New York News - Page 48

News Brief: The Oneida Indian Nation cheered a federal court's rejection of a challenge to its gaming compact this week.

News Brief: Capital Play Inc. has added the partners Victoria Racing Club and Extell Development Co. to a team that hopes to develop the racing business at the Aqueduct and Belmont Park in New York.

News Brief: The Shinnecock Tribal Council is upset that an out of state tribe is being considered to run proposed video lottery terminals at Belmont Park and Aqueduct while they struggle to get their casino approved

News Brief: Cayuga County lawmakers plan to meet with Gov. Eliot Spitzer's legal adviser on Indian affairs next week before deciding on the proposed casino deal with the Cayuga Indian Nation.

News Brief: A shortage of immigrant workers recently reminded the horse racing industry that there can be no wine and roses without grooms and hot walkers.

News Brief: State regulators are scheduled to decide today if Vernon Downs can continue racing this season.

News Brief: Cayuga and Seneca counties are planning to meet with Richard Rifkin, Gov. Eliot Spitzer's legal adviser on Indian affairs, to discuss the Cayuga Indian Nation's proposed casino agreement with both counties.

News Brief: A citizens group has urged the state to deny a liquor license to Turning Stone Resort and Casino because, the group says, the casino is operating illegally.

News Brief: The Cayuga Nation rejected any further negotiations with Seneca County after a county committee voted Tuesday to reject a proposed casino land settlement.

News Brief: Cayuga and Seneca counties have a revised casino deal to consider from the Cayuga Indian Nation.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway's fine dining restaurant, The Lodge, is returning for another fantastic season.

News Brief: Turning Stone Casino has posted signs throughout the resort asking people not to bring in alcohol while the nation negotiates a liquor license with the state.

News Brief: Vernon Downs' owner Jeff Gural may need to wait until September before he knows whether or not the track will receive a larger cut of its video lottery terminal money, which he says he needs to remain in business.

News Brief: When New York state lawmakers signed a deal to distribute the local share of slot-machine revenue from the Seneca Niagara Casino’s 2004 and 2005 operations, they set aside $3.6 million for the Niagara Falls Urban Renewal Agency.

News Brief: A day after receiving federal approval, the Seneca Indian Nation opened a temporary 5,000-square-foot casino on Tuesday with 124 slot machines in downtown Buffalo.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway is preparing a line-up of concerts, fireworks and events to celebrate Independence Day and July 7,2007, the luckiest day of the year.

News Brief: A father and son team pleaded guilty to administering cobra snake venom to a horse they ran at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway in what prosecutors say is the first guilty plea for horse-doping in Saratoga County.

News Brief: The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma sent a letter to Cayuga and Seneca counties Wednesday, strongly voicing opposition to the proposed casino deal for the rival Cayuga Indian Nation.

News Brief: Betting on horses will start at breakfast and end at dinner time this summer at Saratoga Race Course.

News Brief: Representatives of Vernon Downs and members of the New York Assembly have reached an agreement regarding the passage of legislation that will allow Video Lottery Terminal operators to keep a larger percentage of revenue.