Tribal Casinos Won’t Simulcast Derby

Casinos in Oklahoma and Wisconsin owned by American Indian tribes will not be able to simulcast the Kentucky Derby after a federal judge issued a ruling against the company that relays the Churchill Downs signal to those casinos.

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Fri, May 4th, 2007

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