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CapitalPlay Consortium has submitted a formal request to Gov. Eliot Spitzer's office that its bid to operate New York State's thoroughbred racing facilities.

News Brief: Senator John Bonacic is helping to lobby for a smoke-free environment for the proposed St. Regis Mohawk casino at Monticello Raceway.

The brightest names and the biggest legends will be descending on Niagara Falls, New York this year to perform at Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel.

News Brief: The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development has joined a court challenge of the federal approval for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe casino proposed for Monticello Raceway in Sullivan County.

News Brief: A newly released study shows the Seneca Nation of Indians, through its gaming and other operations, generated $1.2 billion in annual revenues for the local and state economy.

CapitalPlay Consortium responds to NY Gov. Spitzer’s decision to not be bound by a Pataki committee's recommendation to award the New York Racing Franchise to Excelsior Racing.

News Brief: Roberta Lockwood, the president of the Sullivan County Visitors Association, is ready to roll up her shirtsleeves and get to work promoting the county and the Catskills to the casino crowd.

News Brief: Just because NY Governor Eliot Spitzer and the St. Regis Mohawks reached a deal on opening the first casino in the Catskill Mountain region doesn't mean it's going to happen.

News Brief: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and the St. Regis Mohawks have reached a deal to bring a $600 million Indian casino to Monticello Gaming and Raceway.

News Brief: Casino opponents are suing in federal court to stop a proposed casino at the Monticello Raceway.

News Brief: A recent Saratoga Springs City council meeting proposed to include discussion on the city's fight to keep VLT revenue.

News Brief: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is close to approving a $600-million Monticello casino, his spokeswoman said.

Friday night, February 2, marks the start of the 68th season of harness racing over the half-mile oval at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway.

News Brief: Since 2001, the New York lottery has generated a record-breaking run of profits, more than $2.2 billion last fiscal year, making New York the nation’s big winner in state-sponsored gambling.

News Brief: The backers of two lawsuits against the Buffalo casino already have spent nearly a million dollars on their legal challenges, and they say they aren't going away.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway unveiled celebration plans for its third anniversary, along with expansion progress and construction bid awards.

NETeller co-founder Stephen Lawrence posted bail Friday after appearing before a District of Southern New York Judge.

News Brief: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's campaign returned $110,000 in excess donations from casino developer Richard Fields, almost all of it for jet flights and other costs tied to a lavish fund-raiser in Wyoming last summer, a new campaign filing shows.

News Brief: A Canadian anthropologist testified in federal court yesterday that the Shinnecock Indians signed 17th-century land deeds that now prevent them from building a casino in modern-day Hampton Bays.

News Brief: The Seneca Nation plans to move forward this week with construction of a downtown Buffalo casino, but critics say they don't believe the casino will ever be allowed to open.