Dania Jai-alai will be reopening up again soon, but with a slight delay. They were originally scheduled to open September 16th, but that will not happen. The new season opener may be delayed by about two weeks or so, with Corona impacting things with visa’s etc. No firm date has been set, thus no announcements […]
I tip my hat to “Craig” who recently posted the correct solution on how a 4-6-5 trifecta can hit the board in a 6 post Jai Alai game, using Spectacular 7 rules. When I wrote my simulation program, it was 1988, written in BASIC, and ran on a Commodore 64. Can you say S-L-O-W ? […]
Cancun, Mexico: The Cancun Amateur court, called Fronton Salas, is up and running after multiple delays in construction and COVID-19 issues. The courtside bar was under construction at the time this video was taken – something all courts need! We will get more details and more images soon from our good friends Arturo and Javier […]
The Real Scoop on the Magic City Mighty Ocho by Steve Martin, 8/25/2020 Magic City Jai-alai has a new bet this year called the Mighty Ocho. The Mighty Ocho is a Jackpot type wager for $1 where one picks the winners of games 1 through 8. It has a guaranteed jackpot of $2,000 to a […]
The Day Your Number Couldn’t Hit The Board By Bobby DiScipio Can you imagine buying a Jai Alai trifecta that couldn’t hit the board? Think that is impossible? If you do, you better think again because it really happened. This occurred at Berenson’s Hartford Jai Alai during the infamous strike in […]
“Do you want to go see Joey?”, said my buddy Tim Suitum, as he passed by my dorm room in Donnellon Hall at STU. I accepted, thinking we were headed over to the Rathskellar for a few cold ones, never having met Joey. No “Rat” that night, instead we’re in his girlfriend’s car, I believe […]
By Steve “Straymar” Martin I recently had the opportunity to reach out to a Jai-alai acquaintance from the past, Art Silvester Jr, on Tuesday morning on the 4th of August. Art Jr. was General Manager of Palm Beach Jai-Alai from the 1980’s until closing in 1994 and was also involved in the family’s Newport Jai-Alai […]
