New York News - Page 63

News Brief: New Yorkers would be able to legally wager on trotters and thoroughbreds with the click of a mouse if horse-racing industry advocates and some state lawmakers have their way.

News Brief: Governor George Pataki said the Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone Casino is operating illegally but he didn't say what he will do about it.

News Brief: The Seneca Nation of Indians claims that reports it has talked to a Las Vegas group about constructing a $350 million gaming and entertainment complex along Buffalo's waterfront are 'unsubstantiated.'

News Brief: Hundreds of guests gave Batavia Downs Gaming's 586 new video gambling machines a test run Friday night.

News Brief: A proposal to use casino revenue to boost tourism across the state has the backing of travel industry advocates.

The Seneca Nation of Indians, Seneca Niagara Falls Gaming Corporation and Freemantle Limited have come to a mutual agreement to terminate a $80 million loan.

News Brief: Negotiations over how to disburse revenue from Seneca Niagara Casino have picked up speed in the State Legislature since Niagara County filed a lawsuit seeking 75 percent of the local money, Senator George D. Maziarz said last week.

News Brief: Elected officials in Flushing, New York, are taking aim at illegal gambling dens sprouting up in the area and are telling residents to keep them informed about suspicious activity.

News Brief: Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce is asking Niagara County representatives to the state Legislature to figure out a way to distribute revenues from the Seneca Gaming Corp.

News Brief: The president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association said he hoped yesterday's ruling would accelerate contract negotiations with NYRA.

The sounds and rhythms of many kinds of music along with the best entertainers in the area return to the party tent this summer at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway.

News Brief: New York’s highest court has ruled that video lottery terminals and Indian-owned casinos are constitutional, a victory for the legislature and governor who have increasingly relied on gambling to fill budget shortfalls.

News Brief: New slot machines at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino are drawing first-time players and regulars alike, which could boost business at the gaming hall.

News Brief: Jacob Entertainment, a national gaming company, that runs three casinos and a horse track is interested in buying bankrupt racing track Vernon Downs.

News Brief: The impact of adding Turning Stone casino and four other properties owned by the Oneida Indian Nation to Verona's tax roll is a windfall for the New York town but a nightmare for the county’s other towns.

News Brief: A spokesman for Gov. George Pataki said enforcing the state smoking ban at Turning Stone Resort and Casino is ‘one of the issues under discussion’ as the state continues to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in last month's Sherrill property tax case.

News Brief: John Aylsworth, the philandering casino king has anted up in the drive to revive riverboat gambling in the city.

Saratoga Gaming and Raceway is happy to announce the opening of their $1 million Fortunes restaurant.

News Brief: The traditional chiefs of the six Iroquois nations condemned Governor George Pataki's proposed gambling compacts with tribes looking to build casinos in the Catskills.

ews Brief: The St. Regis Mohawk Indian tribe is now the odds-on favorite to get the first and likely only Catskills casino, according to Albany's top Democrat.