{"id":49114,"date":"2023-12-20T13:01:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=49114"},"modified":"2023-12-20T13:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:01:26","slug":"genesee-county-batavia-downs-realized-a-75-handle-increase-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-realized-a-75-handle-increase-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs realized a 75% handle increase in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"827\" data-attachment-id=\"49115\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-realized-a-75-handle-increase-in-2023\/snow-4-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Snow-4.jpg?fit=1481%2C1361&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1481,1361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Snow-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Snow-4.jpg?fit=900%2C827&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Snow-4.jpg?resize=900%2C827&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Snow-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C941&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Snow-4.jpg?resize=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Snow-4.jpg?resize=768%2C706&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Snow-4.jpg?resize=150%2C138&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Snow-4.jpg?w=1481&amp;ssl=1 1481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Photo courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia, NY &#8212; With the books now finalized after the last live card of racing took place on Saturday (Dec. 9), Batavia Downs saw a major growth in handle that started last January during their first winter meet in 20 years, and ended the year showing a 75% increase in wagering over the track\u2019s previous record high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total all source handle for the entire 67 days of live racing conducted at the Downs in 2023 was&nbsp;$15,414,846, which easily eclipsed the old record high of $8,779,409 established in 2019 over that 63 day meet, and set a new all-time high wagering mark during Western Regional Off Track Betting\u2019s 21-year tenure as owner of the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breaking down the numbers further, the average daily all-source handle of $230,072 bested the old mark of $146,987 set in 2021 (for a full year schedule) by&nbsp;57%.&nbsp;The average daily handle in 2020 was $170,268, but it was during a Covid-shortened meet that ran only 42 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another number that saw an uptick at the Downs in 2023 was the total on-track live handle of $935,790, which rose 2.5% from the $912,822 wagered last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe momentum in the handle started during our winter meet when we set several daily records, and picked right back up when we returned in July. I am very happy that the wagering support from our customers, both remote and live, carried over to our regular meet,\u201d said Don Hoover, Director of Live Racing at Batavia Downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The momentum Hoover eluded to started&nbsp;on Monday (Jan. 30) after bettors came out in force to&nbsp;pump $340,602 (from all sources)&nbsp;through the windows to set a new all-time single card mark at Batavia Downs. That total was the largest handle recorded since WROTB&nbsp;reopened the Downs in 2002, and surpassed the old mark&nbsp;of $339,000 which occurred during the 2019 New York Sire Stakes Night of Champions finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then only a week later on Monday (Feb. 6),&nbsp;that record was broken again after $348,205 was wagered on the very competitive third leg card of the Western New York Pop-Up Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The healthy daily average handle for the short 14-day 2023 winter meet was $238,895,&nbsp;and compared to $227,742 for the 53 day summer\/fall meet, remained almost identical all year despite increased competition by the greater number of tracks that raced live later in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia Downs will once again host a winter meet in 2024 and it begins on&nbsp;Thursday (Jan. 4) with&nbsp;16 dates that&nbsp;run through Monday (Feb. 26).&nbsp;Post time for every race day will be 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs (Photo courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY &#8212; With the books now finalized after the last live card of racing took place on Saturday (Dec. 9), Batavia Downs saw a major growth in handle that started last January during their first winter meet \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-realized-a-75-handle-increase-in-2023\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[376],"class_list":["post-49114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-batavia-downs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-cMa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47308,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/28\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-boasting-record-handle-at-current-meet\/","url_meta":{"origin":49114,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs boasting record handle at current meet","author":"aka","date":"September 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs (Photo provided by Batavia Downs) Batavia, NY \u2014\u00a0As the 2023 live racing season at Batavia Downs reached the halfway mark, the numbers show that bettors came out in full force and that may lead to the track's most profitable year since Western Regional Off\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BD-night-II.jpg?fit=1200%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BD-night-II.jpg?fit=1200%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BD-night-II.jpg?fit=1200%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BD-night-II.jpg?fit=1200%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BD-night-II.jpg?fit=1200%2C663&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59792,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-bucks-national-trend-with-marked-handle-increase\/","url_meta":{"origin":49114,"position":1},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs bucks national trend with marked handle increase","author":"aka","date":"December 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"(File Photo) By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs Batavia, NY --- The 2024 racing season wrapped up at Batavia Downs last Saturday (Dec. 7) night and that also closed the track\u2019s books for the year. 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