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News Brief: Vernon Downs will be one of the first local businesses to take advantage of the county smoking waiver.

News Brief: The former chairman of the federal Securities and Exchange Commission has joined a lawsuit alleging fraud against the Las Vegas group that controls Vernon Downs.

News Brief: The Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau has once again reaffirmed its opposition to placing a downtown casino in the Buffalo Convention Center.

News Brief: Construction is expected to begin this week at one of the New York race tracks that will offer video lottery terminals.

The video gaming machines from Sierra Design Group have been activated at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, New York.

News Brief: There are two candidates running to replace James Kennedy as executive director of the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.

The celebrations began early as the hundreds of customers flowed into the new gaming facility in Saratoga Springs, New York.

ews Brief: New York state, congressional and city leaders are intensifying efforts to persuade the Seneca Nation to refocus plans for a new casino in the downtown Buffalo Convention Center.

News Brief: At 57, Douglas Warner was out of work, depressed and had lost everything betting on football. But Mr. Warner had a plan to set his life straight.

After five months of construction activity, Perini Building Company, Inc. announces the opening of a new $15 million, 55,000-square-foot gaming facility at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, New York.

News Brief: Notwithstanding a possible settlement, the trial over the proposed casino in the Hamptons by the Shinnecock Indian nation is scheduled to begin this April.

News Brief: Some New York OTB parlors are hoping for waivers that will allow their customers to smoke.

News Brief: The hearing to determine whether the Shinnecocks should be allowed to open a casino on their land in Hampton Bays, New York.

News Brief: If Capital OTB lands a New York license to have video lottery terminals at its, Albany officials are looking for a piece of the action.

News Brief: Governor Pataki’s plan to set aside $100 million in matching funds for city schools and turn $325 million in video lottery proceeds into a statewide education fund drew fire from Democratic legislators.

News Brief: State police say it was no typical office pool, but a major gambling ring.

News Brief: Track operators in New York are gearing up for a major lobbying battle against an effort to spread video lottery terminals beyond the state's horse racing industry.

News Brief: After hitting and killing a man on the Upper East Side with a stolen sport utility vehicle, Gurpreet Oberoi hopped a bus to Atlantic City and spent the next day at the casinos before he was coaxed back to New York City to surrender yesterday, police said.

Empire Resorts has completed the consolidation of operating and development rights to Monticello Raceway.

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.