To participate in all those activities in one place, you need to use one of the offshore sports betting sites in Connecticut, which is outside the jurisdiction of local law. These horse racing sites don’t provide for any other type of gambling, however, such as sports betting, online poker, casino table games or slots. There are currently no operational horse racing tracks in the state, but OTB parlors allow for horse betting, as do several regulated online sites.
Connecticut’s governor vetoed a bill that would have regulated horse betting in 1935, and betting remained illegal until 1971. One of the first photo finishes took place in Connecticut in 1889, and the first harness race on film was in the state in 1897. The first track opened in the state in 1873, and races attracted spectators by the tens of thousands in the 19 th century. Connecticut has a long history of horse racing and betting on races.
