Sentences with phrase «state run casino»

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Nevada's governor, a former federal judge named Brian Sandoval, had run for office in 2010 promising to attract jobs to the state, desperate to expand beyond its casino industry after unemployment topped 14 %.

Questioner 17: Do you think a person who can't make money running a New Jersey casino is qualified to be President of the United States?

The large casinos are very successful, but they represent only 1 percent of the tribes, and Johnson worries about the backlash running through places like Michigan and Washington State, where citizens have suggested dissolving the Bureau of Indian Affairs and incorporating tribal lands.

In particular, I recalled how, back in 1993, when Trump decided he wanted to build special limousine parking lots around his Atlantic City casino and hotel, he had used all his influence to get the state of New Jersey to steal the home of an elderly widow named Vera Coking by declaring «eminent domain» over her property, as well as over a nearby pawn shop and a small family - run Italian restaurant.

Cuomo wants to undo the work of his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, by having the Oneidas start sharing their casino cash with the state or face competition from a new state - sanctioned and non-Indian run casino complex.

The casino has argued it did not reach revenue projections in its first year of operation, largely because competing Seneca Nation - run facilities were no longer paying the state and were using the extra money to lure customers.

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.

Those payments have been running about $ 120 million a year and were split between the state and communities that host the tribe's casinos.

And more recently, he proposed taking some money NYRA gets from Aqueduct's casino and giving it to the state, in apparent violation of NYRA's contract to run Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park and Aqueduct.

Other areas of the state already have casino gambling run by Indian tribes.

New York State allows gaming, from Native - run casinos to racinos that host video slots to Off - Track Betting centers.

After a monumental struggle and heavy lobbying, Democratic legislators said Tuesday that the casino will not be called for a debate in the state Senate before time runs out in the regular legislative session...

Suffolk County OTB's 6 - month - old video lottery betting parlor at Jake's 58 Hotel & Casino in Islandia continued its run as one of the state's most successful this summer after adding 273 terminals in late May.

Meanwhile, the comptroller's office points to revenue risks ranging from $ 205.7 million in anticipated funds from the state's Indian - run casinos as well as high uncertainty when comes to federal aid.

Three areas of Upstate, including Central New York, are out of the running for casinos because of agreements between the state and Indian tribes that already operate casinos.

The 2002 deal gave the Senecas an exclusive right to operate casino gambling in a sprawling area of upstate: all land to the west of Route 14, a state road that runs from Sodus Point on Lake Ontario to the Pennsylvania border just south of Elmira.

Still, Mr. Cuomo was awash in criticism from elected officials and residents in the Southern Tier, a far more sparsely populated region near the Pennsylvania border where unemployment runs high, after the state board rejected proposals for a casino license in that area.

After voters approved an amendment to the state's constitution expanding casino gaming, lawmakers approved enabling legislation that set the first phase of casino construction to be north of New York City in regions where there is not an Indian - run casino.

Time is running out and it appears New York State and the Seneca Nation of Indians are not any closer to working out a disagreement about casino payments.

New York already has five Indian - run casinos spread out over the state.

Republicans are prepared to attack Trump over a $ 250,000 fine he and his associates once paid to settle a New York State probe into whether he illegally lobbied to stop a proposed Indian - run casino.

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.

In a deal announced today, the Oneidas will give 25 percent of their gaming machine revenues to the state in exchange for exclusive rights to run casinos in a 10 - county area of Central New York.

Manlius Legislator Kevin Holmquist has been skeptical of the plan from the start, and says his biggest concern is that this new revenue stream is dependent on business at the Oneida - run Turning Stone Casino, at a time when gaming competition is ramping up in New York state.

That's through a revenue sharing deal between the Oneida Indian Nation that runs the casino and New York state.

Almost three years ago, New York voters approved a referendum pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to alter the state constitution and allow up to seven Las Vegas - style, non-Indian run casinos to be sited statewide.

WASHINGTON — An old friend of Bill Clinton's whose company was desperately trying to win a bid to run a slots casino at Aqueduct reached out to then - Secretary of State...

The state lottery, off - track betting companies and casino operators all said they had the infrastructure and know - how to run sports gambling in the state.

The Times reports that gaming interests spend $ 6 million in lobbying costs prior to the state referendum that approved casino gaming and that those same interests donated «amply, and continuously, to state politicians» campaign accounts,» including those of both Cuomo and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican who is likely to run for governor in November.

Looking to address concerns about the impact allowing online poker would have on the state's casinos, the bill was amended to ensure they got a share of the profits by having them run out of the established casinos and racetrack virtual casinos.

The New York State Democratic Party chairman is an «unpaid» confidante to Greenetrack, which runs an «electronic bingo» gambling parlor in Eutaw, Ala. — and wants to build a casino complex on a 140 - acre site near Stewart Airport.

She opposed a 2013 gaming deal in which the Oneidas agreed to give 25 percent of their gaming machine revenue to the state in exchange for exclusive rights to run casinos in a 10 - county area of Central New York.

He also says gambling is easily available at Indian - run casinos in New York and in neighboring states.

To raise state revenues without increasing traditional taxes, Cuomo is expected to continue to push for a constitutional amendment to expand gambling in New York to up to seven new non-Indian run casinos.

Tenney has openly feuded with the Oneida Indian Nation, and opposed a 2013 gaming deal in which the Oneidas agreed to give 25 percent of their gaming machine revenue to the state (about $ 50 million per year) in exchange for exclusive rights to run casinos in a 10 - county area of Central New York.

Tenney was a vocal critic of a revenue - sharing deal the resort signed with New York state in 2013, in which the Oneida Indian National won exclusive rights to run casinos in a 10 - county region of Central New York.

But regardless of the pressures coming from the compound, he not only opens a new Mormon - friendly casino, but makes a run for the Utah State Senate as well.

Keith Winters of Competition Interactive, which showcased its multiplayer skill - based game Running Rich Racing at G2E, says that casino operators are describing the current state of the industry as «catastrophic.»