http://hazelparkraceway.com/index.php
Charity Poker
Play Suspended
Hazel Park Raceway
Charity Poker Room
Closed
http://www.charityholdemcalendar.com/hazelpark/ Website Gone
Interesting considering http://www.charityholdemcalendar.com/ other two locations are still operating. Northville Downs & Trippers in Lansing. And I will be addressing these Charity Casinos throughout Michigan in a separate Blog.
Still one has to wonder why this was closed down at Hazel Park Raceway. Or does one have to wonder considering the reputation of H.P.R?
Seems Hartman & Tyner do not like to pay others.
http://dockets.justia.com/search?q=Hartman+and+Tyner%2C+Inc.
Cases file matching “Hartman and Tyner, Inc.”
Cases 1 – 5 of 5
Leone v. Hartman and Tyner, Inc. et al
Dunn v. Hartman and Tyner, Inc.
Karakis v. Hartman and Tyner,Inc. et al
Loubeau v. Hartman and Tyner Inc. et al
Tafarella et al v. Hollywood Greyhound Track, Inc.
Navedo v. Hartman & Tyner,Inc.
Type: Labor > Labor: Fair Standards
And the next from their doings in Florida with their Boy Dan Adkins … aka Danny… aka Daniel
Florida House of Representatives Kills Bad Slots Bill
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The South Florida dog-track executive who spearheaded the petition drive has a different explanation for tracks’ opposition to a purse provision. The public was only promised money for schools, said Daniel Adkins with Hollywood Greyhound Track.
AT LEAST HE ADMITTED IT!
In Florida anyway.
This is the identical same thing Dan Adkins try to pull in Michigan in 2010 with his Bogus Petition ” Racing to save Michigan “. It didn’t work in Florida and certainly didn’t work here. That’s why there wasn’t one single provision written into the language of that petition here concerning ” Live Racing “, Contractual Agreements with Horsemen ( neither MHHA or HBPA ), Purse Revenue, or Simulcasting. The exact same bullshit.
In May of 2008 in The Lansing Journal Adkins said he was drafting a petition to amend the Michigan Constitution and provide for 10 new racetracks, with electronic gaming permitted. The amendment would require the new tracks to create 500 new jobs for them to keep their license. Adkins said it would be hard for the Detroit and American Indian casinos to drum up public sentiment against a measure that would create so many jobs.Continuing…………………….
This idiot is the epitome of the saying ” Being Full of It “
Dan Adkins knows from experience that what he needs to rejuvenate Hollywood Greyhound Track is the nonstop clicking of the turnstiles.
A five-year campaign combined with $3.61 million in contributions to political action committees and politicians has put the 71-year-old track tantalizingly close to what has resuscitated racetracks throughout the country: slot machines.
With Adkins, its vice president, as its public face, Hollywood Greyhound led the effort in Broward County to persuade voters to approve slot machines, helping unite longtime competing pari-mutuels with a common voice. Hollywood Greyhound helped form Floridians for a Level Playing Field with Flagler Greyhound Track in 2000.
The campaign was a sequel to the successful 1994 push by Hollywood Greyhound’s parent company, Hartman & Tyner, to get the West Virginia Legislature to approve slot machines at the state’s pari-mutuels.
Broward County’s pari-mutuels won voter support for slots in March, but the fight for the machines continues because the Florida Legislature failed to pass any regulations. The industry is heading to court to get the machines.
The legal battle is not the only fight Hollywood Greyhound finds itself waging. There’s the continuing media campaign by animal rights groups against the greyhound industry in general. And then there’s the schism over slots legislation that has developed between the track and the greyhound kennel owners, the lifeblood of the industry.The Florida Greyhound Association wants legislation guaranteeing some of the slots revenue to boost the race winners’ purses. Hollywood Greyhound Track has argued that each pari-mutuel should negotiate its own agreement with “its service providers” — greyhound kennels, horse breeders or jai-alai players.
Florida Greyhound Association lobbyist Jack Cory said the kennel owners fought for Amendment 4 allowing Broward and Miami-Dade voters to decide whether they want slots because they thought they would receive guaranteed purse enhancements. He said Adkins has been “arbitrary and capricious” with the association.
“He’s simply trying to keep that money for himself and the track, which is unfortunately not uncommon when you are dealing with pari-mutuel facilities,” Cory said. “The greed factor took over.”
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This Story was even more disheartening.
Report: 707 dogs hurt in 21 months at W.Va. track
Originally published January 29, 2010 at 12:40 p.m., updated January 29, 2010 at 1:26 p.m.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A national group determined to outlaw greyhound racing says 62 dogs died or had to be euthanized at a West Virginia racetrack between January 2008 and September 2009, while more than 700 were injured, some suffering leg and skull fractures and spinal injuries.
GREY2K USA, a Massachusetts group that helped outlaw racing last year in that state, said Friday the injury rate at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack is the highest of any track it’s studied so far.
Executive Director Carey Theil said his organization has conducted similar analyses of greyhound injuries at tracks in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Arizona, Texas, Iowa, Kansas and Wisconsin.
“Dogs are suffering broken legs and other serious injuries on a daily basis,” he said. “This is the West Virginia dog racing industry’s dirty little secret.”
Wheeling Island officials did not immediately respond to repeated requests for comment Friday.
GREY2K’s numbers for Wheeling Island are based on reports kept by the state veterinarian who works at the track and were obtained from the West Virginia Racing Commission after seven Freedom of Information Act requests, Theil said.
His staff spent two months studying the data, which he called “dense and complicated, and internally contradictory,” consulted with the doctor who compiled it and is confident its numbers are accurate.
The West Virginia Racing Commission declined to comment on the report, referring questions to veterinarian Lori Bohenko. She did not immediately return telephone messages.
GREY2K said it was unable to obtain injury data from West Virginia’s other greyhound track, Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center in Nitro. A copy of a Sept. 17, 2009, letter from Vice President Daniel Adkins says the track does not maintain any public records on injuries.
West Virginia racing regulations do not require racetracks to report dog injuries to the Racing Commission. The words “injuries,” ”injured,” ”lame” and “euthanize,” for example, do not even appear in the 54 pages of racing rules.
Tri-State reviews accidents to ensure they are not related to the surface of the track and makes repairs as necessary, but it maintains no permanent record of that activity, either, Adkins said Friday. Though injuries do happen, he calls them “extremely rare.”
“It’s just like any other athletic sport. These are professional athletes, and when they’re out there on the track, injuries can happen,” Adkins said.
“We have 360 performances, 15 races in each performance and eight dogs in each race. That’s 43,200 dogs in a year’s time that are on our track,” he said.
Last year, 549 dogs were injured, or only 1.27 percent of the total, Adkins said. Thirty dogs were euthanized.
Of the total injuries, 456 were track- or race-related, Adkins said. The other 100 included everything from illness and tendon injuries to broken toenails.
“The safe handling of these dogs is very, very important,” he said. “It’s something we don’t take lightly.”
The flip side of the injury rate, Adkins said, is that “these dogs are treated like professional athletes. They’re housed well, they’re fed well, they’re trained, and there’s an enormous effort … at the end of their careers to make sure these dogs are placed in good homes.”
Theil could not say why the injury rate at Wheeling Island appears to be higher than at other, comparably sized tracks.
GREY2K’s analysis shows:
—707 injuries total, 325 of which involved broken bones or dislocations, and 28 of which were skull fractures or spinal injuries;
—62 deaths or euthanizations, including one dog that suffered head trauma and seizures when it was hit by a mechanical lure in July 2009;
—576 greyhounds were unable to race because they were too ill.
“Greyhound racing is cruel and inhumane and should end,” Theil said. “Dogs play an important role in our lives, and deserve to be protected from individuals and industries that would do them harm. It is our hope that state lawmakers will start to look at this industry and ask questions.”
Jeff Kessler, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Friday this is the first time the issue has come to his attention. Kessler said he wants to investigate the matter further before deciding if there’s any role for the Legislature.
In particular, the Marshall County Democrat wants to know what other states do in terms of requiring injury reports.
GREY2K says the laws vary from state to state. Florida, where Tri-State’s parent company operates another greyhound track, does not require injuries to be reported, but Adkins said his company tracks them voluntarily there, too.
Associated Press Writer Tom Breen in Charleston contributed to this report
“It’s just like any other athletic sport. These are professional athletes, and when they’re out there on the track, injuries can happen,” Adkins said.
Professional Athletes? What a Heart. A Sad Pathetic One.
TRI-STATE TO BECOME MARDI GRAS GAMING TRACK EXECUTIVE SAYS REBRANDING COULD SPUR GROWTH AT FACILITY
Byline: GEORGE HOHMANN DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR
Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center’s name is going to be changed to Mardi Gras Gaming, a track executive said.
Dan Adkins, vice president of Harman & Tyner, the corporate parent of the Nitro track, also said:
n Richard “Rich” Tessler, formerly an executive with Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut, will join Tri-State’s staff today as the casino executive.
n Tri-State will resurrect its training program for new employees this week.
Mardi Gras Gaming is the same name Harman & Tyner uses for its greyhound racetrack in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
The Florida track was established in 1934 as the Hollywood Kennel Club. It operated as the Hollywood Greyhound Track before its name was changed to Mardi Gras Gaming in 2006. That’s when the first floor of the property was totally renovated. More than 1,100 slot machines and a poker room were added.
Adkins said Monday that by changing Tri-State’s name to Mardi Gras Gaming, Harman & Tyner can use the same name on everything from cocktail napkins to big promotions in both Florida and West Virginia.
“We’re going to try to brand ourselves and see if we can’t grow this Mardi Gras casino a little bit,” he said.
The company successfully re-branded the Florida property in less than a year and few people now remember “Hollywood Greyhound Track,” he said.
The use of the same name will allow the tracks to have “one large marketing department, one large human resources department,” he said.
Tri-State opened in 1985 as Tri-State Greyhound Park. Harman & Tyner, which is based in Michigan, bought the track in 1990.
The property was operating under the name Tri-State Greyhound Park in 2000. A New Orleans Mardi Gras-themed, 57,000-square-foot, $12 million addition opened in 2002 and the name was changed to Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center.
Adkins said the track planned to issue a press release today announcing that Tessler, the former Foxwoods executive, was joining Tri-State’s staff.
Tessler is going to be director of gaming at Tri-State, Adkins said.
Cathy Brackbill, who is Tri-State’s general manager, will report to Tessler, he said. Brackbill’s title may or may not change, he said.
Adkins said he wants to begin operating some table games at Tri-State in July so “we’re actually looking for some qualified money room and floor personnel for training. We will resurrect the training program this week.”
He said the Florida track’s human resource department “will set up shop to interview prospective employees.”
Adkins works out of Hallandale Beach. He planned to fly to West Virginia today. Adkins said he expects to be spending more time in West Virginia in the coming weeks.
Contact writer George Hohmann at business@dailymail.com or 348-4836.
But what is with all these name changes?
July 9, 2010 Nitro gambling center changes name, goes 24/7
By Rusty Marks, Staff writer July 10, 2010 @ 07:16 AM
The Associated Press
Herald-Dispatch.com
CROSS LANES, W.Va. — Tri-State Casino & Resort has been renamed Mardi Gras Casino & Resort, officials announced Friday.
The name change is part of an overall re-branding initiative intended to position it as a destination resort.
“The addition of table games and our new hotel have launched this resort to a whole new level,” Dan Adkins, vice president, Hartman & Tyner, the casino’s parent company, said in a prepared statement. “The new name helps convey our Mardi-Gras style party atmosphere and better promotes the wide variety of activities available at this entertainment complex.”
Mardi Gras Casino & Resort will begin 24-hour operations July 11. The new hotel will open in late July.
Allegiant makes on-line changes for easier booking
Allegiant Air has made changes to ease the process of booking online at http://www.allegiant.com, including changes to previously booked itineraries, according to a press release from the company.
Modifications can be made to itineraries instantaneously, allowing customers to avoid the wait and expense associated with calling the customer reservations and information center.
Through the “My Allegiant” tab, customers may log in to view upcoming trips and to make modifications to flight times, seat selections, hotel packages, car rentals, priority boarding and show, tours or attraction tickets. Customers can now view and print an itinerary as well.
To make additional changes not available under the “My Allegiant” tab, customers should continue to call the company’s reservation line at 702-505-8888. If modifying an itinerary through the “My Allegiant” tab, customers have up to 72 hours before the scheduled departure to make changes. For modifications inside the 72-hour period, but outside of 24 hours prior to departure, customers must call the company’s reservation line.
It was this last article I found the most interesting considering the Comments
Tri-State Casino’s name change is now official
Cross Lanes track and gaming center now “Mardi Gras Casino and Resort”
The Cross Lanes racetrack and gaming center has become Mardi Gras Casino & Resort, officials announced Friday.
The property’s name change has been planned for quite some time as part of an overall re-branding to market it as a destination resort, casino executive said. “The addition of table games and our new hotel have launched this resort to a whole new level. We want to provide a distinctive experience for guests as they enjoy all the services we have to offer,” Dan
Adkins, vice president of Hartman & Tyner, the casino’s parent company, said Friday in a press release. It has a page two but reflects the same details in the others.
Comments
I think the hotel looks the way it does because it is supposed to resemble Bourbon Street.Should rename it “den of thieves”.Nothing like supposedly bringing in cash to the Mountain State with a Louisiana feel, and a cheap, 1970’s feel at that.i voted for this thing for the economic boost, but I’ll be danged if that ain’t the ugliest/cheesiest hotel…it looks like they ordered it from a magazine
LMAO, Yeah but remember Who’s the Boss? Dan Adkins that’s who!
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Now what I’d like to know is why was The Florida Racing Services, Inc created?
Florida Profit Corporation
FLORIDA RACING SERVICES, INC.
Filing Information
Document Number P99000061911
FEI/EIN Number 593587243
Date Filed 07/12/1999
State FL
Status INACTIVE
Last Event VOL DISSOLUTION OF INACTIVE CORP
Event Date Filed 02/22/2010
Event Effective Date NONE
Principal Address
215 S. MONROE ST., STE. 420
TALLAHASSEE FL 32301
Mailing Address
215 S. MONROE ST., STE. 420
TALLAHASSEE FL 32301
Registered Agent Name & Address
PURNELL, HAROLD F
215 S. MONROE ST., STE. 420
TALLAHASSEE FL 32301 US
Officer/Director Detail
Name & Address
Title D
TYNER, HERBERT
215 S. MONROE ST., STE. 420
TALLAHASSEE FL 32301
Title D
HARTMAN, BERNARD L
215 S. MONROE ST., STE. 420
TALLAHASSEE FL 32301
Title M
ADKINS, DANIEL K
215 S MONROE ST., STE 420
TALLAHASSEE FL 32301
Annual Reports
Report Year Filed Date
2003 01/31/2003
2004 01/20/2004
2005 01/29/2005
Document Images
In 2010 document it states Mardi Gras.
Now we know the Tri-State’s name was officially changed to Mardi Gras. So what was Florida Gaming services, Inc. again?
Filing Information
Document Number P99000061911
FEI/EIN Number 593587243
Date Filed 07/12/1999
State FL
Status INACTIVE
Last Event VOL DISSOLUTION OF INACTIVE CORP
Event Date Filed 02/22/2010
Event Effective Date NONE
DATE FILED: 7/12/1999
STATUS: INACTIVE
LAST EVENT: VOL DISSOLUTION OF INACTIVE CORP
EVENT DATE FILED: 02/22/2010
Now what was changed to Mardi Gras? I’m getting a little confused here.
Again WHAT WAS FLORIDA GAMING SERVICES, INC?
Just looking at the Relationship Visualizer will make you dizzy enough.
| State of Record: |
| FL | |
| State Reference ID: | F93000001151 |
| Registered Agent: | Daniel K Adkins |
| File Date: | 3/1/1993 |
| Active: | True |
| Filing Type: | Foreign for Profit |
Foreign For Profit? O.K.
Hanan Dallo is accused of altering purchase orders and invoices. Sort of like creating a Dummy Corporation like Fl. Racing Services, Inc. to HIDE THINGS?
Some of the comments on this Daily Tribune article are beyond interesting. Seems others keyed in on this Fl. Racing Services, Inc. as well through some links. Seems dear ole Dan, Daniel, Danny Adkins thinks a blogger had some sort of vendetta against him. All I can say is the paranoid feel guilty of something.
Hanan Dallo was convicted and this is her appeal decision.
Was this individual literally and totally guilty, I don’t know. But with all this history of dirty doing in Florida & W. Virgina with the Dog Tracks, ever changing Casino names and Company’s Hartman, Tyner & Dan Adkins is involved in. Makes you wonder.
Which brings me back to my original question and point of this Blog. Why Was the Charity Casino & Poker Room closed down at Hazel Park Raceway? Ace Gaming still running the one at Northville Downs and Tripper’s in Lansing. What was up at Hazel Park Raceway that got theirs closed down.
Slots Money Promised from oct. 2004
Excerpt:
“The money, to the tune of billions of dollars, is being generated right now. You can’t stop it, you can’t tax it,” said Hollywood Greyhound Track general manager Dan Adkins, who spearheaded the push for the amendment. “We’re here, we’re existing. Why not take advantage of it?”
Maybe I just gained the answer why only Hazel Park’s Poker Room got closed down hey Danny Boy?
But it seems I’m not the only one asking the question.
His response on his Twitter Account ( from the Mardi Gras Casino Link ) was @HazelParkCronie We are exploring options for poker. Fact is, the tracks should be permitted commercial poker. We may reopen soon. about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to HazelParkCronie
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And as far as Hartman & Tyner, these people have lived in court. Continuously.
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Hazel Park had the Google cache page removed, but they forgot about the Bing one. That is until Today. That’s why that one got removed very very fast. But Sorry Boys many already seen it.
And frankly I don’t know what’s the big deal?
Yahoo is still up at THIS PRECISE MOMENT of 10:15PM, but I’ll bet you 1/9 odds this one will be soon gone as well when they see it posted here.
http://74.6.238.254/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=Hazel+Park+Raceway+Poker+Room+%E2%80%93+Play+Suspended+%26+Closed&fr=b1ie7&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=Hazel+Park+Raceway+Poker+Room+%e2%80%93+Play+Suspended+%26+Closed&d=4531710363634050&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=92bd9670,f5a72148&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=EWFCKG6pwNCN7PTLaOLN9A–
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The Hazel Park Raceway Charity Poker Room is CLOSED Until Further Notice.
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Room Managed By Aces Gaming Supply
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Charity Hold’em Calendar
email to: charityholdemcalendar@lansingpoker.com
They want to hide this?
That Google & Bing cache link disappeared faster than money could be taken from Tri-State and transferred to Florida Racing Services, Inc., then transferred to somewhere else.
And Yahoo’s cache link is ZOOM Gone!!!