Community Impact News: Sam Houston Race Park Hopes For Slots In Near Future
Sam Houston Race Park officials, along with other facilities in the state, are looking to keep Texans’ gaming revenue a lot closer to home.
Andrea Young, chief operating officer and president of Sam Houston Race Park, is working to have state-controlled slot machines placed in 13 racetracks and three federally recognized Native American reserves in Texas.
“Texans spend $2.7 billion a year at gaming facilities,” Young said, during a recent presentation to the Cy-Fair Houston Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee meeting. “A large portion of this revenue goes to Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexico.”