Exciting short-court Jai-alai action at its best concluded on November 23rd at Magic City Jai-Alai in Miami with (8) games of exciting PMW (Pari-Mutuel Wagering) games and (4) nail-biting H2H Doubles sports betting matches which followed at 5-pm. Be sure to watch the replays of H2H games on the new exclusive H2H website at watchjaialai.com The […]
As Dania jai-alai completes its 69th and final season, a lot of people are making trips to say goodbye to an era. Crowds have been much larger and a lot more noisier with some faces that many have not seen in decades making appearances. This week will be the last of Dania jai-alai, and goat-skin […]
The Puryear Park Expansion has been delayed once again. The final step to completion is the resurfacing of the newly expanded cancha but the supplies did not arrive in time and the project is hold. Work was supposed to begin Monday of this week, closing the court for the week of Thanksgiving, but those plans […]
The mid 1980s seem like a blur to me now. Maybe, because it was over 40 years ago. Or maybe it was simply the fast times of the “Miami Vice Era.” But I do remember vividly the night we got raided. Just following the gang-style killing of John Callahan, World Jai-Alai’s ex-president, we had another […]
In about two weeks from now, a 70-year institution will be coming to an end. For the past 46 of those years, I was there in attendance like many others reading this. Dania jai-alai is coming to an end. A decoupling law was passed by legislators earlier this year allows parimututuals like them to close […]
The St. Pete Cancha is making great progress as its near completion. America’s first public court is going to be a great amateur court when competed. New logos were painted on the side walls over the weekend of 11/6 along with a red metal frame around the front wall. During last week, most of […]
It was just after 7:00 am, in early August of 1982, when the phone rang at our new townhouse. I was still in the euphoric haze of becoming a first-time father. It had just been a little over two weeks since my first child was born. “You have a strawberry blond little girl!” the South […]
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the owners of Magic City Casino and the Bonita Springs Poker Room to stop the compact that allows the tribe to operate sports betting. Last April, an agreement was reached between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and tribal leaders giving the tribe the rights operate sports betting using […]
by Marty Fleischman After weeks of interviews following the killing of our owner Roger Wheeler, things began to settle down. I tried to do my job of promoting Miami Jai-Alai with the local news media, deflecting questions about the unsolved murder. We had no answers. Nor did the Tulsa Police or the FBI. I was […]
I got an interesting email this morning from a former player that I saw play for many years at Tampa and Bridgeport jai-alai. Juan I. Zulaika – who played in the USA under the name Zulaica II reached out to me. His brother Zulaica played at Miami, Hartford and Dania, and yes, that is his […]
