RAYNHAM – Dog racing will end at the Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park on Jan. 1 after the Mass. Racing Commission denied the park’s request to add racing dates in 2010 in deference to a voter-approved statewide ban on the sport.
Massachusetts voters a year ago approved a ballot measure banning dog races effective at the start of next year. The ban affects two facilities, Raynham Park and Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere. Wonderland held its last race in September, according to the Boston Herald.
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Statehouse supporters of the two tracks have pushed measures that would aid them, such as delaying the live-racing ban for two years; allowing the two tracks to simulcast out-of-state races; or introducing slot machines into the facilities.
The Mass. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a measure that would allow racing simulcasts through July 31, which would basically turn Raynham Park and Wonderland into off-track betting parlors, The Associated Press reported.
The debate over the dog tracks comes as Massachusetts legislators prepare to take up a bill that would allow expanded gambling, including full casinos, in the state.
Raynham Park was built in 1940. Its current owner, George Carney, bought the track in 1966.
