Officials with Mountaineer Casino,
Racetrack & Resort in Hancock
County
The commission denied a request for
Mountaineer to eliminate 14 live racing days in December but the commission did
leave the door open for the cancellation if purse funds run low.
Mountaineer plans to take a look at
the purse fund in about a month to gauge how much longer it would last this
year and races could be canceled. Racetrack video lottery revenues finance the
purse fund and those have been going down for several months because of
competition from other states.
Mountaineer, based in Chester ,
will see thoroughbred competition from a new track in Austintown , Ohio Hancock County
