Sentences with phrase «of video lottery terminals»
Genting, based in Malaysia, already operates gambling at the race track in the form of video lottery terminals, slot like machines that are an extension of the state's lottery contests.
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«While I do not believe that establishing gambling venues is a panacea, creating a limited number of Video Lottery Terminals in Ulster County will provide for significant job creation and greatly enhance the attractiveness of existing resort destinations,» Cahill said in a statement.
And despite opposition from anti-gambling advocates, the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce and Donald Trump, a confluence of events in 2001 led to the legislature's approval of Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) at race tracks in New York.
Money for the public matching fund will come from a portion of the county's proceeds of video lottery terminals at Off - Track Betting parlors.
Gural recently said he wants to cut the number of video lottery terminal or VLT machines at Vernon Downs from 750 to 550 to free up more space while boosting the facility's catering business.
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The Senate MajDemocrats just issued a press release announcing they are supporting the state Lottery Division's recommendation of Genting NY to operate Video Lottery Terminals at Aqueduct in Queens.
I do not believe that bailing out this casino with people's hard - earned tax dollars is the appropriate way to go about addressing this issue, especially given the fact that there are other gaming facilities with video lottery terminals who continue to struggle as a result of casino decisions and have not received the same level of support now being requested.
And following a recent agreement between Genting Group, the parent company of Resorts World New York, which is located on Aqueduct grounds, and Nassau County Off - Track Betting, the casino is set to get 1,000 new video lottery terminals, bringing the facility's gaming capacity to approximately 6,000 VLTs.
A new report finds that growth has been at the expense of other already existing gambling businesses like video lottery terminal casinos.
Suffolk County OTB's 6 - month - old video lottery betting parlor at Jake's 58 Hotel & Casino in Islandia continued its run as one of the state's most successful this summer after adding 273 terminals in late May.
AEG was the only firm to revise the amount of its bid, going from lowest to highest in the projected amount of revenue it would raise through video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.
[Transportation Alternatives] A law firm hired by Gov. David Paterson to help expedite the Aqueduct Racetrack Video Lottery Terminal project has ties to one of the bidders.
The state, which licenses Tioga's racing and video lottery terminals, takes 37 percent of the profits.
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.
Fearing what could be a 40 percent reduction to video lottery terminal business in the racino at their track, a group of horsemen based at the Finger Lakes Racetrack in Ontario County are calling for the proposed Lago casino to make up some of the difference in order to support the thoroughbred racing there.
In an accounting of NYRA's financial condition for the first half of 2015 prepared for today's board meeting in Saratoga Springs, the association reported an operating loss from racing operations of $ 6.1 million before income from video lottery terminals are factored in — a loss that's 25.5 percent larger than the $ 4.9 million operating deficit for racing racked up during the same period in 2014.
With 1,000 new video lottery terminals coming to the Resorts World racino at Aqueduct in Queens, supporters of thoroughbred racing are worried that the new devices could eventually detract from the money that the VLT parlor gives to the state's race tracks.
The operators of a western New York racetrack and video lottery terminal racino are suing the state over a siting board's recommendation that a full - scale casino license be granted to developers of the proposed Lago project.
The contract between Resorts World's video lottery terminal racino at the Aqueduct race track in Queens and the financially strapped Nassau County OTB has been signed and they hope to have almost 500 of what will be 1,000 machines up and running in the next six months.
YONKERS - In the face of New York State's $ 15 billion budget gap, Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), joined by Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers), and the Director of the NYS Lottery, will propose the expansion of gaming options at the New York State's existing video lottery terminals (VLTs) and electronic gaming tables as a way to generate a projected $ 145 million in education fLottery, will propose the expansion of gaming options at the New York State's existing video lottery terminals (VLTs) and electronic gaming tables as a way to generate a projected $ 145 million in education flottery terminals (VLTs) and electronic gaming tables as a way to generate a projected $ 145 million in education funding.
State Sen. John Sampson (D - Brooklyn), the Democratic leader of the Senate, acknowledged sending a memo to a former colleague - turned - lobbyist representing Aqueduct Entertainment Group that led to AEG changing the terms of its bid for the video lottery terminal contract at Aqueduct.
The casino's first 265 video lottery terminals opened at 1 p.m., just hours after the state Gaming Commission issued a certificate allowing the facility to open at Jake's 58 Hotel & Casino, on the north service road of the Long Island Expressway.
In 2013, the owners of the Pine Grove Ranch and the Hudson Valley Spa and Resort, both in Kerhonkson, asked Ulster County lawmakers to adopt a resolution calling on the state to allow video lottery terminals at the two resorts.
The casino has only 265 video lottery terminals, but 34 machines will be added in March, and a total of 1,000 will be at the site by summer, casino officials said.
WAWARSING >> A plan has emerged to turn the former Nevele Hotel into a state - of - the - art «Sportsplex» that would include video lottery terminals.
KINGSTON, N.Y. — David O'Halloran, who resigned last week as vice chairman of the Ulster County Republican Party, said the lack of GOP support for his plan to bring video lottery terminals to his Kerhonkson resort shows the party is less interested in helping local businesses than it is in looking for a «white knight» to ride in and save the county's economy.
On Wednesday, O'Halloran said video lottery terminals are essential to the continued success of the Pinegrove and Hudson Valley Resort and the revitalization of the region.
KINGSTON >> The owners of two Ulster County resorts are renewing their appeal to the county Legislature to support state legislation that would allow video lottery terminals at their hotels.
Asking for 750 video lottery terminals at former resort, supplemented by top - of - the - line athletics and sports fields
For years, Nassau County and its off - track betting corporation have been fighting to site video lottery terminals, what most of us call slots.
«A big zero,» said Donald Groth, president and CEO of the Catskill OTB, who wants to be able to offer video lottery terminals, or VLTs, in his parlors.
Gural last spring convinced lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to grant a tax break to another of his properties, the Vernon Downs harness track and video lottery terminal «racino.»
The bill, which would have allowed video lottery terminals, or VLTs, at two Ulster County resorts, was opposed by county officials, local government officials and at least one area business association who feared it could damage the county's chances of securing a much - coveted casino license.
KINGSTON >> Legislation to allow video lottery terminals at resorts in Ulster County is dead for 2014 after failing to make it to the floor of the state Assembly.
As a state siting board prepares to select locations for four Las Vegas - style casinos in three regions of New York, including the Hudson Valley - Catskills, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and Sen. James Seward have introduced legislation to allow video lottery terminals in Ulster County.
In a press release issued Friday, Eliot Spitzer (not the former New York governor), owner of the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson, said although the bill didn't make it before the full Legislature, it brought to the fore the issue of allowing video lottery terminals in existing resorts.
Last year, the owners of the Pine Grove Ranch and the Hudson Valley Spa and Resort, both in Kerhonkson, asked Ulster County lawmakers to adopt a resolution calling on the state to allow video lottery terminals at the two resorts.
State Sen. John Sampson has given his approval of Genting NY's bid for the video lottery terminal contract at Aqueduct Race Track.
Opponents of a proposed Video Lottery Terminal Casino in Suffolk County are suing to overturn its approval by the Islandia Village Board.
In the audit, DiNapoli did acknowledge that NYRA does a good job of accounting for video lottery terminal, or VLT, revenue that is used in part for capital improvements.
The Onondaga County Legislature on Wednesday rescinded its year - old endorsement of a proposed «racino» — a harness raceway with video lottery terminals — in Cicero.
The project's developer, Rochester's Tom Wilmot, sought the statement of support from the legislature to improve his odds of getting state licenses to operate a harness raceway and video lottery terminals at the former Hancock Air Force Base off East Taft Road in Cicero.
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