ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, April 20, 1990                   TAG: 9004200885
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

2 AREAS DESIGNATED FOR MAJOR RACE TRACKS

The Virginia Racing Commission has agreed in principle to reserve Northern Virginia and the Richmond-Tidewater area for major pari-mutuel horse race tracks.

The commission Wednesday also said it will approve no tracks for at least a year in those primary areas. But the group stopped short of placing a year-long moratorium on approving any license applications for race tracks.

The delay would allow the General Assembly to consider whether the state should allow satellite betting, either at off-track parlors or at other race tracks. The practice is not allowed under current Virginia law.

- Associated Press 


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