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Gaming stocks took another dive in July, suffering through their second month in a row of summer doldrums, analysts said Tuesday.

Monticello Raceway’s live racing schedule will change in September.

News Brief: The Seneca Allegany Casino will bring in between $133 million to $178 million in slot machine revenue in its first full year of operation, according to a casino impact study funded by the city of Salamanca.

News Brief: Track officials at Vernon Downs and Raceway Ventures are still focused on one man to financially revive the track: Eric Spector.

Empire Resorts reports that the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma has designated Empire Resorts as the tribe's exclusive casino development partner for the Catskills region of New York.

News Brief: Leaders of an Oklahoma tribe are exploring becoming partners in a stalled project to create a casino at Monticello Raceway, potentially cutting their New York brethren out of the project.

News Brief: Despite near-daily rain over the first 18 days of the 36-day Saratoga Race Course meet, on-track handle has increased 13% and total handle is up 3.9%.

News Brief: Mid-State Raceway says it will file for bankruptcy protection for its Vernon Downs harness track, which has been plagued by mounting debt and management turmoil.

News Brief: The Syracuse City School District likely will avoid layoffs or major changes next year by using $20 million in advance lottery payments from the state.

News Brief: Officials in the horse racing industry were surprised and suspicious about the abrupt call for a Senate hearing Tuesday in Albany on the future of the industry.

News Brief: A local catering firm employee was surprised at how easily his van was allowed through a locked gate at Saratoga Race Course recently.

News Brief: Vendors could be at work outside Saratoga Race Course again in about 10 days.

News Brief: The Shinnecock Nation clashed with Southampton's town board Tuesday night as a tribal delegation from the Indian reservation told the town board that it was wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars opposing a proposed tribal gambling casino in Hampton Bays.

News Brief: Seneca Niagara Casino has 300 jobs to fill, and more than three times that many people showed up for interviews.

News Brief: Stevenson and Associates is in the process of lining up potential investors for SimulTech, a company formed to operate an offshore wagering hub that would accept bets on United States racing from foreign countries.

A California harness racing track company may take over the financially troubled Vernon Downs.

News Brief: The Appellate Division's unanimous opinion that the New York's video gambling program is illegal represents a ‘positive ruling’ that won't disrupt plans for lottery casinos across the state, Gov. George Pataki said Monday.

News Brief: They're dealing cards and drawing a crowd in a three-day tourney at Turning Stone Casino.

News Brief: More money was wagered in New York on out-of-state races than in-state races in 2003.

News Brief: Vernon Downs is awaiting word from state regulators whether the track's majority owners can keep putting money into the financially troubled track.