Photo: Clarin (Julio Sanders)
Photo: Clarin (Julio Sanders)
Turf returned to the tracks of the Palermo Racetrack, behind closed doors and without online betting, but with an intense day of twelve races and a strict preventive protocol for all equestrian professionals, who processed a specific permit to enter to work.
“We are happy to return to activity. These five months were very hard. Turf is a huge industry and all the people in the activity had to endure this period without income,” said the Equestrian Manager of Palermo Racetrack, Federico Spangenberg.
“Behind the great sporting spectacle there is a fabulous industry that needs racing. We are grateful to our employees and concerned, we need a greater openness to sustain the sources of work,” Spangenberg added.
For his part, the General Manager of the Racecourse, Fernando Facal, explained: “This first step is very important, although we are very limited because there are many points of sale that cannot operate. More than three months ago we presented and developed an online platform so that people can bet from home, but it has not yet been approved by the Lottery of the City of Buenos Aires, our enforcement authority. That complicates our means of collection and therefore the source of income for all equestrian, salaries, prizes and any chain of payments in the industry throughout the country.”
The approval of the Palermo Racetrack online betting platform is fundamental because it would give fans more security and agility to place betss from their homes under the guidelines of the Responsible Gaming program.
The online tool also helps reduce the illegal market, which "threatens the work of thousands of employees and the coffers’ state," Facal added. “The Palermo Racetrack contributes to the City Government more than US$40 million per year. These resources are intended for social assistance and today they are resources that our sector does not generate, and the State does not collect,” he concluded.
Source: GMB
