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The Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga has announced its 2026 speaker roster and agenda for an Aug. 10-12 event at the Saratoga Hilton, with several topics that overlap directly with New York’s gambling policy debates.
According to the announcement, this year’s conference will bring together speakers from racing, gaming, government, academia, and law. Planned sessions will cover sports betting integrity, iGaming expansion, prediction markets, Historical Horse Racing, New York’s evolving casino landscape, horse welfare, racing regulation, and emerging technologies.
For New York readers, the most relevant detail is the subject matter rather than any single announcement from the event. The agenda is set to include discussion around online gambling expansion, casino development, and regulatory oversight — all areas that remain closely watched in the state.
Patrick Brown, conference organizer and co-founder and partner emeritus of Brown Weinraub, PLLC, said the event has long served as a place for industry leaders to discuss the future of racing and gaming. He added that the 2026 lineup reflects the range of legal, regulatory, and business issues facing both sectors.
The speaker list includes regulators, lawmakers, racing executives, gaming operators, attorneys, academics, and policymakers. Organizations represented in the conference announcement include the New York State Gaming Commission, the New York State Governor’s Office, the New York State Assembly Committee on Racing & Wagering, HISA, HIWU, FanDuel, Bally’s Corporation, Rush Street Gaming, and Resorts World New York.
NBC’s Steve Kornacki is slated to headline with a discussion titled “Concentration, Competition and the Future of American Horse Racing.”
What readers should watch
The conference itself does not announce a change in New York law or regulation. Still, its agenda offers a useful preview of the issues likely to stay in focus across the state’s gambling and racing sectors, especially iGaming, sports betting oversight, and casino development. The next known date is the conference’s Aug. 10-12 run in Saratoga.
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Source: As reported by sports.yahoo.com.
