Sentences with phrase «not casino gambling»

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If debtors can not pay, the Treasury and Fed will take their IOUs and bad casino gambles onto the public sector's balance sheet.

Its not particularly admirable making money running gambling casinos and we don't own any.

The same people who will benefit from an expanded green economy won't suffer from an expanded gambling economy, because they'd rather dine at an upscale (but tastefully casual) restaurant in Brooklyn that specializes in locally sourced food and sustainable agriculture than get on a bus to go to a «Las Vegas — style» casino in the Catskills.

Clearly they don't mind the hypocrisy in conservative Christians accepting money from billionaires who own casinos in Las Vegas and many other countries where all kinds of gambling and debauchery occur.

Mormons do not believe in any form of gambling (sweepstakes, lottery etc) and they KNOW that Romney's biggest supporter is Shel Adelstein who OWNS the largest casinos in Vegas and China.

So, don't look for high - rise hotels, gambling casinos, and glitzy nightclubs; in fact, much of the BVI remains much as Columbus — and the pirates who followed him — first viewed them.

I've heard the casino is bringing in new blood but I don't gamble so it's a moot point for me.

Gambling is fun, but if as many people came out ahead as say they do, the casinos wouldn't be so profitable that they can comp meals and rooms all the time.

Whelan doesn't want to dismiss the economic benefit to failing cities like Atlantic City, but just like how opportunities to gamble have grown since casinos came to Atlantic City, so have the number of entities that want to cash in on sports.

Interesting to note is that Facebook's official platform policy strictly states that users must agree «not to promote, or provide content referencing, facilitating, containing or using... online gambling, games of skill or lotteries, including online casinos, sports books, bingo or poker.»

While Genting itself isn't completely focused on the gambling side of things, the casino brand is what they decided to use on the kit after they became the official sponsor of Aston Villa.

Mass Audubon does not have a position on the moral, social or cultural implications of gaming or gambling, but we do have concerns and suggestions regarding development of large - scale casino complexes.

In it, there is a scene in which Albert Brooks discovers Julie Hagerty gambling away the last of their nest egg in a Las Vegas casino: She: We're still down!

In deciding Monday to close Arlington International Racecourse for 1995, multimillionaire Richard Duchossois is admitting that his track, considered one of the best in the world, can't compete head - to - head against casino - style gambling.

But that doesn't mean the gambling industry overall is healthy, given a number of casinos due to open in the northeast market in the coming years.

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.

And that group is not being replaced by millennials who, if they do gamble, are attracted to claims of bigger and faster payoffs at more upscale casinos or through illegal off - shore internet sites they can access on their phones.

As reported by my counterpart Chris Bragg at our sister publication Crain's New York Business, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced plans for a November referendum that would legalize full - scale casino gambling in the state, not just at the tracks and off - track betting facilities that have them now.

It's still early in the game, but New York's gamble on casino gaming is already showing signs it may not pay off as planned for the state.

Back in the day, former Gov. Mario Cuomo vigorously opposed casino gambling, saying: «It doesn't generate wealth, it just redistributes it... Casinos are a whole different breed.

Still, Albany - based racing and gambling lobbyist Nicholas Antenucci says he also doesn't have an idea of how the Empire State's casinos will compare and compete.

The state Gaming Commission is still reviewing the court's ruling and has not begun to roll out draft regulations that would eventually enable the new upstate casinos to provide sports gambling on their premises.

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.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's not concerned about reports that the casino gambling industry may not be all that healthy.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo argued on Monday that the state's sports gambling language, tucked into the 2013 law authorizing full - scale casinos outside of Native American reservations, was not sufficient for the four full - scale casinos to offer sports gambling.

While both counties for years have been lobbying for the proposal, Cuomo spokesman Matthew Wing said the idea wasn't being discussed as part of casino - gambling talks with legislative leaders.

«If there's going to be more than one casino in the metropolitan area, then we should not deprive the upstate communities,» Bonacic said in a panel discussion at the Saratoga Institute on Racing & Gaming Law that attracted about 100 lawyers, lobbyists and others tied to the racing and gambling industry.

I am not opposed to gambling, and sometimes even see a function for casinos in other states (e.g. entertainment), but I am opposed to a casino here in Saugerties and to my mind, this would be a very distinct possibility if the Proposition One is approved.

Rank and file legislators fear a repeat of the 2010 bid rigging scandal over gambling at the Aqueduct that cost the State Senate's Democrats their majority, but don't want to be shutout of the dealing on the lucrative casino licenses.

The anti-gambling ship hasn't just sailed in New York, it sank when voters supported a referendum by 14 percentage points to expand casino gambling in 2013.

Ultimately, in an acknowledgment of the increasingly crowded gambling market, the state board wound up awarding three licenses, not four: a $ 300 million casino in Schenectady, north of Albany; a $ 450 million resort in the Finger Lakes town of Tyre; and, in the Catskills - Mid-Hudson area, a $ 750 million project near Monticello.

In January, Cuomo's spokesman told the New York Post that Genting's convention center plans weren't contingent upon its attaining casino gambling rights.

Casinos may or may not be good for the state — gambling brings with it well - known social woes and if what's happened this week in Atlantic City is any indication, the market might already be saturated.

During an appearance Friday evening on former governor David Paterson's WOR radio show, Governor Andrew Cuomo said talks with gambling giant Genting to build a casino and convention center at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park «haven't really worked out,» and that he's shopping around for another developer.

Racinos, which operate only out of the state's racetracks, include electronic video lottery terminals, not table - top gambling and other forms of gaming found in Vegas - style casinos.

Polls show New Yorkers remain evenly divided on whether allowing more casino gambling in the state is a good idea, or not.

«New York should have come out early saying, we may not do anything in Orange County; it's a long shot,» said Steven Norton, a gambling consultant who has run casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

New Yorkers will not vote on whether to expand casino gambling for at least five months and it's still not clear where casinos would go if voters approve expansion.

It focuses on the benefits the casinos might bring, and not on actual gambling activity.

The governor also reiterated that he would make his position on the expansion of casino gambling in New York known in January (when the new session and budget season both start), but added that regions shouldn't include gaming as forgone conclusion in their job creating plans.

«What hasn't changed since 1994 is the fact that casino gambling continues to be a form of regressive taxation — and casino gambling «changes communities» for the worse.»

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli told me last night that he isn't opposed to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to expand casino gambling, but adds more information is needed before the state should proceed.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier today insisted he hasn't been trying to distance himself from the amendment that would expand casino gambling in New York, and also confirmed that a campaign featuring direct mail and television ads would come soon.

The Seneca Nation has just released a new poll they paid for suggesting that most Western New York residents don't want to see the state pass a constitutional amendment allowing for casino style gambling in New York.

Leaders of the committee backing the ballot referendum that would expand casino gambling in New York do not believe the ballot language before voters next month is leading or overly rosey.

The Senecas in particular say they don't want the state to violate a 10 - year geographical exclusivity clause that gives them rights to casino gaming and gambling in western New York.

The Senecas haven't made any revenue sharing payments to either the state or their host cities since 2009, rguing that the state violated the compact by allowing casino - style gambling at Hamburg and Batavia.

A new report shows the opening of three new casinos in Upstate New York last year has sharply increased the state's gaming revenue, but it hasn't necessarily meant great things for the already existing businesses in the gambling industry.

While a majority of Capital Region voters (66 percent) said they wouldn't gamble at all at a new regional casino, they were more bullish on using a casino for other things.

But research shows that new casinos do not so much alter gamblers» destinations as create new gamblers and more gambling, with all the attendant problems of debt, addiction and crime.