Sentences with phrase «gambling parlor»
A gambling parlor refers to a place or establishment where people go to engage in various forms of gambling activities, such as betting on games, playing cards, or using gaming machines. Full definition
State legislation enacted in 2013 that authorized construction of up to four upstate casinos also allowed Nassau and Suffolk counties to build gambling parlors with up to 1,000 video slot machines and table games such as roulette, baccarat and blackjack.
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Lawmakers in 2012 achieved first passage of a constitutional amendment that would allow up to seven new gambling parlors in the state.
Opposition to a video gambling parlor at Belmont Racetrack grew today, as Rep. Kathleen Rice called the project «not in the community's best interests» and the head of a key state Assembly committee said the plan would hurt business at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The gambling cafe scene in the south suburbs added another player recently with the opening of new gambling parlors under the ownership of Blackhawk Restaurant Group, which operates its cafes as Penny's or Betty's Bistro.
Opposition to a video gambling parlor at Belmont Park intensified Tuesday as Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Rep. Kathleen Rice announced their opposition to the plan.
«The conversation with Genting» will be about «the expansion of the racino,» Cuomo said, referring to the limited gambling parlor currently at Aqueduct that includes slot machines but no live gambling tables for games like poker or roulette.
Cuomo, who spoke several hours before the newspaper published the story on the monetary contributions, says he ended the deal with Genting because the gambling corporation wanted guarantees that if it built a casino, it would not face competition from other gambling parlors built near by.
Nassau OTB also looked to put a VLT gambling parlor at Belmont Park, but local groups opposed it.
The first facility expected to open is Tioga Downs, a race track and electronic gambling parlor in the Southern Tier that is expanding into a full Las Vegas - style resort casino.
The ancestral plain is framed with hues of faded, ethereal magic hour purples and pastels, a Busan gambling parlor is draped in smoky, sensual reds, and even the lab in which T'Challa's scientist / inventor sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) works is a marvel (pun inadvertent) of modernist design.
For Shell Game, I'll create 9 giant paintings about the world financial meltdown, then have a gallery show in a faux gambling parlor
Enjoy the facilities of three impeccably restored 1880's homes and an 1876 gambling parlor with picturesque porches, comfortable parlors with fireplaces, and pantry areas always available to you with complimentary beverages, ice, hot chocolate, and an assortment of fine teas and coffees.
He says Indian run casinos in the state and gambling parlors in neighboring states make it an economic necessity for New York State to also get in on gaming.
Sketchy gambling parlors will be making their Big Apple comeback if an influential Democratic lawmaker gets his way.
Cuomo is seeking a constitutional amendment to allow up to seven new non - Indian gambling casinos in the state, and has proposed an enormous convention center and gambling parlor at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens.
Some make a temporary home at the Mosque of Mercy — Moschea della Misericordia — which is tucked away on a quiet street across from a gambling parlor and a piazza.
But Mr. Cuomo said that under his proposal, «this is not the state building a convention center at all,» but rather a privately financed project, pursued in cooperation with the state by Genting, the Malaysian company that in October opened a gambling parlor at Aqueduct.
Governor Cuomo says while regions of the state might be identified for the gambling parlors by then, he would rather let the market forces determine exact locations for the potentially lucrative venues.
In 2013, state lawmakers approved legislation allowing Nassau and Suffolk OTBs each to erect a gambling parlor with 1,000 video slot machines.
JULY 2013: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signs legislation allowing Nassau and Suffolk counties to each build a gambling parlor with up to 1,000 video lottery terminals.
Nassau Regional Off - Track Betting has chosen the vacant Fortunoff store at The Source mall in Westbury to house a gambling parlor with up to 1,000 video slot machines and table games.
It's the third time in recent years that the city's gambling parlors are at risk of going dark.
Stover said there are no restrictions prohibiting the Cosmos from operating next to a gambling parlor.
Cuomo says while regions of the state might be identified for the gambling parlors by then, he would rather let the market forces determine exact locations for the potentially lucrative venues.
A plan to build a gambling parlor in Medford also faces strong opposition.
The New York State Democratic Party chairman is an «unpaid» confidante to Greenetrack, which runs an «electronic bingo» gambling parlor in Eutaw, Ala. — and wants to build a casino complex on a 140 - acre site near Stewart Airport.
New York City Off - Track Betting Corp.'s 1,300 workers will have jobs Monday under an emergency plan announced Saturday, but cuts are planned as the gambling parlor operator seeks a solution.
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.
He supplements his city employee salary by knocking off gambling parlors and betting joints in his free time.
The 4th Earl of Sandwich enjoyed gambling and often spent many long hours in London's gambling parlors.
Apparently, the Yakuza used Hanafuda cards in their gambling parlors, with Nintendo being their biggest supplier.