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MGM Mirage will spend $170 million to build and operate a 4,500-machine video lottery casino at the Aqueduct Race Track outside New York City.

News Brief: As one of its first tasks, the Ulster County Casino Impact Committee will develop a standard procedure on deciding casino issues, if the New York county ever gets that authority.

News Brief: The New York Racing and Wagering Board will be the next government agency asked to look into alleged illegal gaming at a Cayuga Indian Nation business.

News Brief: The New York Senate is set to adjourn for the summer in four days and Senator William Larkin of Cornwall-on-Hudson, chairman of the Racing and Wagering Committee, would like to see the state approve one casino before then.

News Brief: Sullivan's casino committee met yesterday for a total of five minutes and decided to allow the machinations in Albany take their course over the governor's proposal for one Sullivan casino.

News Brief: A jury found Mark Orlando guilty second-degree murder of Bobby Calabrese, a bookie’s runner.

News Brief: Legislators will vote today at 6 p.m. on whether or not Video Lottery Terminals will be allowed within Tioga County, New York.

News Brief: Two resolutions made it to the floor of the Ulster County Legislature Thursday night, and after lengthy and lively debate, the legislature is on record supporting municipalities that declare their own opposition to casinos within their borders.

News Brief: Governor George E. Pataki has proposed a scaled-back bill on Thursday that would pave the way for just one casino in the Catskills.

Empire Resorts reports that a bill has been introduced into the New York State Legislature that addresses land settlement claims by the Mohawk tribe of New York.

News Brief: The Saugerties Town Board voted unanimously last night to oppose the siting of a casino in the town proposed for the Winston Farm.

News Brief: The Saugerties Village Board last night voted to oppose the proposed Native American casino at Winston Farm as well as any other casinos that might be proposed in all of Ulster County.

News Brief: The Ulster County Legislature's newly appointed Casino Impact Committee will meet for the first time June 16 to begin analyzing the potential effects of an Indian casino in the county.

News Brief: Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce has issued a plea to Niagara County lawmakers to reach a final decision on how its share of revenues generated from the Seneca Niagara Casino will be allocated.

The popular New York Gaming Summit will return for its fourth installment June 21-22 at Turning Stone Casino Resort in Verona, New York.

News Brief: The county should not enter into any casino negotiations without first getting the go-ahead from either the local government or the voters in the host community, a contingent of Ulster County lawmakers say.

News Brief: The Oneida Indian Nation insisted that their properties have a value of less than zero.

The Oneida Indian Nation is protesting the placement of its Turning Stone Casino complex and more than 200 other properties on local tax rolls, a town official said Monday.

The Atunyote Golf Club at the Oneida Nation's Turning Stone Resort and Casino has been selected as one of the world's finest new courses by the Robb Report.

News Brief: A major illegal sports-gambling ring based in Queens and Costa Rica and controlled by the Bonanno organized-crime family has been busted, authorities announced Wednesday.