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Symposium: Racing braces for growth in TV, sports betting

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The Global Symposium on Racing took place at the University of Arizona. It attracted 563 attendees. The conference covered a variety of topics. There was no mention of HISA's legal challenges. The symposium also discussed sports betting and appealing to horseplayers. A panel on sports-betting was held. Its participants were optimistic. They also realized that racing needs to do better in minding its own store.   Paul Hannon, senior vice president of corporate development for PointsBet, seemed to seek a more cooperative arrangement.

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