Judge upholds denial of racetrack owner’s request for casino deal

The reputation of Arizona gaming would suffer if the state allowed a racetrack owner with a questionable history to simulcast horse races inside Indian casinos, an administrative law judge reaffirmed.

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Sun, March 25th, 2007

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