Sentences with phrase «at upstate casinos»
State Sen. John Bonacic, Racing and Wagering Committee Chair, accelerated his push to legalize sports betting in New York by introducing a bill that would allow it, but only at upstate casinos, which hinges on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a lawsuit to overturn the federal ban on sports betting.
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A year after Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo claimed winnings of nearly $ 30,000 at an upstate casino, her City Councilmember daughter took in thousands from local...
A year after Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo claimed winnings of nearly $ 30,000 at an upstate casino, her City Councilmember daughter took in thousands from local gambling halls, according to financial - disclosure filings released Wednesday.
Not exact matches
Lawmakers and Cuomo remain at odds over how much influence the Legislature should have with siting up to three upstate casinos in the first round of construction.
At the press conference, Bluhm spoke on jobs created as well as Ward's aid in passing legislation for upstate casinos, stating «I'd like to have a special thanks and recognize the tremendous job that Peter Ward has done... Without Peter's great work we wouldn't be here.
«A New York City franchise would be eating at the buffet table of an upstate casino,» Cuomo said yesterday.
He argues that downstate casinos «would be eating at the buffet table of an upstate casino.»
State lawmakers were finishing up their session for the year, working to approve a measure to build four gambling casinos upstate and create tax free zones at college campuses.
Cuomo's vision to bring Las Vegas - style casinos to the Empire State includes putting three upstate but none in the Big Apple and its suburbs for at least five years.
«If there's going to be more than one casino in the metropolitan area, then we should not deprive the upstate communities,» Bonacic said in a panel discussion at the Saratoga Institute on Racing & Gaming Law that attracted about 100 lawyers, lobbyists and others tied to the racing and gambling industry.
«A New York City franchise would eat at the buffet table of the upstate casinos, so to speak,» Cuomo said.
At the same time, the question of whether yet another casino in upstate New York would be feasible in the Binghamton area given the proximity of both the Finger Lakes project and the plans by the Oneida Indian Nation to construct a «Wizard of Oz» themed - casino announced last year.
Cuomo is pushing for the expansion of gambling in New York, saying it would create jobs and take advantage of what is already available at Indian - run casinos in parts of upstate.
At the time, siting board members questioned the sustainability of a fourth casino being built in upstate New York during the first phase of casino construction.
In New York, five Indian - run casinos are now operating, all of them upstate, and limited electronic gambling is permitted at so - called racinos at nine racetracks, including one at Aqueduct that Genting opened last year.
ALBANY — A Republican senator is pushing legislation that would allow sports betting at four new casinos that have opened across upstate New York.
It'll be a while before any of the three starts turning a buck, if ever, but it's worth noting this: Fleecing tourists, which is essentially the intent of the upstate casinos, usually produces sugar highs — satisfying at first, but lacking nutrition.
At least three casino developers are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in property tax breaks for upstate gaming venues, in part because the...
At the same time, the gambling market upstate and in the Northeast in general is saturated, with the upstate casinos competing with multiple other casinos and racinos.
«I believe that a New York City franchise would eat at the buffet table of the upstate casinos, so to speak,» Cuomo said.
ALBANY, N.Y. >> New York is gearing up to take applications for four new upstate casinos at a time when some gambling operations in the region are in a slump.
Cuomo still needs the Senate, as well as the Assembly Democrats, to agree to other end of session issues - including permission to site four casinos upstate, and enactment of the governor's plan to create tax free business zones at college campuses.