The long and tedious saga between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York state has potentially ended. Last week, a three-person arbitration panel for the second time ordered the Seneca’s to pay $255 million in lapsed casino revenue-sharing payments. According to The Buffalo News, the same two-panel members who sided with the state in January said […]
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For the immediate future, New York residents will have to make do with retail sports betting only. On Monday, lawmakers failed to include mobile sports betting in the state’s $175 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Despite the expansion of sports betting, Cuomo viewed the budget deal as “transformative.” He told the New York […]
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NY sports betting is coming. The NY State Gaming Commission formally posted rules and regulations to govern sports betting at the four commercial casinos.
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Seneca Nations of Indians must continue revenue-sharing payments to NY after an arbitration ruling. How the $220 million will be paid is to be determined.
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Gaming analysts say New York is the top market remaining where operators can still make money. Perhaps this is why Sheldon Adelson wants an NY casino?
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The company behind the New York City Marathon, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), will be testing a feature that could allow spectators to bet on runners.
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Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration has reached out to each mayor of the three upstate cities affected by the loss of tribal gaming funds.
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One council member in Niagara Falls believes Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s offer to help the city close a multi-million-dollar budget gap is nothing more than smoke and mirrors. “I’m glad he is giving us this money but it’s stickily an election year gimmick,” Kenny Tompkins, a member of Niagara Falls city council, said to PlayNY. “The […]
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For the second time this year, del Lago commercial casino in New York is asking lawmakers for fiscal relief in order to keep the property’s doors open.
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Thanks to a legal push from the Buffalo Sabres charity arm, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a new bill into law explicitly allowing online charity gambling.
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