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Fair Grounds Race Course today announced a 10 percent increase on overnight purses beginning with the card of Thursday, January 18.

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc.'s Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans has begun its first live race meet since Hurricane Katrina damaged the facility in August 2005.

ews Brief: Churchill Downs Inc.'s Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans reopened its Finish Line off-track betting parlor in Metairie, Louisiana, Thursday.

Fair Grounds Race Course concluded a shortened and relocated 134th season of racing on Sunday.

Fair Grounds Race Course reports additional enhancements to its racing and purse schedule for the final month of its meet at Harrah's Louisiana Downs.

Fair Grounds Race Course announced today an 18-percent increase to its purse schedule and five new stakes races for Louisiana-breds.

Four days before the start of its 134th racing season at Harrah's Louisiana Downs, Fair Grounds Race Course announced today an increase of more than $500,000 to its purse schedule.

Fair Grounds Race Course will open five of its Finish Line off-track betting locations on Wednesday, Oct. 26, Fair Grounds President and General Manager Randall Soth announced today.

Churchill Downs Incorporated is exploring options to conduct a portion of Fair Grounds Race Course's 2005-2006 live race meet at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Churchill Downs Incorporated has activated a toll-free information hotline for its Louisiana employees displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina caused damage to Churchill Downs’ Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.

News Brief: Churchill Downs officials said Thursday that they would limit operation of the hundreds of slot machines they hope to install at the Fair Grounds racetrack to an average of 16 hours a day.

News Brief: The New Orleans City Planning Commission has decided to defer for a month a decision on Churchill Downs' plan to install hundreds of slot machines at the Fair Grounds racetrack.

News Brief: Over the objections of the Fair Grounds' new owners and against the advice of the city's top attorney, the New Orleans City Council voted 7-0 Thursday to ask a court to rule on whether installing hundreds of slot machines at the Gentilly Boulevard racetrack would be legal.

The owners of the Fair Grounds racetrack and some members of the City Council differ over whether local voters must decide whether the track can have up to 700 slot machines.

Fair Grounds Race Course concluded its 133rd season of racing with its first increases in average all-sources and on-track wagering in four years.

News Brief: Now that its first New Orleans racing season is almost over, Churchill Downs Inc. has begun seeking zoning approvals to build a casino at the Fair Grounds Race Course that would house as many as 700 slot machines.

Fair Grounds Race Course today announced a 12-percent increase in overnight purses effective with the race card of Friday, March 11.

News Brief: Churchill Downs Inc. may be able to install up to 700 slot machines at Fair Grounds Race Course, but the track's slots parlor will be competing in a saturated casino state.

Churchill Downs Incorporated has named D. Ben Huffman director of racing and racing secretary for Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.