History of Greyhound Racing – U.S
Posted June 1, 2010 – 12:27 am in: Greyhound RacingThroughout its history, Greyhound Racing in the United States has been an interesting thing. It seems that Greyhound tracks struggled to stay afloat, even in early history. This is best supported by the nature of the sport in the 1920s. Men would move from area to area setting up tracks and have people bet on dogs. Greyhound Racing struggled to survive until it was brought to Florida, even though there was popularity in many of the areas.
Today, Greyhound Racing has its own trials. With local laws also helping in regulation, the racing is regulated on a state to state basis. There are many states that allow the sport, but it seems like many of the states around the country are taking away the support that they used to grant towards the sport.
Recently several states have stopped conducting races. In the past, Massachusetts, Kansas, Wisconsin, Colorado, Oregon and South Carolina all have had Greyhound Racing, but currently do not conduct races any longer. Massachusetts had a law passed that banned racing, but the majority of the other states simply do not conduct races even though it is perfectly legal to do so.
The current popularity of the sport may be demonstrated by this. In the gambling aspect, the majority of viewers of the sport like. Unfortunately any sport that is so richly entrenched in gambling will have opposition from others in the public. There are many people that are more openly opposed to racing, with recent worries about gambling addiction, coupled with the animal rights movement.
Birmingham, Caliente, Corpus Christi, Dairyland, and Daytona Beach are the more popular tracks to race at today.
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