Sports Betting

Greyhound racing today

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Several greyhounds before a race.
Today greyhound racing continues in many countries around the world. The main greyhound racing and gambling countries are:

Australia
Ireland
United Kingdom
United States In the United States there are greyhound tracks in the following 15 states

Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Colorado
Connecticut
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Oregon
Rhode Island
Texas
West Virginia
Wisconsin

New Zealand

Smaller scale greyhound racing is ongoing in:

Many European Countries
Argentina
Brazil
China (only in Macau)
Mexico
Spain
Pakistan
Vietnam

This [...]

History of greyhound racing

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Photo finish of a greyhound race in Tampa, Florida, USA on February 9, 1939.
Modern greyhound racing has its origins in coursing. The first recorded attempt at racing greyhounds on a straight track was made beside the Welsh Harp reservoir, Hendon in 1876, but this experiment did not develop. The sport [...]

Greyhound racing

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Greyhound racing is the sport of racing greyhounds. The dogs chase a lure (an artificial hare or rabbit) on a track until they arrive at the finish line. The one that arrives first is the winner.
In many countries, greyhound racing is purely amateur and conducted for enjoyment. In other countries (particularly the [...]

Parimutuel betting

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Parimutuel betting (from the French language: pari mutuel, mutual betting) is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets.The parimutuel system is [...]