FROM TODAY'S N.Y. POST 4/17/03

[IRISHLADSTABLE]

OTB'S EASTER DECISION DUE

A DECISION IS EXPECTED TODAY FROM NYC OTB ON WEATHER IT WILL BE OPEN ON EASTER SUNDAY TO ACCEPT WAGERS FROM OUT OF STATE TRACKS . A DECISION IS ALSO EXPECTED ON PENALTIES FOR OPENING AND ACCEPTING WAGERS ON PALM SUNDAY. LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS

JIMMY /ILS

[Figman]

Maybe NY OTB is trying to get simulcast contracts with some of the racetracks open on Easter Sunday like EMMETT, The COCHISE COUNTY FAIR, MANOR DOWNS, SUN DOWNS or up in Canada - STAMPEDE PARK. This could be the holdup in their announcement.

[Observer]

I read late last night (4-17) on Blood-Horse and Thoroughbred Times that NYCOTB will not be open on Easter Sunday.

Blood-Horse NYCOTB (http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=15198)

T-Bred Times NYCOTB (http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=32474&subsec=1)