by newera_212 » Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:40 am
Nice - didn't know there were still any standalone / storefront OTBs left in the entire state. Kinda crazy that Long Island has one. Like newyorkempire said, upstate you'll find kiosks in bars, usually along with some racing forms and a few TVs showing the races. Those are cool, but I'd rather just go to the track or do it from my phone at home. When it was nice out I would walk home from my office on 59th and stop at the OTB on 2nd Ave / 70th street. I always thought that one closed due to the OTB bankruptcy, but apparently it was because of the subway construction
The rollout of legal MJ got held up for a variety of reasons. One was how they were trying to figure out the priority order of who gets licenses, in order to be 'equitable' - but I know the biggest reason was that some big player in Michigan wanted to get a NY license and was suing the state for not allowing out of state residents. That had to get escalated to the state supreme court, but that was a while ago - not sure if it's there or even resolved by now
Nice - didn't know there were still any standalone / storefront OTBs left in the entire state. Kinda crazy that Long Island has one. Like newyorkempire said, upstate you'll find kiosks in bars, usually along with some racing forms and a few TVs showing the races. Those are cool, but I'd rather just go to the track or do it from my phone at home. When it was nice out I would walk home from my office on 59th and stop at the OTB on 2nd Ave / 70th street. I always thought that one closed due to the OTB bankruptcy, but apparently it was because of the subway construction
The rollout of legal MJ got held up for a variety of reasons. One was how they were trying to figure out the priority order of who gets licenses, in order to be 'equitable' - but I know the biggest reason was that some big player in Michigan wanted to get a NY license and was suing the state for not allowing out of state residents. That had to get escalated to the state supreme court, but that was a while ago - not sure if it's there or even resolved by now