MEC Oregon Racing, Inc. v. Oregon Racing Commission

Petitioner MEC Oregon Racing, Inc., dba Portland Meadows, petitions for review of an order of the Oregon Racing Commission denying its request to add a form of wagering on historical — as opposed to live — horse races known as “Thoroughbred Mania” to its previously approved race meet license.1 The commission’s order denied MEC Oregon’s request on a number of different grounds, including that Thoroughbred Mania is not a form of “mutuel” wagering that is permitted by law and that, in any event, the commission’s authority to approve mutuel wagering on horse races is limited to live races. The…