On Monday, New York State's
gaming commission awarded three full casino licenses to the sites that got a recommendation last year, including the Lago Resort in the Finger Lakes town of Tyre.
After a year of planning, yesterday it was made official: the New York
Gaming Commission awarded three casino licenses, including one for Sullivan County and another for Schenectady.
Not exact matches
The Massachusetts
Gaming Commission is on track to
award a casino license to one of three competitors in the region by April 2014.
MGM Resorts International CEO James Murran told the Massachusetts
Gaming Commission that even though all competitors have fallen by the wayside, MGM's Springfield project is the right choice to be
awarded a lucrative casino license.
The state
Gaming Commission's siting board on Dec. 17 recommended casino licenses be
awarded to proposals in Sullivan, Schenectady and Seneca counties.
Bonacic admitted that allowing one of more non-Indian run casinos to open somewhere in the five boroughs or on Long Island would likely negatively impact the Sullivan County casino approved in the first round of licenses
awarded by the
Gaming Commission as a result of a 2013 referendum.
The
Gaming Commission's siting board has been charged with selecting at least one, and possibly two, of the nine proposed projects for the Hudson Valley / Catskills region to be
awarded one of seven coveted casino licenses statewide.
The
Gaming Commission on Monday acknowledged receipt of Cuomo's letter, but a spokesman declined to respond when asked if there is a timeline for
awarding a fourth license.
The site was
awarded one of the last Casino licenses by the state
gaming commission, as another way to increase upstate tourism & development.