Sentences with phrase «slot parlors»
"Slot parlors" refers to establishments or venues where slot machines are available for people to play. Full definition
Jeff Gural, whose Tioga Downs slot parlor in the Southern Tier is on track to receive a casino license, called US Attorney Preet Bharara an «awful human being» for his prosecution of former Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous, of Binghamton.
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ALBANY — A giant Malaysian gaming and resort entertainment firm with worldwide clout is in line to turn over $ 380 million to the state and gain the rights to build and operate the long - delayed video slots parlor at the state's Aqueduct Race Track in Queens.
ALBANY — Jeff Gural, whose Tioga Downs slot parlor in the Southern Tier is on track to receive a casino license, called U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara an «awful human being» for his prosecution of Tom Libous, the former state senator from Binghamton.
But that would have been a little to close for comfort, competition-wise, to the existing Resorts World slot parlor at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, which is staffed by more than 1,000 HTC workers who just won a major living wage ruling last fall.
The board noted that an Orange County casino could cannibalize existing slot parlors in Yonkers and Monticello.
Jeff Gural, who operates a racetrack slot parlor in the Southern Tier town of Nichols, was irate that his casino bid was rejected.
The New York State Gaming Association — which represents Resorts World casino at Aqueduct and eight other race track slot parlors — filed a complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics claiming the sports fantasy operators engaged in improper lobbying.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's emphatic push to expand gambling in New York, where there are already five tribal casinos and nine slot parlors near horse racing tracks, was hinged on revitalizing struggling upstate communities.
ALBANY — In an upcoming book, longtime Capitol correspondent Tom Precious will tell the story of casinos in modern New York, including the current process of siting up to four gambling halls upstate, the pacts between Native American tribes and past governors that gave birth to Turning Stone and the three casinos operated by the Seneca Nation of Indians, as well as the video slot parlors approved by state leaders in 2001, just weeks after the September 11 attacks.
Rice (D - Garden City), who represents Floral Park, where village officials have threatened to sue to block the video slots parlor, said the project «is not in the community's best interests.»
A casino in any of those locations would potentially cut into the revenues of the Catskills casino as well as the existing slot parlors in Yonkers and Queens.
While Assembly members and other legislative officials said taxes and mayoral control were at its core, the legislative package included $ 55 million in funding for New Yorkers impacted by flooding along Lake Ontario, more incentives for the Vernon Downs slot parlor and a promise to bring full - day kindergarten to every school district in the state.
The project there estimates that half its revenues will come from gamblers now going to slot parlors in Farmington and Batavia and the Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone casino, as well as to casinos owned by the Senecas.
The nearly 25 percent decrease came at a time when gamblers had more ways to wager than ever, at casinos, slot parlors and online.
The board held off on awarding a fourth license, and said protecting the racinos and slot parlors was one reason they didn't award a license in Orange County.
That includes Genting, which operates the Resorts World Casino racetrack and slot parlor in Queens; Yonkers Raceway; Saratoga Harness; and American Racing and Entertainment, which operates Tioga Downs.
It would have crowded video - slot parlors in Yonkers and Queens.
The arrangement would solve Nassau's problem of finding a location for a video slots parlor — which has been met with staunch opposition at more than one proposed site — while guaranteeing the county a revenue stream through OTB.
In Dec. 2014, the former Fortunoff store, which opened in 1964, was slated to be converted into a slots parlor by Nassau Off - Track Betting, but the agency pulled the plug on the plan a few months later after fierce community opposition.