Sentences with phrase «racino at»

Could last week's arrest of New York State Senator Malcolm Smith of New York City revive a somewhat dormant investigation of possible wrongdoing in the awarding several years ago of a license to operate a racino at the Aqueduct Race Track in Queens?

He speculated the decision could sink his racino at Vernon Downs, which is about 80 miles from the site of a new casino license in Tyre, and said it would hurt the broader Southern Tier region.

«They're very close to picking a company to run a racino at Aqueduct, and that's in the heart of the 38th,» he said.

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.

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 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.

Some other interesting notes: Genting, which won the contract to operate the Racino at Aqueduct race course in Queens, spent about $ 870,000 in lobbying last year even though they were awarded the contract to install the VLT's in 2010.

The governor, in a question and answer session with reporters, sought to put more space between himself and Genting, saying it was really his predecessor, Governor Paterson, who forged the deal for Genting to run the racino at the Queens Aqueduct race rack.

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.

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.

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 negotiations floundered after Genting raised issues over exclusivity rights for their racino at Aqueduct.

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.

He pressed Schneiderman on the findings of a recent report by Inspector General Joseph Fisch, which detailed a litany of abuse regarding the state senator's handling of a controversial deal to build a racino at the Aquaduct track.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

«I think one of the issues that you have to really look at is if we expand a casino location or gaming are we just going to be recycling money that's already out there being spent at other racinos or perhaps some of the Indian gaming sites in the state or will we be bringing in revenue that right now may be going to a location in Connecticut or Atlantic City or what have you.»

FLUSHING — From restored funding for senior centers to ambitious proposals for convention centers at the Aqueduct racino, Helen Marshall dwelled mostly on the positives for Queens during her State of the Borough address on Tuesday.

Wilmot continues his push for at least two years for the state's last available racino license, a state requirement to open a harness race track with video slot machines.

«This was Governor Cuomo's baby and it's failed, and if it's true that del Lago's failing and if it's true that Seneca Nation is failing and the racinos, this is all a failed economic development strategy by Governor Cuomo and this really lays at his feet and no one else's,» he said.

The Senecas have withheld more than $ 450 million in payments to the state, because it believes New York has violated its 2002 exclusive rights gaming compact by allowing for gaming devices at so - called racinos, like the Hamburg Fairgrounds and Batavia Downs.

As first announced nearly five months ago, the Administration has been negotiating with Genting to build a convention center at the current Aqueduct racino.

He says it's already here - there are several Indian run casinos, and racinos, with slot like machines, at numerous horse racing tracks.

«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.

«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.

At issue for the racinos was the concern the original proposal would have given a competitive advantage to the casinos, which are due to be constructed north of the New York City area in the first round.

That line about racinos circumventing the state constitution could be read as a thinly veiled poke at the man who defeated Mario Cuomo in 1994, former Republican Gov. George Pataki.

But Sunday's tragic massacre of 58 concertgoers by gunman Stephen Paddock could prompt a reassessment of procedures and even state regulations regarding security measures at New York's three new casinos, including Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady, as well as the state's older racinos offering harness racing and video lottery machines.

There are several Indian - run casinos and racinos, with slot - like machines, at numerous horse racing tracks.

At the end of the last legislative session, Jeff Gural, the majority owner of Vernon Downs harness track and racino in Vernon, got lawmakers to grant what amounted to a $ 2 million tax cut after he said he would otherwise close down, costing 300 jobs in the process.

asked Gary Greenberg, a minority shareholder at Vernon Downs, a racino and hotel in Vernon, Oneida County.

Genting already runs limited slot like machine gambling at the Aqueduct race track in Queens, known as a racino.

Resorts World Casino was New York City's first legalized gambling «racino» at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The legislation would allow betting not just at casinos, but at off - track betting sites and racinos, as well.

The Las Vegas massacre could prompt a reassessment of procedures and state regulations regarding security measures at New York's three new casinos, as well as the state's older racinos.

At the same time, the gambling market upstate and in the Northeast in general is saturated, with the upstate casinos competing with multiple other casinos and racinos.

They will be competing for at least some gambling dollars now going to New York's racinos.

He has pledged to use revenues from the «racino» to buy $ 2 million worth of room nights each year at a 350 - room hotel he would build next to Onondaga County's convention center in downtown Syracuse.

Nor is this his only baggage — he still faces questions over a suspicious awarding (soon canceled) of the contract to run the Aqueduct racino, as well as over reported irregularities at certain charities.

The governor said $ 4 billion would be needed from the private sector to build a convention center at the Aqueduct racino.

Half is expected to come from current casino spending at New York racinos (21 percent) and Native American - owned casinos (30 percent).