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Speakers at Saturday's protest exhorted residents to pressure legislators to back the bill to rescind a 2013 authorization for up to 1,000 video lottery terminals each in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

In a press release issued Friday, Eliot Spitzer (not the former New York governor), owner of the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson, said although the bill didn't make it before the full Legislature, it brought to the fore the issue of allowing video lottery terminals in existing resorts.

As a state siting board prepares to select locations for four Las Vegas - style casinos in three regions of New York, including the Hudson Valley - Catskills, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and Sen. James Seward have introduced legislation to allow video lottery terminals in Ulster County.

Delaware North, the Buffalo hotel and entertainment conglomerate developing the casino for Suffolk County Regional Off - Track Betting Corp., had requested a special permit to build the betting parlor with 1,000 video lottery terminals in the Islandia Marriott Long Island hotel, on the Long Island Expressway north service road.

«While I do not believe that establishing gambling venues is a panacea, creating a limited number of Video Lottery Terminals in Ulster County will provide for significant job creation and greatly enhance the attractiveness of existing resort destinations,» Cahill said in a statement.

The racetracks were approved to get video lottery terminals in 2001, when Pataki signed a historic gaming compact that allowed for three Indian - run casinos in the Buffalo area and the Catskills, although the Catskills never got theirs.

Not exact matches

The Senate MajDemocrats just issued a press release announcing they are supporting the state Lottery Division's recommendation of Genting NY to operate Video Lottery Terminals at Aqueduct in Queens.

And despite opposition from anti-gambling advocates, the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce and Donald Trump, a confluence of events in 2001 led to the legislature's approval of Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs) at race tracks in New York.

Suffolk OTB plans to open the casino at the Islandia Marriott hotel in February with 260 slot - machine - like video lottery terminals, and eventually expand to 1,000 machines.

The penalties range from written warnings for lottery ticket retailers involved in a first violation, to $ 25,000 for un-escorted minors in Video lottery terminal parlors, race tracks or OTB tele - theaters.

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.

AEG was the only firm to revise the amount of its bid, going from lowest to highest in the projected amount of revenue it would raise through video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.

NYRA had hoped video lottery terminals would be in place at Aqueduct to generate needed revenue, but the state's failure to name a gaming operator has been delayed several times and the bidding process was recently reopened.

Cuomo, in perhaps another attempt to win a deal with the Senecas, says in his bill that if the disagreement continues, then the state would site two additional Video Lottery Terminals, which are essentially slot machines, in Western New York.

Mangano's 2016 budget proposal, released Tuesday, projects $ 20 million in new revenue for the county from the video lottery terminal parlor.

Racinos, which operate only out of the state's racetracks, include electronic video lottery terminals, not table - top gambling and other forms of gaming found in Vegas - style casinos.

Right now, video lottery terminals (essentially, electronic slot machines), are legal in New York State, but table games with human dealers, like poker and blackjack, are not.

«NYRA relies on Video Lottery Terminals to stay in the black, but that revenue stream isn't guaranteed to continue as strongly, especially as new casinos open up across the state,» DiNapoli said.

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.

In an accounting of NYRA's financial condition for the first half of 2015 prepared for today's board meeting in Saratoga Springs, the association reported an operating loss from racing operations of $ 6.1 million before income from video lottery terminals are factored in — a loss that's 25.5 percent larger than the $ 4.9 million operating deficit for racing racked up during the same period in 201In an accounting of NYRA's financial condition for the first half of 2015 prepared for today's board meeting in Saratoga Springs, the association reported an operating loss from racing operations of $ 6.1 million before income from video lottery terminals are factored in — a loss that's 25.5 percent larger than the $ 4.9 million operating deficit for racing racked up during the same period in 201in Saratoga Springs, the association reported an operating loss from racing operations of $ 6.1 million before income from video lottery terminals are factored in — a loss that's 25.5 percent larger than the $ 4.9 million operating deficit for racing racked up during the same period in 201in — a loss that's 25.5 percent larger than the $ 4.9 million operating deficit for racing racked up during the same period in 201in 2014.

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.

The Buffalo company hired by Suffolk OTB to build a mini-casino with up to 1,000 video lottery terminals has asked Islandia officials for a permit to build the facility at a 10 - story hotel in the village.

The newly adopted resolution is aimed at protecting video lottery terminal casinos that are attached to Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens and Yonkers Raceway in Westchester County, as well as the under - construction Montreign Resort Casino in Sullivan County in the southern Catskill Mountains.

To the west, there are three casinos owned by the Senecas in the Buffalo and Niagara Falls areas; and two racetracks with video - lottery terminals: Batavia Downs and Finger Lakes.

Language in the measure is also expected to call for a free - standing video - lottery terminal in western New York, a move that would apply pressure to the Seneca Nation to come to an agreement with the state over its $ 550 million in extra revenue owed to the state.

There are currently 29,000 video - lottery terminals in place.

Senate Racing, Wagering and Gaming Committee Chairman John Bonacic released a letter to state gaming regulators on Monday expressing concern that placing a casino in Orange County would hurt downstate gaming parlors with video - lottery terminals and not help the jobs - starved Catskills region.

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.

The winner in the drawn - out bidding process gets the franchise to build and manage a video lottery terminal facility at the Aqueduct Race Track in Queens.

YONKERS - In the face of New York State's $ 15 billion budget gap, Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), joined by Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers), and the Director of the NYS Lottery, will propose the expansion of gaming options at the New York State's existing video lottery terminals (VLTs) and electronic gaming tables as a way to generate a projected $ 145 million in education fundinIn the face of New York State's $ 15 billion budget gap, Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), joined by Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers), and the Director of the NYS Lottery, will propose the expansion of gaming options at the New York State's existing video lottery terminals (VLTs) and electronic gaming tables as a way to generate a projected $ 145 million in education fLottery, will propose the expansion of gaming options at the New York State's existing video lottery terminals (VLTs) and electronic gaming tables as a way to generate a projected $ 145 million in education flottery terminals (VLTs) and electronic gaming tables as a way to generate a projected $ 145 million in education fundinin education funding.

He plans to get $ 200 million from the group yet to be chosen to put video lottery terminals at Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, a process that's been delayed for years.

If it were to be allowed in New York, most agree that the state's casinos and racinos, which offer video lottery terminals and OTBs, would want to participate.

Cahill's legislation would allow video lottery terminal, or VLT, licenses in Ulster County for two existing resorts, though the bill does not name specific businesses.

In 2013, the owners of the Pine Grove Ranch and the Hudson Valley Spa and Resort, both in Kerhonkson, asked Ulster County lawmakers to adopt a resolution calling on the state to allow video lottery terminals at the two resortIn 2013, the owners of the Pine Grove Ranch and the Hudson Valley Spa and Resort, both in Kerhonkson, asked Ulster County lawmakers to adopt a resolution calling on the state to allow video lottery terminals at the two resortin Kerhonkson, asked Ulster County lawmakers to adopt a resolution calling on the state to allow video lottery terminals at the two resorts.

The casino has only 265 video lottery terminals, but 34 machines will be added in March, and a total of 1,000 will be at the site by summer, casino officials said.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — David O'Halloran, who resigned last week as vice chairman of the Ulster County Republican Party, said the lack of GOP support for his plan to bring video lottery terminals to his Kerhonkson resort shows the party is less interested in helping local businesses than it is in looking for a «white knight» to ride in and save the county's economy.

«A big zero,» said Donald Groth, president and CEO of the Catskill OTB, who wants to be able to offer video lottery terminals, or VLTs, in his parlors.

Nassau OTB agreed in March to transfer its authority to install 1,000 video lottery terminals to Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens in exchange for annual payments that will total at least $ 43 million over the first three years.

The Islandia Village Board Friday morning voted to approve a Suffolk OTB casino with 1,000 video lottery terminals that had stirred controversy in the small Islip Town community.

If the ballot item is rejected, then the bill allows the state to set up more video lottery terminals instead, which are slot like machines already legal in New York.

KINGSTON >> Legislation to allow video lottery terminals at resorts in Ulster County is dead for 2014 after failing to make it to the floor of the state Assembly.

With the state in a budget crunch and losing $ 1 million in education money for every day the video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Race Track are not up and running, a spokesman for Gov. David Paterson said there is no deadline for selecting a firm to run the machines at the Ozone Park track.

The proposal by Cahill, D - Kingston, and Seward, R - Milford, would amend state tax law to allow two existing resorts in Ulster County to install video lottery terminals, commonly called VLTs, operated by the Catskill Regional Off - Track Betting Corp..

Spitzer said once those announcements are made, he «will continue our efforts to complete what we started» in seeking approval for the video lottery terminals.

The casinos would debut in a state that already has five Indian casinos and nine racinos with slot - like video lottery terminals.

Last year, the owners of the Pine Grove Ranch and the Hudson Valley Spa and Resort, both in Kerhonkson, asked Ulster County lawmakers to adopt a resolution calling on the state to allow video lottery terminals at the two resorts.

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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.

Opponents of a proposed Video Lottery Terminal Casino in Suffolk County are suing to overturn its approval by the Islandia Village Board.

The announcements Tuesday represented the latest twist in OTB's longtime effort to build a casino with up to 1,000 video lottery terminals.