America TAB Accuses eHorse of Pirating Racing Signals
Thursday, September 11 2003
America TAB, an account-wagering service whose majority owners are Beulah Park and River Downs in Ohio, plans to pursue legal action against eHorse (betehorse.com), an online betting service that has allegedly been pirating live racing signals from its web site. Technicians at America TAB, which offers live video for 16 tracks, discovered its system had been infiltrated when it was upgraded the week of September 1. There is no contact information on eHorse's site, yet the site claims it can accept bets from residents in all 50 states and that it does not file reports with the Internal Revenue Service. "The offshore industry is trying to make a quick buck," says Mike Weiss, general manager of Beulah Park and America TAB. "We're going to take this further. We're going as far as we can with this...We have our video, which is approved through all the racetracks in the United States, and they're pirating our signal and using it through their own platform. We're not backing down from an offshore company that is not only stealing from us, but from every racetrack in the country."
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Thursday, September 11 2003
America TAB, an account-wagering service whose majority owners are Beulah Park and River Downs in Ohio, plans to pursue legal action against eHorse (betehorse.com), an online betting service that has allegedly been pirating live racing signals from its web site. Technicians at America TAB, which offers live video for 16 tracks, discovered its system had been infiltrated when it was upgraded the week of September 1. There is no contact information on eHorse's site, yet the site claims it can accept bets from residents in all 50 states and that it does not file reports with the Internal Revenue Service. "The offshore industry is trying to make a quick buck," says Mike Weiss, general manager of Beulah Park and America TAB. "We're going to take this further. We're going as far as we can with this...We have our video, which is approved through all the racetracks in the United States, and they're pirating our signal and using it through their own platform. We're not backing down from an offshore company that is not only stealing from us, but from every racetrack in the country."
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