Your Money, Your Winnings, Their Rights?

Writer Jonathan Stettin criticizes updated language in the TwinSpires Terms and Conditions flagged by horseplayer Andy Asaro on October 15, 2026. The platform's updated terms grant Churchill Downs Incorporated and its affiliates broad, royalty-free, perpetual rights to use customer names, likenesses, and voices for marketing merely by visiting the website or accepting winnings, while also demanding releases against privacy, defamation, and libel claims.

Stettin argues that requiring horseplayers to forfeit their personal publicity rights undermines consumer privacy and harms efforts to attract new bettors. He also questions whether these terms comply with Oregon racing confidentiality regulations, highlighting the contrast between the company's aggressive marketing rights and its strict, confidential arbitration rules.