Sentences with phrase «gambling operations»

Should I worry that some regulator decides that my «market maker» is an illegal gambling operation?

It's unclear what casinos will do to the state's current gambling operations.

We are pleased with the decision, consistent with our view that DraftKings and FanDuel are operating illegal gambling operations in clear violation of New York law.

His godfather in Cleveland (who was also, Geraci gradually learned, the Godfather of Cleveland) had connected him with Tessio, who ran the biggest sports gambling operation in New York.

Law said that was because an Orange County casino would have taken too much revenue from existing gambling operations closer to the city — and because many of the contenders faced financial uncertainties and environmental challenges.

With no one to prosecute (in theory) in this border - free ecosystem, how can states prosecute new gambling operations the way they do brick - and - mortar casinos?

From the never - too - early - to - get - started department, on March 1 police in Nutley, N.J., busted a student - run sports gambling operation at Nutley High that took single bets as high as $ 1,000 and used threats of violence and kidnapping to get losers to pay up.

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.

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.

My own difficulties with Spota began in 2012, when Edward Walsh, the then - Suffolk County Conservative Party leader and former corrections lieutenant employed with the sheriff's office, was participating in an illegal gambling operation when it was raided.

OTB officials are moving forward with their plans to down down the downstate gambling operation at the close of business today — a move that has caused a verbal battle between the Paterson administration and the Senate Democrats.

Responding to a citizen «s complaint, Arlington Heights police on Sunday raided a restaurant and broke up an alleged gambling operation that was taking bets on the Super Bowl, police said Monday.

City OTB Chairman Meyer «Sandy» Fruscher sent a letter to state Racing and Wagering Board head John Sabini yesterday, indicating the layoffs approved as part of an eleventh - hour plan to keep the bankrupt gambling operation open are underway.

The proposed legislation gives exclusivity to Mohawk and Oneida Indian casinos while giving the Seneca Nation the stark choice of cutting a deal with Albany or seeing more casinos near nation gambling operations.

And Genting gets the new machines and avoids a rival gambling operation just a few miles away.

This was to be a year of celebration for New York's booming gambling industry, but like casinos themselves — where glitter often hides the grime — the reality has been far less glamorous, with underwhelming returns, evidence of industry cannibalization and a new, sharp - edged conflict between the state and a major tribal gambling operation.

A number of gambling operations in New York and neighboring states has reported lower revenues since the vote amid the harsh winter.

It's a fraction of what the state's existing gambling operations already earns for the state, which relies, for example, on money generated by the state lottery to pay for school aid.

«Runner Runner» Synopsis: A businessman who owns an offshore gambling operation finds his relationship with his protégé reaching a boiling point.

One of the most fascinating aspects of Aaron Sorkin's biographical drama «Molly's Game,» which I wrote about in my previous entry, is the notion that Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a Colorado - born cocktail waitress who found herself running a high - stakes New York gambling operation, has conceived her entire scheme as an act of revenge against her intensely tough and critical father (Kevin Costner).

Games like «King of Treasures» and «Dragon Hunter» look like multiplayer arcade games, but have been tied to illegal gambling operations across the Asia - Pacific region.

A former president of the Jacksonville Bar Association in Florida will get a new trial on charges that he masterminded an internet gambling operation for a veterans charity.

Revitalizing Ontario's aging gambling operations is supposed to create jobs, modernize facilities, and pump billions of dollars into the provincial economy, based on a 2012 plan that creates a new ownership model and invites the private sector to share the risk.

Relaxing certain criminal background offense restrictions for workers at charitable gambling operations.

Louisville, Kentucky - based Churchill Downs has diversified beyond its famed horse - racing facility into other gambling operations and online games.

The downstate gambling operation is now on track to shut its doors this Sunday — laying off some 1,300 people and negatively impacting the cash flow of other racing operations around the state.

When it comes to potential sports gambling operations in its three Western New York casinos, the Seneca Nation of Indians is playing its cards close to the vest.

Board members said they took into consideration the region's increasingly saturated gambling market and chose not to award a fourth license to avoid taking too much business away from existing gambling operations.

«We were glad to have an opportunity to make our case to the court that DraftKings and FanDuel are operating illegal gambling operations in clear violation of the law, and we await the judge's decision,» said Schneiderman spokesman Damien LaVera.

Running illegal gambling operations, including recruiting people for foreign gaming junkets, was their main business, according to previously unreported court documents in China obtained by Bloomberg Markets as well as interviews with family members and former business partners.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had held off litigation against what he claimed were illegal gambling operations and the fantasy companies had suspended their «games of skill» while the proposed legislation was in train.

There was some talk of the Senate Democrats returning as early as tomorrow to pass the OTB bailout, since the gambling operation is moving forward with plans to shut down within the next 24 hours after the Legislature failed to reach an agreement on the Paterson administration's plan to save it.

DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. can keep operating in New York while an appeals court decides whether to shut down the two biggest daily fantasy sports sites as they fight the attorney general's claim that they're illegal gambling operations.

On Friday, Bonacic said in a statement that legislators may look to regulate the company, but that he does not fundamentally consider them gambling operations.

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.

Tierney is also in the midst of a scandal involving his wife's role in an illegal gambling operation, which led to her tax fraud conviction in October 2010.

«It's absurd for the taxpayers to be bailing out gambling operations,» said John Kaehny of Reinvent Albany.

But the Resorts World - financed survey found that two - thirds of Queens primary voters favor turning their Aqueduct racino into a full - gambling operation — a prospect the owners would welcome, according to reports in the New York Post.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued DraftKings and FanDuel after sending them cease - and - desist letters last November, arguing they were essentially illegal gambling operations and violating state laws.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The state Lottery Division on Tuesday recommended a Malaysia - based company to build and operate video slot machines at New York City's Aqueduct racetrack, a gambling operation expected...

But why would a gambling operation want to interrupt their revenue stream by discouraging problem gamblers?

Affleck fares a bit better playing against type as the smooth, Gatsby - type running a potentially illegal gambling operation.

The film maintains a fair level of competence during the first half, then falters thereafter when the story becomes convoluted with subplots involving political affairs and illegal gambling operations.

Private investigator Dev Haskell stumbles into the famed Tutti Frutti club in search of an illegal gambling operation.

Another thing is that today no one will ever think about setting up a gambling operation without some type of regulation — and there are different levels of regulation depending on how much you can spend — and it is obvious you will only operate in markets where the law allows you to work.

A large number of dogs in animal shelters are pit bulls and pit - bull mixes, fighting animals from illegal gambling operations, and many with behavioral disorders.

Its goal is clear: to examine «whether the use of loot boxes in video games constitutes a gambling operation in the sense of the Belgian Gaming and Betting Act.»