<body>
<p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p>
</body>

Kenneth E. Kirchner

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

The US Racing Industry

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

Slide 9

Kenneth E. Kirchner

Senior Vice President

Product Development

End of slide show, click to exit.

Kenneth E. Kirchner

Senior Vice President

Product Development

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

Horse racing is truly the
world’s sport

Conducted in over 100
countries, on every continent, except Antarctica

No other sport – soccer,
football, basketball, rugby, golf – can match the economic impact and
popularity of horse racing

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

Worldwide figures*

177,000 races

$3,633,000,000 purses

$107,447,000,000 betting handle

186,126 registered mares

111,510 registered foals

* The Jockey Club 2005
Fact Book

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

Selected Racing Countries*

Japan – 21,000 races; $1.1b
purses; $32 b handle

Great Britain – 8,000 races;
$115 m purses; $18 b handle

U.S. – 53,000 races; $1 b
purses; $15 b handle

France – 6,600 races; $238 m
purses; $9 b handle

Australia – 21,000 races; $249
m purses; $8.8 b handle

Hong Kong – 697 races; $87 m
purses; $8.4 b handle

* The Jockey Club 2005
Fact Book

The US Racing Industry

43 states have live racing

500,000 people are employed
within the

domestic Thoroughbred racing industry

$40 billion annual economic
impact

100 thoroughbred racetracks,
with annual purse distribution of $1 billion

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

Common Threats to Racing

Casinos, Lotteries

Bookmakers

Internet gaming

Betting Exchanges

Government taxation &
regulation

Government subsidies to other
sports

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

October, 2004 IFHA position on
cross border wagering, created an “Action Plan on Wagering”

Designed to combat unauthorized
betting

Protect intellectual property
rights for data, media, racing information

Lobbying of international
bodies, including the World Trade Organization

IFHA leadership on
international wagering issues is crucial

INTERNATIONAL
SIMULCASTING

Int’l Simulcasting & Global
Pari-Mutuel Pools

Combat illegal wagering

Maintain customer loyalty

Common worldwide payouts

Opportunity for mega jackpot
pools

Increase local revenues,
purses, attendance & handle

Slide 9

Click to edit Master title
style

Click to edit Master text styles

Second level

Third level

Fourth level

Fifth level

‹date/time›

‹footer›

‹#›

INTERNATIONAL SIMULCASTING

Ø

Horse
racing is truly the world’s sport

Ø

Conducted
in over 100 countries, on every

continent,
except Antarctica

Ø

No
other sport – soccer, football,

basketball,
rugby, golf – can match the

economic
impact and popularity of horse

racing

INTERNATIONAL SIMULCASTING

Ø

Worldwide
figures*

§

177,000
races

§

$3,633,000,000
purses

§

$107,447,000,000
betting handle

§

186,126
registered mares

§

111,510
registered foals

* The Jockey Club 2005 Fact Book