Sentences with phrase «casino gaming license»

«As New York president of the oldest civil rights organization in the nation, I am alarmed by your decision to exclude the Newburgh area, a community that is 80 percent African American and Latino, from participating in the competition for the fourth casino gaming license,» Hazel Dukes wrote in the letter.

«I am alarmed by your decision to exclude the Newburgh area, a community that is 80 percent African American and Latino, from participation in the competition for the fourth casino gaming license.

But there's one problem: securing a New York casino gaming license that does not exist.

The Oneidas have raised sustained objections and filed a legal challenge to Lago receiving one of the three commercial casino gaming licenses in the first phase of construction.

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The casino said it wasn't able to meet projections in its first year of operation because of an uneven playing field which didn't exist when it won its gaming license.

As expected, state gaming regulators on Tuesday approved a casino license for the Tioga Downs Casino in the town of Nichols — adding a fourth casino to upstate Newcasino license for the Tioga Downs Casino in the town of Nichols — adding a fourth casino to upstate NewCasino in the town of Nichols — adding a fourth casino to upstate Newcasino to upstate New York.

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 New York Gaming Commission is reviewing how the court decision could affect the state, and it would still need to license the four casinos before they can take sports bets.

Capital Region Gaming will open up Rivers Casino & Resort at Mohawk Harbor in Schenectady; Lago Resort & Casino received a license to open a casino in Seneca County; and Montreign Operating Company was granted a license to open a casino in Sullivan CCasino & Resort at Mohawk Harbor in Schenectady; Lago Resort & Casino received a license to open a casino in Seneca County; and Montreign Operating Company was granted a license to open a casino in Sullivan CCasino received a license to open a casino in Seneca County; and Montreign Operating Company was granted a license to open a casino in Sullivan Ccasino in Seneca County; and Montreign Operating Company was granted a license to open a casino in Sullivan Ccasino in Sullivan County.

Finger Lakes Gaming and Raceway filed a lawsuit arguing that the state casino location board hadn't taken into account how the license awarded to the Lago casino project in Seneca County would affect existing gambling venues.

A principal consultant hired by the state to assist in casino licensing said he has worked for 100 gaming companies in the past decade, but doesn't think that will conflict with his duties in New York.

His remarks came a day after the Rivers Casino and Resort at Mohawk Harbor got the nod for a license from the state's Gaming Facility Location Board for the Capital Region / Hudson Valley section by beating out competing proposals in Rensselaer, East Greenbush and Schoharie County.

«On behalf of my family, everyone at Wilmorite and our Lago Resort & Casino partners, employees and supporters, I want to thank the New York State Gaming Commission for the trust they have shown in us,» Wilmot said in a prepared statement issued seconds after the commission unanimously approved the license in New York City.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The state today awarded a lucrative gaming license to Thomas Wilmot, a Rochester developer who has spent at least 25 years trying to open a casino.

(WBNG)-- Of the four casinos recently awarded full - gaming licenses by New York State, Tioga Downs was the first to open.

His group, including Clairvest and Great Canadian Gaming, say they need a 50 percent cut in the casino license fee, bringing it to $ 25 million, and 60 days to complete their application.

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.

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.

The state's gaming facility location board on Wednesday awarded casino licenses to project bids in Sullivan County, Schenectady and the town of Tyre in Seneca County.

The state Gaming Commission cleared the way Monday to formally issue private casino licenses as soon as Sept. 30.

Developers seeking up to four lucrative licenses from the state Gaming Commission have told officials on the casino location board that a casino placed in Orange County would likely cut off any revenue for a casino built in the Catskills to the North.

More than a dozen gaming entities are submitting literally tons of paperwork to state regulators today to vie for casino licenses in the first round of siting.

A $ 50 million minimum license fee would be required to build a casino, with 25 percent of taxes coming from gaming revenues

Indeed, the top backers of New York Jobs Now include mostly casino operators hoping to land a lucrative gaming license should the amendment pass.

The recommendation, which must still be approved by the state Gaming Commission, is the fourth and final license the state can issue for table - top gaming and casino projects in NewGaming Commission, is the fourth and final license the state can issue for table - top gaming and casino projects in Newgaming and casino projects in New York.

In a letter to Cuomo released on Tuesday, Dwyer points to Cuomo late last week calling on the state's gaming facility location board to re-open the casino siting process in order to award a fourth casino license to a Southern Tier - based project.

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The state Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Mark Gearan to be the new chairman of the state Gaming Commission — a regulatory body that will consider the licenses of casino developers in parts of the upstate region this year.

The casino license would be the fourth awarded and comes after the state's gaming facility siting board decided in December to only issue three licenses for casino projects.

After the casino decisions were announced Wednesday, Gaming Facility Location Board Chairman Kevin Law was asked whether it was possible to go back and recommend a fourth license down the road.

Republican Sen. Tom Libous was «pleased» Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged gaming regulators to take a second look at granting a casino license for the Southern Tier and the Binghamton region.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who pushed hard to get Las Vegas - style casinos legalized in New York as a key component of his plan to revive the upstate economy, plans to visit the three communities that emerged victorious yesterday in the battle for gaming licenses.

Just as New York is mulling casino license applications, Moody's Investors Service downgraded the US gaming industry from it previous «stable» outlook to «negative.»

- Prohibit casinos «downstate» for five years - Develop a casino siting board that's appointed by the state gaming commission to recommend who receives a license

Days after the announcement, Cuomo — who had stressed he was playing no role in the casino siting project — wrote to gaming regulators asking that they re-open the RFP process and consider a Southern Tier - based casino with the still available fourth license.

Libous is supportive of the Tioga Downs casino project proposed by developer and businessman Jeff Gural, but the region was virtually shut out of the casino business when the state gaming facility siting board granted three licenses last month, not four as the state law allows.

The payment, which was submitted to the state Gaming Commission, is for del Lago's casino license.

There is already a law in the books allowing only the state's casinos to accept wagers on sporting events, only after they are granted a license by the gaming commission.

Nearly a year after officials named the locations for the first commercial casinos in New York, state regulators have yet to issue gaming licenses to any of the operators.

The pending vote by the gaming commission comes after a sustained media campaign by the Oneida Indian Nation in an effort to deny the Lago Resort and Casino in Tyre a license.

The license will allow Tioga Downs to complete its transformation into a full - scale casino, replacing the current Video Lottery Terminals with slot machines and allowing the facility to add Blackjack, Roulette, Craps, a Poker Room and other casino card games that would be permitted by the gaming commission.

Instead, a siting board for the state's Gaming Commission today recommended New York license the Lago Resort and Casino, 42 miles west of downtown Syracuse.

Cahill, D - Kingston, renewed his call for passage of the bill in December after the state's Gaming Facility Location Board rejected the Nevele's bid for a casino license.

The Gaming Facility Location Board chose Empire Resorts» proposal for the Montreign Resort Casino, at the former Concord hotel site in the town of Thompson, as the lone applicant in the Catskills - Hudson Valley region that will be allowed to receive a gambling license from the state.

The state Gaming Commission's siting board on Dec. 17 recommended casino licenses be awarded to proposals in Sullivan, Schenectady and Seneca counties.

The Gaming Facility Location Board also recommended licenses be awarded to the Rivers Casino & Resort applicant in Schenectady and the Lago Resort & Casino developer in the Seneca County town of Tyre.

The Empire Resorts selection allows the company — which already operates Monticello Casino & Raceway, a harness track and racino in Sullivan County — to formally apply to the state Gaming Commission for a license, likely a formality.