Gural said he is pleased with the track’s initial performance “despite the fact that we are not at full strength and only have 10 live tellers windows open.” This past Saturday, with baseball having resumed, the track took in over $650,000, and additional bets on baseball and other sports came in on Sunday. The next four days were quiet with nothing to bet on due to the All-Star break.” “Our goal the first weekend was to exceed $1 million which we did. Meadowlands operator Jeff Gural told The Associated Press it accepted just under $3.5 million worth of sports bets since it began taking them on July 14. The Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey took in nearly $3.5 million in sports bets during its first nine days of accepting such bets.Īnd most of that came from two weekends that sandwiched a dead period for major professional sports caused by baseball’s All-Star break, when there was little to bet on, with basketball and soccer World Cup over, and football and hockey months away from beginning their seasons. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)ĪTLANTIC CITY, N.J. On July 23, 2018, Gural told The Associated Press the Meadowlands took in nearly $3.5 million in sports bets during its first nine days of operation. This July 14, 2018, photo shows Jeff Gural, operator of the Meadowlands Racetrack, inside the sports betting lounge at the East Rutherford N.J., track moments before it began taking sports bets.
