Sentences with phrase «racetrack racinos»
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Last week, Paterson requested new bids for potential operators of a racino at Aqueduct Racetrack, the latest action following his withdrawal of support for Aqueduct Entertainment Group LLC in March amid state and federal investigations into an allegedly corrupt selection process.
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Under Bonacic's bill, the internet poker sites would be run through the existing casinos or racetrack «racinos,» giving them a share of the pot.
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.
«The governor and Legislature need to acknowledge the faith the betting public has in the racinos currently operating and the importance of each to education and agriculture in New York state,» said Gary Greenberg, a minority owner at Vernon Downs racetrack in central New York.
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.
Cuomo proposed a new plan for New York's Finger Lakes Racetrack designed to compensate for the gambling dollars moving away from that track's racino to the nearby, newly - opened del Lago casino.
In New York, five Indian - run casinos are now operating, all of them upstate, and limited electronic gambling is permitted at so - called racinos at nine racetracks, including one at Aqueduct that Genting opened last year.
Cuomo is supporting Aqueduct racino operator Genting's plan to spend $ 4 billion to build the nation's biggest convention center adjacent to the Queens racetrack in exchange for state approval to expand racinos run by the Malaysian - based gaming giant.
Resorts World Casino was New York City's first legalized gambling «racino» at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The state Lottery Division has «unanimously» and «with genuine enthusiasm» recommended the last bidder standing, the Malaysian - based Genting New York, to receive a lucrative contract to develop and operate a racino at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens.
Limited electronic gambling is permitted at so - called racinos at eight tracks and is set to begin at a ninth, the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, later this year.
Claremont's chairman is Larry Woolf, who was a figure in the bidding process scandal to open a racino at the Queens Aqueduct Racetrack.
The Sterling Forest casino would be just an hour's drive from New York City and would be operated by the same company that runs the Resorts Word racino at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens.