Sentences with phrase «on casino gaming»

ALBANY — 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.

With the public referendum on casino gaming just weeks away, new polls indicating New York voters are keen on building more state - run casinos are being questioned by anti-gambling groups.

A strong majority of New Yorkers, meanwhile, are ready to make a bet on casino gaming expansion.

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.

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Casinos on the Strip earned a profit of $ 814 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to data from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

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The letter also reminds casinos that they must take a risk - based approach to compliance, focusing on gaming that presents the greatest money laundering threat.

The AGA, which lobbies on behalf of casinos and gaming companies, has been leading the charge to kill PASPA (the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992), the federal statute that essentially banned sports betting everywhere in the US but Nevada.

If you aren't a connoisseur of casinos, you might assume that the towns of Reno and Las Vegas are very similar, given that they both rely heavily on the gaming industry.

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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.

As expected, state gaming regulators on Tuesday approved a casino license for the Tioga Downs Casino in the town of Nichols — adding a fourth casino to upstate Newcasino license for the Tioga Downs Casino in the town of Nichols — adding a fourth casino to upstate NewCasino in the town of Nichols — adding a fourth casino to upstate Newcasino to upstate New York.

When it comings to casino gambling, New Yorkers remain evenly divided at 46 - 46, down from 49 - 42 last month, on whether to allow the expansion of non-Indian run gaming facilities across the state.

HTC, a small but influential labor union that has played pivotal rolls at the Capitol in recent years on issues like the legalization of casino gaming, worked with the Real Estate Board of New York to counter a well - funded campaign backed by Airbnb.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is on track to award a casino license to one of three competitors in the region by April 2014.

Finally, under new Racing, Pari - mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 1330 - a, any current gaming licensee who spends more than $ 1,000 supporting or opposing the November referendum on casino gambling must file their expenditure reports with the Gaming Commission as well as with the state Board of Elecgaming licensee who spends more than $ 1,000 supporting or opposing the November referendum on casino gambling must file their expenditure reports with the Gaming Commission as well as with the state Board of ElecGaming Commission as well as with the state Board of Elections.

In addition to the gaming and racing, the casino - resort has a new clubhouse, an on - site arcade, a heated indoor salt - water pool, and an outdoor pool area, complete with a water slide and cabanas.

The Governor and Legislature have reportedly reached agreement on casino gambling enabling legislation, titled the Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act of 2013 (A. 8101 / S.5883).

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.

State Sen. John Bonacic (R - Mount Hope), chairman of the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, proposed permitting betting on professional and college sports, with casinos giving the state 8.5 percent of gross revenue, which could bring in $ 10 million to $ 30 million annually to state coffers.

On May 14, the New York State Gaming Commission sent a letter to all «interested and involved» parties requesting each agency detail their «potential jurisdiction» and include any issues that should be considered in the state's environmental quality review act process, or SEQRA, of the proposed expansion at Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

While upstate New York waits for the Gaming Commission to approve up to four casinos, anti-casino group Save East Greenbush has released the results of an Election Day exit poll that asked voters how they felt about a gaming hall going up on Thompson HillGaming Commission to approve up to four casinos, anti-casino group Save East Greenbush has released the results of an Election Day exit poll that asked voters how they felt about a gaming hall going up on Thompson Hillgaming hall going up on Thompson Hill Road.

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.

Lobbyists, lawyers, and casino leaders met up this week at the 15th Annual Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing, and Gaming Law, hosted by Albany Law School.

In the Capital Region, the operators of Saratoga Gaming and Raceway are moving forward with a proposed hotel expansion after losing out on full - size casino bids in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley.

Members of the board that will decide where to place up to four casinos won't have a decision when state gaming regulators meet on Friday, according to a letter released this afternoon.

«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.

The East Greenbush casino partnership — Saratoga Gaming and Racing and Churchill Downs Inc. — have released this new rendering of their proposed $ 300 million casino development on Thompson Hill.

«On behalf of my family, everyone at Wilmorite and our Lago Resort & Casino partners, employees and supporters, I want to thank the New York State Gaming Commission for the trust they have shown in us,» Wilmot said in a prepared statement issued seconds after the commission unanimously approved the license in New York City.

The Erie County district attorney's office confirmed Tuesday that it was investigating allegations by commission workers who claimed they were eavesdropped on by the Seneca Gaming Authority, operators of the tribe's casinos in downtown Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Salamanca, near the Pennsylvania border.

He said he can't comment on a bailout when he's not sure how much the casino wants, but he said the state should've foreseen these struggles when it approved del Lago in a region already saturated with gaming.

Leaders of the Seneca Gaming Corporation offered a glimpse inside of construction on the brand new casino.

The Seneca Nation and Seneca Gaming Corporation on Friday announced a plan to expand the Buffalo Creek Casino, creating new gaming space and a new restaurant space on the upper Gaming Corporation on Friday announced a plan to expand the Buffalo Creek Casino, creating new gaming space and a new restaurant space on the upper gaming space and a new restaurant space on the upper level.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation on Tuesday that will now put the issue of legalizing casino gaming before voters in November.

The non-binding resolution concludes that if New Jersey voters approve a casino expansion in November, New York lawmakers will ask Gov. Andrew Cuomo to direct the New York State Gaming Commission to perform a market study of the potential impact the New Jersey casinos may have on the state and its existing casino licensees.

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.

While Cuomo himself stayed for the most part silent on the amendment's passage, the effort to promote the referendum was led by NY Jobs Now, a coalition of labor unions and gaming operators that stood to benefit from casino approval.

Cuomo and legislative leaders in December annonuced they had reached a gentleman's agreement on expanding casino gaming in New York, which for now is relegated to the state's Indian tribes.

State gaming regulators on Friday indicated they would undertake a new request for proposal process to receive new bids for a Southern Tier - based casino following a personal request from Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month.

The state's gaming facility location board on Wednesday awarded casino licenses to project bids in Sullivan County, Schenectady and the town of Tyre in Seneca County.

Developers seeking up to four lucrative licenses from the state Gaming Commission have told officials on the casino location board that a casino placed in Orange County would likely cut off any revenue for a casino built in the Catskills to the North.

«That's why, in order to honestly evaluate the circumstances surrounding the placement of any new casinos in our state, I am hereby formally requesting that both the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Empire State Development Corporation provide statistical data on employment numbers concerning the state's gaming industry — currently, and two years from now.

The New York Gaming Association, which believes Gov. Andrew Cuomo's casino expansion proposal would put its members at a competitive disadvantage, has commissioned a poll that finds voters aren't big on the governor's Plan B if the Legislature fails to pass his gaming bill: Expand VLTs across the state, including in New York City's outer borGaming Association, which believes Gov. Andrew Cuomo's casino expansion proposal would put its members at a competitive disadvantage, has commissioned a poll that finds voters aren't big on the governor's Plan B if the Legislature fails to pass his gaming bill: Expand VLTs across the state, including in New York City's outer borgaming bill: Expand VLTs across the state, including in New York City's outer boroughs.

As Cuomo tells it, the long standing disputes with Seneca, Oneida and St. Regis Mohawk Indian nations wouldn't have been resolved without first pushing to expand casino gaming in New York to allow non-Indian commercial operators in on the action.

The Gaming Commission's website is also posting the names of the lobbyists who are representing the various casino developers, and the state is contracting with a Chicago - based law firm to conduct extensive background checks on the companies wishing to build casinos.

In a letter to Cuomo released on Tuesday, Dwyer points to Cuomo late last week calling on the state's gaming facility location board to re-open the casino siting process in order to award a fourth casino license to a Southern Tier - based project.

Moody's says the outlook on the gaming industry in the United States writ large is negative due to weakening revenues, lower demand and high fixed costs — suggesting the long - term impact in New York from casino revenue may be elusive.