Sentences with phrase «state gaming compact»

A 2013 state gaming compact gave the Oneidas exclusive rights to gaming activity in a 10 - county area surrounding its Turning Stone Casino in Verona.

The original version guaranteed the tribes» exclusivity as long as their state gaming compacts were in good standing.

«If the legislature authorizes sports betting in a manner that constitutes a video facsimile or video game of chance, such an authorization would lift the moratorium under the tribal - state gaming compacts,» the letter stated.

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The Western NY tribe claims the state violated a 14 - year gaming compact by allowing gambling at racetracks in Hamburg, Batavia and Canandaigua.

«He brings a deep understanding of the federal framework that governs all Native gaming compacts, compact obligations, and how state governments should interact with Native nations.»

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.

The Seneca's and the state have a casino gaming compact that allows the Seneca's to operate its casinos.

The tribe was paying the state about $ 110 million a year as part of a 2002 gaming compact, but ended the payments last year, saying the agreement had expired.

The Niagara County Legislature is calling on the governor to settle the state's dispute with the Seneca Nation over gaming compact money, and get the dollars flowing back to the county and city of Niagara Falls.

Ritter, D - Hartford, said there was no sports gaming in Connecticut when the state signed the compacts with the tribes.

Under the compact, Seneca Nation paid a portion of its revenues on slot machines and other gaming devices to New York State in exchange for the right to offer these devices west of State Route 14.

«It's been critical funding for a lot of these places, especially in this time of a really tough tax environment, an environment where the Senecas have stopped paying municipalities for their role relative to the gaming facilities,» Wojtaszek said, referring to the Seneca Nation's claim that they have fulfilled financial obligations under their casino compact with New York State.

The Senecas stopped casino slot revenue payments to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Salamanca in 2009 saying the state broke its casino gaming compact with the Nation because it has allowed video lottery terminals at nearby racetracks.

Seneca Nation and New York agreed to a gaming compact in 2002 where funds from the casinos go to the state.

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