Now Monmouth Park, in partnership with the sports wagering company William Hill, is preparing to open the doors of its newly developed sportsbook and grandstand later this week.
'Sports betting means survival for Monmouth Park,' he says. The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, which Drazin oversees, was a plaintiff on some of the lawsuits against the major sports leagues and the NCAA, which fought for years to keep the federal ban on sports betting in place.Įarly in the battle over sports betting, Drazin says he realized that the track could not subsist on race earnings alone.
