Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots & OTB & Casino News

Fair Grounds Slots will be open on June 13 and the simulcast area will not yet be open while the race course area remains closed.

Each property will operate under specific capacity restrictions in compliance with state and local requirements.

Churchill Downs announced that reopenings for its 12 Fair Grounds Off-Track Betting & Casinos have begun.

In accordance with the “stay-home” order issued by New Orleans in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will suspend live racing operations effective immediately.

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Fair Grounds Race Course will participate in mandatory evacuation for Isaac and move 700 horses.

News brief: Races from the New Orleans track will be available through most online and telephone wagering companies.

News brief: Slot revenues have increased purses and attrached top horses, jockeys, trainers and owners.

Fair Grounds announced Friday it will temporarily close all of its facilities beginning Saturday because of the projected track of Hurricane Gustav.

News Brief: Fair Grounds Race Track & Slots in New Orleans today will launch its inaugural quarter horse racing meet.

Churchill Downs Incorporated reports that Randall E. Soth, who since September 2004 has served as president of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is leaving CDI to pursue other career interests..

Fair Grounds will expand its racing season by two weeks next season and begin a locally based meet prior to Thanksgiving for the first time in nearly 30 years, track president Randy Soth announced Tuesday.

News Brief: Fair Grounds and Louisiana state officials say the slot room will make the track better, increase racing purses and attract higher quality horses.

News Brief: The Fair Grounds Race Course kicked off its 81-day thoroughbred meet Thursday with an added attraction: 245 slot machines.

Fair Grounds Race Course enters a new era with the opening of a temporary slot-machine gaming facility at 10 a.m. Sept. 21, Fair Grounds President Randall Soth announced today.

Fair Grounds Race Course concluded its 135th season of racing, and its first back at its home track since Hurricane Katrina, today with increases in average daily all-sources and on-track wagering and a record purse distribution.

Fair Grounds Race Course today announced a purse increase of approximately 25 percent on overnight races for the final two weeks of its 135th racing season.

Fair Grounds Race Course cancelled the final four races of its Mardi Gras Day card Tuesday after a fire broke out in the men's restroom on the east end of the second floor of the grandstand.

Fair Grounds Race Course and Churchill Downs have confirmed their intent to move forward with plans to build a slot machine gaming facility adjacent to the historic racetrack in New Orleans.

Fair Grounds Race Course today announced a purse increase of approximately 10 percent on overnight races beginning with the card of Thursday, February 8.