2009 @ 11:18 pm

1987 issues aren’t up yet. With the exception of the 1910s, only a very small percentage is online.

You can search for available editions here.

Posted by Malcer on July 22, 2009 @ 12:34 pm

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