Legal Opinion
In re Blaikie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 5, 1960PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotein, P. J.
Section 9 of article I of the State Constitution, which prohibited gambling within the State, was amended in 1939 so as to provide for such “pari-mutuel betting on horse races as may be prescribed by the legislature and from which the state shall derive a reasonable revenue ”. In 1940 the Legislature implemented the 1939 amendment by adopting the PariMutuel Revenue Law (L. 1940, ch. 254), which among other things, legalized betting at tracks and created the State Harness Racing Commission to license and supervise harness race tracks.
The Pari-Mutuel Revenue Law specified, in essence, that out…
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