We are kicking the traditional start of summer over the Memorial Day holiday weekend with a KICKOFF TO SUMMER THEME NAME CONTEST.  We will be selecting horses racing on Sunday, May 27 that have SUMMER THEME NAMES. All you have to do is bet any or all of these horses to WIN.  If it wins, you of ...

2 SETS OF LOCAL SELECTIONS FOR TONIGHT’S RACING ACTION AT LES BOIS PARK below 10 Races with nearly 9 horses per race.  7 Thoroughbreds & 3 Quarter horse races. Please note:  Our technical problems with video has been corrected. FIRST RACE TONIGHT WED.  7:30pm EDT; 5:30 MDT Racing resumes Saturday at 7:30pm EDT;  Special Holiday Card Monday, Post 4pm EDT   8% CASH BACK CONTINUES ...

BET THE PREAKNESS STAKES SATURDAY WITH IDABET.COM 8% CASH BACK ON ALL LES BOIS PARK BETS except Show through May Selections for Wed., May 16 at Les Bois Park   First Race 7:30 EDT Race 1        2- 4- 1 Race 2       4- 7 – 3 Race 3   9- 10- 2 Race 4     7-1-6 Race  5      6- 9 – 7- 8 Race 6        7- 2- 9- 5 Race 7   3- 5- 4- 6 Race 8 ...

The future of live horse racing in Idaho took a giant step forward Saturday, May 12 as Les Bois Park and the Idaho-based online betting service Idabet.com forged a new agreement to showcase the Boise race track to fans all across America.  Idabet.com will feature the Les Bois races on its multi-platform website with wagering ...

Unfortunately, Idabet.com and many other ADW’s cannot offer wagering on the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs.  This is a decision by Churchill Downs and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. We are fortunate that most of our players have long considered wagering on the more than 250 other racetracks we offer.  In many ...

Courtesy of the Paulick Report:   Owner Rick Porter reported today that Horse of the Year Havre de Grace has been retired following the detection of an injured ligament. On the Fox Hill Farm website, Porter writes: “It is with great disappointment that I have to announce that Havre de Grace has been retired.” “After her work yesterday at ...

This weekend, Idabet.com is offering a special 2% extra cash bonus to your daily IdaRewards.  We are offering top notch thoroughbred action from Emerald Downs in Washington state as well as Yonkers Raceway and the opening day of Charlottetown’s harness meet in Canada.  Here are the details and good luck: Good on Thoroughbred Racing at EMERALD DOWNS  ...

There are many great stories of cheap claimers and yearling buys that have turned into million dollar winners.  Though this horse was claimed for $62,500 (more than I have), it’s still a good example of the behind the scene good stories of racing.  Reprinted from the Paulick Report.   Caixa Eletronica had already proven to be a ...

On this holiday weekend, we want to extend a special thank you to all of you.  In the event, your email didn’t get our personal message, I’ve posted it here for all to read: Dear Valued Player: Melissa, myself and Team Idabet.com want to thank you for your continuing business and being a part of our small piece ...

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU  We want to thank you for your continued play with Idabet.com.  The ADW business is very competitive and has challenges due to many rules and restrictions ranging from individual racetracks, state regulations and federal banking laws.  Our goal is to offer you a service that is as easy and convenient as possible to enjoy your ...

Bet at least $2 to win on any or all of the following horses in our St. Patrick’s Day Promotion and if any horse wins, you will get a $25 cash bonus credited to your account.  Limit one $25 bonus per player/account/household. If your horse wins, please email Steve@Idabet.com with the name of the horse.  We will credit ...

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Idabet.com on Saturday, March 17 with our Holiday Bonus Cash Holiday. Just wager at least $500 throughout the day and we’ll bonus you an extra 1% cash rewards which will be credited to your account by Monday. See if the Luck of the Irish is with you when you make selected WIN ...

Recently we changed our betting menu with its many new features.  On March 1, we will make even more convenient and useful changes to the menu. The big changes will be on the LIVE VIDEO features.  You will now be able to view the LIVE RACES in a screen next to your betting menu without having ...

Thank you players for sharing information with us from our recent survey we sent.  We are going through each and every one to follow through on any suggestion or comment that we can do something about.  Due to the large number of surveys returned, this will take a bit of time, but be assured we ...

Here we are again, the biggest TV, sports and party weekend of the year…The Super Bowl.  I guess we can use this column to talk a bit about football.  After all football handicappers are just one step away from discovering the joy of racing handicapping. I am sure for many going to the Super Bowl is ...

Updated Mon., Jan. 30, 12am…Check back through Tuesday morning for possible added names for promotion. Mitt Romney was a STAR OVER UTAH running the Salt Lake Olympics and now he is VYING FOR VICTORY as a TAX OPPONENT in Tuesday’s Florida Republican Presidential Primary.  Each of those bold names is also the names of horses running on Tuesday at thoroughbred and harness ...

Once again, handicapping may go out the window when you select horse names related to Tuesday’s Florida Primary when you play our Florida Pony Primary.  In this spot after 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, we will have a list of horses you can choose to bet. Bet at least a $2 Win bet on any of ...

Sunday, Jan. 29 is the premiere of HBO’s new drama series called “Luck” set at Santa Anita.  An exciting new series on the network that brought you The Sopranos, Arliss, Larry Sanders and Entourage (o.k….all my faves). There is a Facebook application that allows you to bet the Luck Pick 6 which also has a live real ...

As a native Marylander and worked at Delaware Park for years, I obviously was glad to see Havre de Grace winning Horse of the Year.  Her Delaware races with Blind Luck were among the best events you’ll ever see.  She becomes the third straight female to capture Horse of the Year and the Delaware Handicap’s ...

As part of our TEBOW MANIA Promotion, we are offering a $25 cash bonus if any horse with the name TIM or TIMOTHY wins and you bet it to win.  I check the entries for Saturday, as best I could see and found only one horse with TIM in his name.  However, I found a ...

The more astute horse racing fan uses past performances to make educated selections on the races, but they are also never immune from a good hunch.  Idabet.com, a United States based account deposit wagering service for online and phone betting on the races is giving their players the opportunity to jump on the Tim Tebow ...

Reports today indicate that Genting, the owner of the new slots casino at Aqueduct has made a proposal to eliminate racing at the Big A and move the winter meet to Belmont Park.   Last week, they proposed a $4 billion complex at Aqueduct to add a full scale casino, hotel and the country’s largest convention ...

The New Year means the return to the legislature in many states and an opportunity for horse racing to improve itself.  Adding casinos to the racing operations of course has been the most important actions for racing and we’ve been following what’s on tap for this year: KENTUCKY:  Governor Beshear announced that this is the year ...

Here is a list of this weekend’s stakes action courtesy of the Blood Horse:   Saturday: Aqueduct: Count Fleet S, $150,000g, 3yo, 8.32f. Busanda S, $100,000g, 3yo f, 8.32f. Gulfstream Park: Marshua’s River S (gr. IIIT), $100,000g, 4&up, f/m, 8.5f (turf). Santa Anita: San Pasqual S (gr. II), $150,000g, 4&up, 8.5f. Sham S (gr. III), $100,000g, 3yo, 8f. Tampa Bay Downs: Pelican S, ...

The big purses of top quality racing from Dubai returns Thursday, Jan. 5 and Friday, January 6 and you can bet it on Idabet.com.  This week starts the Dubai World Cup Carnival and continues with more action in January on the 12, 20, 21 and 26th.   Check your email for complimentary past performances and selections for ...

I was reading about another ADW today which requires you to bet at least $5000 before they reward you.  Then another which took an entire page to explain their rewards program that gave you points based on play which then converted to cash which obviously changes quite a bit that it’s like handicapping a race. Not ...

Happy New Year to all from Idabet.com.  We are extending our NO DEPOSIT FEES promotions into the New Year as a continuing thank you to our players for making us the fastest growing ADW. On all deposits except GreenDot, with a minimum of a $100 deposit, there will be NO FEES. For Greendot: There must be a ...

There’s racing action all weekend long to welcome in the New Year on Idabet.com.  Catch stakes action from coast to coast and expanded racing action Monday, January 2, a legal holiday and big racing day. One big carryover to start the weekend…$155,000 in Gulfstream’s Jackpot Pick 6.  Due to the holiday, please check our schedule as ...

The season of giving is surely the one of offering…as in two big Pick 6 jackpots awaiting Thursday’s (Dec.  29) race cards at Gulfstream and Santa Anita. Santa Anita projects with its carryover from opening day on Monday, that their Pick 6 will be worth at least $750,000 when racing returns Thursday. Its sister track Gulfstream also ...

Monday, December 26 marks the opening of the winter meet at Santa Anita with the $300,000 Malibu Stakes on tap and a Late Pick 4 starting at $400,000.   Gulfstream Park is up and running with a $118,000 carryover on the Pick 6.   Congratulations to our Holiday winners.  Winners have been notified by email for our monthly contest.  ...

On behalf of the Idabet.com team, I want to wish you the very best holiday season and of course the biggest winning year ahead.  Thanks to all of our players that have made our second year of operation a major success.  We must be doing something right, because players are coming from all over the ...

It’s official…warm weather sunny Florida racing action from Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs will be offered to our players all winter.  Of course, you can choose from scores of tracks from across the globe as well as these two popular winter venues.  Gulfstream gives you an early view into the many Derby hopefuls as ...

Happy Holidays at Idabet.com begin with NO DEPOSIT FEES all through December with just a few simple rules.  We will refund all of your deposit fees when you deposit a minimum of $100.  With GreenDot, we will refund your $4.95 fee once daily with a minimum total deposit of $250 daily.  Idabet continues to offer ...

The Idabet.com family wishes your family and Happy Thanksgiving and Holiday Season and while we can’t get our famous Idaho Holiday Potatoes to your dinner table, we do have a couple of Turkey Day treats. Our No Deposit Fee promotion continues through November.  Just make a minimum $10 deposit and we’ll credit your deposit fees within ...

This Saturday’s $1 Million Delta Downs Jackpot has shaped us anything as exciting on Breeders’ Cup Day and proves the racing season is still in high gear.  Bob Baffert will send his two year star DRILL, winner of the Grade I Del Mar Futurity to the post as favorite for this juvenile test. Idabet.com players can ...

Congratulations to our lucky winners of our Kickoff to the Holidays giveaway last week.  You will be receiving your gift shortly.  Don’t thank Melissa or Steve this time around, just thank the little jockey running around inside the computer that selected our winners. The following winners can now avoid the lines of Black Friday: Jack J., Port ...

CHECK YOUR SPAM MAIL…DON’T MISS OUR EMAILS We send out E-Mail blasts reoutinely and they offer great specials and offers.  You don’t want to miss any of Idabet.com’s players news, so be sure you check your Spam or Junk Mail to see if our mail landed there. Better yet, make sure you change your email controls ...

Congratulations to the players tip sheet MINNESOTA CUP MAGIC by Rick K. of Blaine Minnesota.  Rick scored 17 points edging Justin P. of Staten Island, NY with 15 points and David G. “Louisiana Lightning” of Mandeville, LA with 14 points.  Rick actually made all of his selections on Wednesday night. He got off to  fast ...

NO DEPOSIT FEES IN NOVEMBER Idabet is giving thanks to our players EVERYDAY in NOVEMBER with NO DEPOSIT FEES.  We want to thank you for your support and our continued growth.  Idabet owned by horsemen is committed to live racing and your business helps give live racing a brighter future.  More importantly, we are doing everything ...

It’s a Halloween Mnnster Mash with Trifectas at Selected tracks this weekend (Oct. 29-30).  We will reward you an extra 2% cash rewards on all Trifectas from the following tracks: Harness: Dover, Batavia, Colonial, Pompano and Pocono;  Thoroughbreds:  Parx, Suffolk and Delta Downs.  Your extra bonus will be posted within 24 hours of your wagers.  Choose ...

BET THE BREEDERS’ CUP We’ll have all the action of the Breeders’ Cup for you right here on Idabet.com.  You can watch and wager on all the races that will crown the divisional championships on both Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4.  Look for our Breeders’ Cup specials in a couple of days. NEW IDABET.COM PLAYERS ...

Four Rivals For Black Caviar A multiple Group 1-winning sprinter will be among Black Caviar’s rivals in the most anticipated support race of Cox Plate Day Wednesday, 19 October 2011 A multiple Group 1-winning sprinter will be among Black Caviar’s rivals in the most anticipated support race of Cox Plate Day. Black Caviar’s quest for a 15th straight win ...

The Last Player Standing wins $200 in our exclusive contest with Delta Downs this Friday, October 21.  To enter, you simply need to pick one horse in races 1 through 9 on Friday’s card.  We’ll tally  up the results and the player who selects the most winners gets $200 credited to their account.  Runner up ...

FINAL WEEKEND FOR NO DEPOSIT FEES;  IDABET CONTINUES TO SUBSIDIZE YOUR TRANSACTIONS IDABET.COM SAVES YOU EVERYDAY ON DEPOSIT FEES AND STILL MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST REWARDS   Our current promotion offering No Deposit fees concludes on Sunday.  Until Congress clarifies the banking law that prohibits illegal offshore gambling  that is not to be confused with American based online horse ...

We have received preliminary agreements with Churchill Downs for the Breeders’ Cup Championships of Racing on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4 & 5.  You can watch and wager on all the great races of the year over the two day event right here on IdaBet.com.  Look for special announcements on the Breeders’ Cup on this ...

IdaBet.com is pleased to announce NO DEPOSIT FEES through October 16.  We will reimburse you for your deposit fees within 24 hours.  Be sure you check out our new easy and convenient funding options on both credit and debit cards.  We are working hard to make it as simple as possible while the industry continues ...

Idabet.com is closing in on another record month, thanks to you our loyal players.  We’re celebrating by covering your deposit fees for Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 28-30.  We’ll reimburse your fees the next day directly to your account.  We know thing are tough all over and wherever we can help out, we are so glad ...

Idabet.com is running a fabulous promotion the weekend of September 23-25.  We have selected 8 tracks both thoroughbreds and harness that are among the better tracks for top rewards…and they’ve bonused that even more.  Choose your track and we’ll reward you 7% for all Win and Place bets and a whopping 11% on all Trifectas. It’s ...