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.
Not exact matches
The legislation
from Republican Sen. John Bonacic would amend
state gambling laws to
license up to 10 operators to offer online poker games, specifically including Texas Hold «em.
Four years after Cuomo promised a jolt to the upstate economy with the expansion of
state - sanctioned
gambling,
state regulators gave
licenses to three for - profit operators to open full - blown casinos in regions
from the Finger Lakes to the southern Catskills.
State officials have barred the group
from receiving its gaming
license, following weeks of corruption rumors surrounding Governor David Paterson's selection of the group for the racetrack and
gambling development contract.
Rensselaer Mayor Dan Dwyer told the Albany Business Review the developers of the Hard Rock are still in a strong position to win a
state gambling license even without support
from the City of Albany.