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With so much money at stake, critics of casino gambling say the process has the potential to be corrupted.
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«Imagine having breakfast on the Masai Mara in the morning and then gambling in the famous Casino de Monte - Carlo in the evening — all in the same day,» she says.
That said, Bitcoins are now accepted in a wide range of industries, including the gambling industry for online casinos such as those reviewed here, which bodes well for its usage and popularity.
New York Times columnist William Safire said that «although Big Gambling's largess is buying influence in Washington, D.C., Grey's outfit has helped local citizens» groups keep beating the casino interests in state after state.»
so the Rev Graham had very little problem givng an edorsement to Donald Trump, a man that cheated on at least two of his three wives, had a child out of wedlock with the second one, and runs casinos where practically every Christian group I have met says gambling is a sin.
Gambling is fun, but if as many people came out ahead as say they do, the casinos wouldn't be so profitable that they can comp meals and rooms all the time.
Groups concerned about the state's gambling expansion say the irony is not lost that Cuomo now seeks to enhance charitable gambling operations after he led the support of the 2013 referendum for legalizing up to seven new Las Vegas - style casinos.
«Everyone is worried about everything, the [worsening] budget, [legislative and congressional] redistricting, the economy, pension reform, hydrofracking [for natural gas], casino gambling, and who knows that it's going to be like this time between Cuomo and Silver,» said another.
Spokesman John Conklin says the commissioners also decided that the casino gambling expansion referendum should be the first one of six proposals that voters will see on the November ballot.
This November, voters in New York will decide whether the state will allow up to seven new resort style gambling casinos, when they have the choice of saying yes or no to an amendment.
Back in the day, former Gov. Mario Cuomo vigorously opposed casino gambling, saying: «It doesn't generate wealth, it just redistributes it... Casinos are a whole different breed.
Still, Albany - based racing and gambling lobbyist Nicholas Antenucci says he also doesn't have an idea of how the Empire State's casinos will compare and compete.
Pretlow said the 2013 law required action by the commission if the casinos wanted to offer sports gambling.
But Mr. Gural said he also viewed expanded casino gambling as an important initiative for New York.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's not concerned about reports that the casino gambling industry may not be all that healthy.
Aside from the Legislature approving a tax rate, he said, the new upstate casinos will already have the ability to offer sports gambling once the Gaming Commission promulgates regulations.
While both counties for years have been lobbying for the proposal, Cuomo spokesman Matthew Wing said the idea wasn't being discussed as part of casino - gambling talks with legislative leaders.
Both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday threw cold water on the push to allow sports gambling in the state's casinos, saying the push to do so comes late in the legislative session.
But the report says uncertainty over location and customers, as well as competition with other gambling operations in the crowded Northeast market, make it hard to quantify the new casinos» financial benefits.
«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.
The name of the coalition says nothing about gambling casinos - instead it's called New York Jobs Now.
Senator Eric Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat who sponsored the gambling bill, said he had decided to push the legislation after taking a fact - finding trip to casinos in neighboring states.
Picente says Oneida County has worked very closely with the state to try to improve its local economy, including reaching last year's settlement with the Oneida Indian Nation which brings casino gambling revenue to the county.
«But the senator is supportive of a constitutional amendment to let people decide to expand casino gambling, because it could have a positive economic impact in certain parts of the state and lead to the creation of jobs,» said Wren.
During an appearance Friday evening on former governor David Paterson's WOR radio show, Governor Andrew Cuomo said talks with gambling giant Genting to build a casino and convention center at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park «haven't really worked out,» and that he's shopping around for another developer.
McMahon says «no one seriously believes» that the new gambling casinos would be significant economic boost.
«They hired us essentially to promote their agenda, to bring casino gambling to New York,» said Empire's Jim Cavanaugh.
«New York should have come out early saying, we may not do anything in Orange County; it's a long shot,» said Steven Norton, a gambling consultant who has run casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.
Smaller gambling developments proposed in economically strapped areas should be able to compete with resort projects proposed by big - name companies in more affluent areas, the head of the state Gaming Commission said of the contest to win up to four casino licenses upstate.
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.
«The editorial called gambling a regressive tax that takes its highest toll on those who can least afford it and also said that casinos often bring higher crime rates and deterioration of the communities nearby.
McMahon said, «The implication is that there's huge amount of money that is being gambled at casinos in other states and is going to be gambled in Tioga or the Catskills or Saratoga.
When told that the governor's plan is to push for more gambling in New York regardless of whether a public referendum passes or fails this fall, with VLT casinos as the default plan, New Yorkers were even more strongly opposed, with 65 percent saying they feel that's a bad idea.
Cuomo said in his State of the State address last week that he wants to expand casino gambling in New York, both as a revenue raiser and a job - creation vehicle.
«As they consider the issue of Las Vegas style casino gambling, voters might very well be interested to know whose interests are at stake,» the group said in a statement.
Growing and strengthening our middle class is vitally important, and I hope that these same types of agreements can be reached at facilities in other areas of the state after voters approve the casino gambling amendment in November,» said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
«I'm very worried still about the corruption influence of gambling and in fact those who have controlled casinos in different states throughout the country have been found to bribe local officials, make side deals with local officials,» Krueger said.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, the main supporter of last year's successful effort to pass an amendment to expand casino gambling, said it'll be up to the private market to decide the growth of gambling.
In the call, obtained by Capital Tonight on Tuesday, Ferrer says the amendment to expand casino gambling in New York is a «win - win for our community» and touts it as a job creator.
The Senecas in particular say they don't want the state to violate a 10 - year geographical exclusivity clause that gives them rights to casino gaming and gambling in western New York.
While a majority of Capital Region voters (66 percent) said they wouldn't gamble at all at a new regional casino, they were more bullish on using a casino for other things.
Governor Cuomo, who championed the casino bills in the legislature, says the argument about the merits of gambling and whether more should be allowed in New York is really over.
Governor Cuomo says he plans to offer support to a November ballot referendum to allow new gambling casinos in New York.
Sixty - one percent said they would at least be somewhat likely to attend a concert held at a gambling hall, and 54 percent said they'd be at least somewhat likely to patronize a casino restaurant.
«He's stalling the approval of regulations that would allow something that, no question, would boost the economies of the parts of upstate New York that are the weakest,» McMahon said.McMahon says «no one seriously believes» that the new gambling casinos would be significant economic boost.
Governor Cuomo seemed to distance himself from the state's plan to permit four new gambling casinos in New York over the next few months, saying the decision to build new gambling centers lies with the private companies.
The current Gov. Cuomo says that — given the lottery, race tracks and other related gaming — New York is already in the gambling business (as are 47 other states), and that if it doesn't open casinos, the potential take will keep going to Atlantic City, Connecticut and elsewhere.
As Mayor Bloomberg, an opponent of gambling who, nonetheless, has pledged to support the governor, said: «History shows it really doesn't do much for the neighborhoods around casinos.»
Those would be the best regions for voter - approved developments, Cuomo said, because he wants casinos in six upstate regions, including those where three native tribes already offer legal gambling halls.
Members operated a casino - style gambling club in Yonkers with illegal poker machines that held dice tournaments and took bets on horse races, and on March 7, 2011, Mark «Stymie» Maiuzzo and others torched a car they thought belonged to the bookmaker of a nearby gambling club to decrease business there and intimidate the bookmaker, the feds said.