Philadelphia Park Racetrack and Parx Casino is a thoroughbred horse racetrack and racino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. It currently houses 2,912 slot machines.
Originally called Keystone Racetrack, it opened in November 1974 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, it replaced Liberty Bell Park Racetrack as the area's thoroughbred track. When the track was purchased in 1984 by ITB, the racetrack received a new name, a new turf course, and an innovative new way to...
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Philadelphia Park Racetrack and Parx Casino is a thoroughbred horse racetrack and racino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. It currently houses 2,912 slot machines.
Originally called Keystone Racetrack, it opened in November 1974 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, it replaced Liberty Bell Park Racetrack as the area's thoroughbred track. When the track was purchased in 1984 by ITB, the racetrack received a new name, a new turf course, and an innovative new way to wager called Phonebet.
In December 1990, the racetrack again changed hands when Greenwood Racing, Inc., a corporation founded in 1989 by British bookmaking veterans Bob Green and Bill Hogwood, purchased the oval from ITB. Full card simulcasting was added, as well as six off-track locations called Turf Clubs, allowing race fans to watch and wager seven days a week.
Late in 1998, Greenwood joined with fellow Pennsylvania corporation, Penn National Gaming, in expanding into New Jersey with the purchase of Freehold Raceway in Freehold, New Jersey...
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