Sentences with phrase «approve expanded gambling»
Concord developers would not respond to calls seeking comment, but they have assured local officials they will build regardless of whether New York voters approve expanded gambling.
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«New York voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling, authorizing as many as seven full - scale casinos as part of a plan meant to bring jobs to economically distressed upstate regions.»
The Senate took a major step early Wednesday toward expanding gambling by approving a new satellite casino in East Windsor that would be built by two Native American tribes.
The state legislature could approve second passage of a constitutional amendment next year to expand gambling in New York.
There will be a referendum of sorts of gambling if the Legislature next year approves for the second time an amendment to the state's Constitution that would expand gambling beyond Indian casinos.
Voters in New York approved a referendum on Tuesday to expand casino gambling in the state and rejected a referendum to allow judges to serve until age 80.
New Yorkers will not vote on whether to expand casino gambling for at least five months and it's still not clear where casinos would go if voters approve expansion.
«Nationally, we've seen that the number of states that have commercial gambling casinos continues to grow — some states are looking to approve new measures to allow or expand it.
The news of the application filing fees signal that start of a new phase of the casino process, initiated first in 2012 when state lawmakers took the first step in approving a constitutional amendment for expanding casino gambling in New York to table - top games.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders officially announced an agreement on expanding casino gambling in New York with the goal of setting a priority on upstate casino construction should voters approve a constitutional amendment.
The amendment to expand casino gambling in New York was approved by voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly.
More than three years after New York voters approved a constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling in the state, Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady opened its doors to the public today.
In November, voters approved a constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling, authorizing as many as seven full - scale casinos in three regions in upstate New York: in western New York along the Pennsylvania border, the Capitol Region, and the Catskills / Hudson Valley region.
The new law permits up to four gambling casinos in upstate New York, as long as a referendum on November's ballot is approved to amend the state's constitution to allow the expanded gambling.
The company now operates 10,000 slot machines in Nevada and Montana taverns and stores, and Sartini is expanding in Illinois, where it recently got licensed, and is eyeing Pennsylvania, which last month approved gambling devices in truck stops.