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Party over for slots tracks?

By Bill Finley
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, July 17, 2009

Something called the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act was passed in 2004 and, ever since, it's been Christmas Day 365 days a year for the racing industry in the Keystone state. With profits pouring in from slot machines at the state's racetracks, Pennsylvania racing has been fat with money. The purses are terrific, the breeding industry is booming, the tracks are making a fortune. An industry once struggling to survive has become a runaway success, and just about everyone invol ...

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