Off Track Betting Locations in New York

New York State has a long and strong association with off-track betting. In fact, New York City became the first outside of the state of Nevada to offer OTB. Since the 1950s, the city’s mayors, among others, had been lobbying the state to allow OTB. Voters in the Big Apple supported an OTB referendum in 1963, but it wasn’t until 1970 that the state legislature finally passed a law allowing the creation of off-track sites.

In 1971 the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation began operations; by the late 1980s, there were an estimated 200 bricks-and-mortar betting locations.  After years of declining profits, the last OTB location in New York City closed in 2010. Since then, some devoted handicappers have made the trip across the Bayonne Bridge to New Jersey, where a betting parlor named Winners was established in 2013 to lure aficionados of the Sport of Kings from the Empire State: it’s a short drive from Staten Island, and a shuttle van service had been established to operate twice a day on weekdays (three times per day on the weekends).Home simulcast racing is also prominent, having first started in 1995.

Online Racebooks to Bet New York Horse Racing

If you can't find a New York OTB, you can still bet the races with one of these online racebooks. 

Rank	Racebook	Bonus	Review	Link to site
#1		$250 Free Bet on Props + Head-to-Heads		VISIT RACEBOOK!
#2		100% Sign Up Bonus - Up to $500		VISIT RACEBOOK!
#3		50% up to $1,000 + $25 Risk Free Bet + 7% Rebates		VISIT RACEBOOK!
#4		50% sign-up bonus up to $1000 + 8% rebate		VISIT RACEBOOK!
#5		Up to 13% Weekly Loyalty Rewards		VISIT RACEBOOK!
#6		50% sign-up bonus up to $250		VISIT RACEBOOK!
#7		$100 Free Bet on Props + Head-to-Heads!		VISIT RACEBOOK!

* REMINDER! - you must be of legal age in your state or province to legally wager on thoroughbred or harness horse racing. Please bet responsibly!

There are dozens of options which remain available outside the city and administered by five public entities: the Capital District Regional OTB Corporation (45 locations); Catskill Regional OTB Corp. (25 locations); Suffolk Regional OTB Corp. (35 locations); Nassau OTB Corp. (15 locations) and the Western Regional OTB Corp. (50 locations). Specific locations can be found via the N.Y. State Gaming Commission website: Most of those who venture to OTBs within and outside the state are committed handicappers who have the time and the resources to make the trip; the rise of the World Wide Web has allowed millions of others to lay their bets on races at Belmont, Aqueduct and other tracks via online sportsbooks, such as our recommended racebook partners.

List of OTB Locations in New York