Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino News

Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino recently finished its 2007 spring/summer season with across-the-board gains in several major categories.

The Bank of America Racing Challenge and the American Quarter Horse Association have selected Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino in Opelousas, Louisiana as the host site of the 2008 Bank of America Racing Challenge Championships and AQHA Racing Conference.

A major multi-media campaign is underway as Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino gets the word out that it wants customers to win a truck every day in the month of September, starting tonight.

News Brief: A New Orleans storm victim who spent just $4.25 in a slot machine has won a $1.6 million jackpot.

Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino is donating 100% of its revenues from Sunday's, September 4th, racing program to the Acadiana Chapter of the Red Cross Relief Fund.

Off-track bettors get their first sight of new Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino today.

News Brief: Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino slot revenues held at a steady $5.5 million during the months of May and April despite fluctuations in the number of people who visited.

News Brief: Opelousas wants a much bigger share of the anticipated revenue from the new Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino in Louisiana.

News Brief: Evangeline Downs opened its casino in Opelousas to fanfare last month, attracting 123,279 people who bet $3.4 million on the racetrack’s 1,627 slot machines from December 19-31.