Last Wisconsin dog track to close at end of year
11/13/09
In 1987, Wisconsin voters made pari-mutuel betting in Wisconsin legal. Two years later, five dog tracks sprung up around Wisconsin with the promise of a new boon for entertainment and tourism. This week we learned the last of those five dog tracks, the Dairy-land Dog Track in Kenosha, will close its doors for good at the end of this year. Terry Bell spoke with Bill Thompson, professor of public administration and a gaming specialist at the University of Nevada- Las Vegas, to find out what happened to the dog racing industry in Wisconsin…
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