TwinSpires.com TV Announces High-Def Keeneland Races
Louisville, Ky. (Oct. 13, 2009) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN) (“CDI” or “Company”) has announced wholly owned TwinSpires.com will offer all of the Keeneland Race Meet’s 17 days of racing in High-def on TwinSpiresTV. TwinSpires.com is the only Advance Deposit Wagering website to offer live streaming of the Keeneland Race Course high definition signal.
Customers who watch TwinSpiresTV will be able to watch Keeneland’s races with Highdefinition quality and format while wagering through TwinSpires.com
Nick Nicholson, President and CEO of Keeneland said, “We applaud Churchill Downs for making the commitment to providing its TwinSpiresTV with a High Definition signal of Keeneland’s fall meeting. HD further enhances the pageantry and excitement of Thoroughbred racing for our customers everywhere. A new and popular feature of TwinSpires.com has become the Wager Cancellation Feature, which enables customers to quickly and easily cancel a wager online, within reasonable pre-defined limits. In addition to the High-def signal provided for Keeneland races, TwinSpiresTV version 3.3 was recently released. The new release features advanced advertising capabilities
including geo-targeting. “We plan to work with our track partners to allow them the opportunity to reach out to
horseplayers in their market to promote their on-track events and promotions through TwinSpiresTV,” said Jeremy Clemons, TwinSpires.com VP of Marketing. “We are committed to innovation that not only engages our online player base but also grows interest in live racing.” Customers may open a TwinSpires account and wager through their TwinSpires accounts online at http://www.twinspires.com/content/ or via telephone by dialing 1-877-SPIRES-1 (1-
877-774-7371). After an initial $50 deposit to open a TwinSpires account, there is no minimum deposit amount. Customers may deposit funds into their TwinSpires accounts at any time via their phone, the TwinSpires Web site or postal mail. TwinSpires charges no fees to register, wager or to maintain an account, and TwinSpires offers live videostreaming of races and free race replays to all wagering customers through its revolutionary TwinSpiresTV video player. TwinSpires.com (http://www.twinspires.com/content/) is the official advance-deposit wagering service for Churchill Downs Incorporated and its family of racetracks, as well for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. TwinSpires.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill Downs Incorporated and offers wagering on races from the country’s most popular racetracks. TwinSpires.com is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and operates a wagering hub in Oregon.
