Sentences with phrase «gambling halls in»

Nassau Regional Off - Track Betting Corp. wants to build a 100,000 - square - foot, $ 75 million gambling hall in Belmont's western grandstand to house up to 1,000 video lottery terminals.

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A great way to do this: Hire a lawyer, check your local gambling and gaming laws or visit a local law library (look in your local city hall or court building).

We were standing in the hall of a Washington, D.C., law firm, and I wondered if it wasn't impolitic to liken an offering to gambling.

When the craze for poker kicked into high gear, a number of police departments responded by deploying SWAT teams to raid games in garages, basements and VFW halls where illegal gambling was suspected.

Gambling in the U.S. extends from the cellars of the underworld to the penthouses of the wealthy, touching on its way the tenement, the middle - class home, the police precinct, legislative halls and political clubs.

Unlike the founding sportsbook bookmakers such as Vaccaro and Reizner, Kornegay hadn't spent his youth gambling in pool halls or the pavilion at Fenway.

The Celtics have taken on the risk of relying on four future Hall of Famers who have each played more than 35,000 career minutes: If that gamble backfires and Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen or Paul Pierce happens to break down, then which contender in the East is going to stop the Heat?

Pete Rose is Major League Baseball's all - time hits leader, but he's not in the Hall of Fame because he was banned from the game for life for gambling.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has reached out to town political leaders for resumes to fill jobs at the new video lottery casino in Islandia, prompting concern that the gambling hall will become a source of political patronage.

The four - page letter repeatedly notes the intent of the amendment to expand casino gambling as outlined by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Bonacic himself in New York beyond Indian - run gaming halls was to boost the economic outlook of financially strapped regions.

Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer has reached out to town political leaders for resumes to fill jobs at the new video lottery casino in Islandia, prompting concern that the gambling hall will become a new source of political patronage.

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.

A coalition of upstate theater directors aired their concerns about potential new casinos in New York, but said they have assurances from the Cuomo administration that the gambling halls will partner — not compete — with them.

That one - time infusion came from settlements with Indian tribes who run upstate gambling halls; the new budget could include a higher number in recurring payments from tribal and non-tribal casinos, as well as a quick burst of up - front fees.

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.

Since none of the local proposals are inside the city or county, Albany is not in line for any monetary benefits casinos would pay host communities, although it well could suffer from the negative aspects gambling halls bring to municipalities.

At about the same time that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo began his «State of the State» speech on Wednesday, a middle - aged woman walked away from a slot machine called Great Wall in the new gambling hall adjoining Aqueduct racetrack.

ALBANY — In an upcoming book, longtime Capitol correspondent Tom Precious will tell the story of casinos in modern New York, including the current process of siting up to four gambling halls upstate, the pacts between Native American tribes and past governors that gave birth to Turning Stone and the three casinos operated by the Seneca Nation of Indians, as well as the video slot parlors approved by state leaders in 2001, just weeks after the September 11 attackIn an upcoming book, longtime Capitol correspondent Tom Precious will tell the story of casinos in modern New York, including the current process of siting up to four gambling halls upstate, the pacts between Native American tribes and past governors that gave birth to Turning Stone and the three casinos operated by the Seneca Nation of Indians, as well as the video slot parlors approved by state leaders in 2001, just weeks after the September 11 attackin modern New York, including the current process of siting up to four gambling halls upstate, the pacts between Native American tribes and past governors that gave birth to Turning Stone and the three casinos operated by the Seneca Nation of Indians, as well as the video slot parlors approved by state leaders in 2001, just weeks after the September 11 attackin 2001, just weeks after the September 11 attacks.

Arkansas is tied last among US states in New Scientist subscriptions - with Nevada, home of gambling halls, a nuclear test site, and not much else.

The first is social gambling, taking in bingo halls or casinos.

The old gold - mining town, once bustling with saloons, brothels, gambling halls, and even opium dens, is now a ghost town, probably the most famous one in America.

Multiple genre cliches are affectionately trotted out — the trenchcoats, the cigarettes, the Venetian blinds, the clattering typewriters, the alleys, the pool halls, the gambling parlor, the clattering typewriters, the shadowy stalkers, the apartment trashed in a futile search, the gun pointed through a pocket — as Hammett pursues both the lost girl and an overdue manuscript which he has foolishly dropped.

Said engagement, however, suffers a fatal blow when Julie finds her fiancé in the arms of gambling hall hostess Pearl (Jacqueline Dalya).

A bawdy, fun and occasionally touching true story about a young woman (Rebecca Hall) who moves to Las Vegas in the hope of becoming a cocktail waitress and instead ends up involved in a world of high - stakes gambling.

Jim Hall Jim Hall had the gambling heart of a Texas wildcatter, the hefty bankroll of an oil tycoon, and a precocious imagination tempered by a degree in mechanical engineering from Caltech.

The wrong City isn't all about gambling establishments; it flaunts a multitude of stores in addition to gambling halls where you can put your charge card to safe usage.

Bed & Breakfast in Mission style Mansion built in 1918 as an upscale bordello & posh gambling hall; mountain views...

To make the stay more memorable and exciting, guests could play in the hotel's gambling hall, which offers more than 50 slot machines and electronic roulettes.

Online gambling remains strictly illegal in Japan, but casinos can now open in resorts as long as the facilities include entertainment venues, an international conference hall and a hotel.

According to a recent review of 22 studies of adolescent gambling which were conducted in the U.S. and Canada, between 86 % and 93 % of youth have gambled at least once in their life, and between 3 % and 8 % of adolescents are problem gamblers (Shaffer, Hall and Vander Bilt, 1997).

Thus, a youth described as an in - transition gambler may be moving toward problem gambling, or may be moving away from problem gambling (Shaffer, Hall and Vander Bilt, 1997).