[1] The company provides pari-mutuel action services that enable account holders to watch and wager on thoroughbred, harness, and quarter horse racing virtually.

[2] In April 1983, the Meadows, the first pari-mutuel horse racing track in Western Pennsylvania, launched Call-A-Bet, which allowed patrons to wager through personal telephone accounts.

In November 1983, the Meadows Racing Network, a satellite television station that pumped a 12-race card into 270,000 Pennsylvania homes and complemented the Call-A-Bet system, was introduced.

By acquiring the existing Call-A-Bet system, which already has a profitable operating history, MEC will significantly advance its electronic media strategy and realize an immediate improvement in its earnings per share.

In March 2002, Ron Luniewski, then co-chief executive officer of online advance-deposit wagering company called Youbet.com (later acquired by Churchill Downs[5]), resigned to serve as CEO of XpressBet.