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ews Brief: Downtown business leaders, worried about the impact of casino gambling on office, housing and cultural development, voiced opposition Wednesday to a new Seneca Nation casino in downtown Buffalo.

News Brief: For the second time in eight months, the Albany City Council has refused to change city policy to allow card games in public places such as bars.

News Brief: Oneida County Health Department officials have told the Oneida Indian Nation they will begin enforcing the state's no-smoking law at one of the few remaining havens for local smokers - the tribe's Turning Stone Resort and Casino.

Nevada Gold & Casinos has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50% equity interest in a new limited liability company with the remaining 50% owned by Tioga Downs Racetrack.

News Brief: The Seneca County Board of Supervisors yesterday scheduled a public hearing on a proposed local law declaring unlawful games of chance a public nuisance.

News Brief: The son of the federal judge who presided over the Oneidas' lawsuit against New York state won a $45,000 slot jackpot at the Oneida’s Turning Stone Casino.

News Brief: Governor George Pataki has signed the Casino Equity Bill, which raises Cattaraugus County and the city of Salamanca’s share of slot machine revenue from the Seneca Allegany Casino.

News Brief: The ringleader and major bookmaker in a highly sophisticated criminal enterprise allegedly controlled by the Bonanno organized crime family and his fiancé have pleaded guilty in connection with $360 million betting operation.

News Brief: Three weeks have passed since the Seneca Nation of Indians reaffirmed plans to open a casino in downtown Buffalo, and while the Senecas are staying mum on potential sites, that silence is being filled by the buzz of rumors.

News Brief: Robert Stanley, the man who drafted a resolution calling for a state constitutional amendment to ban casino gambling in the Catskills, was all smiles after the Shandaken Town Board adopted his proposal.

News Brief: The best way to tackle the thorny issue of a potential casino in Ulster County is not at the town or village level, a group of local leaders says.

News Brief: Representatives of the Seneca Nation of Indians say they intend to build a casino in downtown Buffalo and want to announce the precise location by the end of the summer.

News Brief: Governor Pataki, the State Senate and State Assembly may have left Albany at the end of the regular legislative session far apart on a deal that could bring casinos to the Catskills, but casino opponents say this is no time to relax.

Mighty M Gaming reports the installation of its first video gaming progressive jackpot machines.

News Brief: A renewed call to offer casinos to two local Indian tribes in exchange for abandoning tax-exempt status on lands in Seneca and Cayuga counties is being raised by the Seneca County Board of Supervisors’ Indian Land Claim Committee.

News Brief: New York's highest court Wednesday refused to open a case challenging various forms of gambling in New York state to new arguments.

News Brief: Stu, or Stuey the Kid, Ungar was the swashbuckling enfant terrible of poker before it blew up into a mainstream obsession in the 1990s.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway has the biggest 4th of July Weekend celebration planned in the capital region.

Empire Resorts, Inc. reports that the company's Mighty M Gaming at Monticello Raceway has drawn more than 1.1 million customers.

News Brief: The Catskill's casino quest reached critical mass here yesterday with politicians, labor leaders and Indian tribes battling between competing proposals allowing either one or three gambling resorts to be built.