New York News - Page 73

News Brief: Gamblers are complaining about a scheduled four-hour jaunt on the Lady Luck casino boat out of Manhattan that turned into seven hours of frustration.

Penn National Gaming entered into an agreement with Capital Seven, LLC to purchase all of the shares of Bangor Historic Track, Inc. and has secured an option to purchase the interests in Vernon Downs.

News Brief: One Niagara man is betting some people would like to be on the other side of the table dealing the cards.

News Brief: The owners of Vernon Downs have filed a lawsuit accusing a New York City businessman and several former track officials of trying to destroy the upstate New York harness track's reputation.

News Brief: In the course of a year, the Seneca Niagara Casino has created jobs and a few millionaires.

News Brief: The first of an estimated 1,300 video lottery terminals has arrived at Saratoga Raceway, where they might help revolutionize New York's harness racing industry.

News Brief: Oneida Indian Nation President Ray Halbritter said that the Pataki administration during land-claim talks has made `11th- hour' demands for the tribe to turn over a portion of revenues generated by its Turning Stone casino to New York state.

News Brief: Differentiating between slot machines and video lottery terminals is one of the crucial issues in a challenge to the legality of the state's plan to set up the gambling terminals.

News Brief: The president of Vernon Downs has turned over the reins of the upstate New York harness track to a junior executive while he appeals the state's decision last week to deny him a racing license.

News Brief: Opponents of video lottery terminals set to open at New York tracks next year are hoping to convince a judge to scratch the law that legalized the VLT's.

News Brief: New York has denied licenses to Las Vegas businessman Shawn Scott and Vernon Downs president Hoolae Paoa, saying they are unfit to be involved in racing.

News Brief: The National Indian Gaming Commission has approved a gaming ordinance for the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York, an attorney for the tribe said Thursday.

News Brief: Gambling promoters poured millions of dollars into lobbying and campaign contributions in a behind-the-scenes effort to expand gambling at racetracks, casinos and betting parlors in New York, state records show.

News Brief: A federal judge will decide whether to allow the Shinnecock Indian Nation to build a casino in Hampton Bays, New York, without waiting for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to grant the tribe federal recognition.

ews Brief: A Las Vegas investor and his associates have been accused of bilking an upstate New York harness race track of $7.5 million in questionable loan fees.

News Brief: The Wisconsin Oneidas confirmed yesterday they bought 84 acres in New York state, with the intention of building a casino.

News Brief: The president of Vernon Downs said he would step aside if his past criminal convictions hurt the racetrack's chances of opening a casino.

ews Brief: Two former New York Racing Association betting clerks admitted their roles Monday in an identity-theft and tax-evasion scheme.

News Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court reports that it will not let Gov. George Pataki appeal a ruling from New York state's highest court that favored anti-gambling activists.