By 
Robert Johnson ·
A New York State political operative was charged on Monday for allegedly aiding Amaya founder and former CEO David Baazov to contribute $25,000 to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2014 re-election campaign.…
By 
Terry Davis ·
A new casino will join the New York state gambling market next spring. The Oneida Indian Nation announced that it will build its third full-fledged casino with almost 500 slot…
By Robert Johnson ·
Generally speaking, New York State lawmakers tend to adopt a rather conservative stance when it comes to gambling expansion. It was in 2013 when the state approved the last expansion…
By Robert Johnson ·
Over the past two months, more and more indications have been surfacing that, among many other things, we may remember 2017 as the year when a fourth US state legalized…
By Robert Johnson ·
New York has moved an inch closer toward the legalization of online poker after a proposed legislation passed a first Senate Committee vote earlier this week. Although the affirmative vote…
By Robert Johnson ·
Another online poker bill has emerged in the New York State Legislature after a Sen. John Bonacic-authored legislative piece was introduced last month. Assemblyman Gary Pretlow submitted A 5250 to…
By Terry Davis ·
As expected, New York Sen. John Bonacic has renewed efforts to legalize online poker within the state’s borders. A new bill, sponsored by the official, was presented to the state…
By Robert Johnson ·
Tioga Downs Casino, New York State’s first full-fledged commercial casino, opened doors less than a month ago, thus marking the beginning of a new era for the state’s gambling industry.…
By Robert Johnson ·
Tioga Downs, located in the small town of Nichols, officially opened doors as full-fledged casino on Friday. A former race track with slot machines, the venue now also features table…
By Robert Johnson ·
The New York State Gaming Commission approved on Tuesday the necessary regulations that would govern the operation of table games at the four Upstate casinos that are set to open…
By Terry Davis ·
A 750,000-square-foot expansion is planned for Aqueduct Racetrack in New York City, with construction work on the project set to commence in December. The expansion plan has not been introduced…
By Terry Davis ·
The three casinos that were licensed by the New York State Gaming Commission last year and are currently built in Upstate New York have paid the total amount of $151…
By Terry Davis ·
New York may be one small step closer to the legalization and regulation of online poker activities, after the Senate Finance Committee voted on Thursday in favor of State Senator…
By Terry Davis ·
The New York State Senate approved on Tuesday a bill, under which Madison County would receive 25% of the slot machines revenue Yellow Brick Road Casino contributes to the state.…
By Robert Johnson ·
Reports have emerged that New York may legalize online poker this summer, after the possibility for launching online version of the game within the state was listed in this week’s…
By Robert Johnson ·
A New York judge has ruled in favor of the Oneida Indian Nation in a lawsuit against the New York State Gaming Commission regarding information that the tribe had been…
By Terry Davis ·
The year has begun with several US states discussing the potential legalization of online gambling options and online poker, in particular. And the state of New York has even made…
By Robert Johnson ·
Late in 2015, it became clear that PokerStars and Full Tilt, two of the world’s biggest poker rooms, will go live in New Jersey, after they were banished in disgrace…
By Robert Johnson ·
The New York State Gaming Commission awarded on Monday licenses to the three multi-million casino projects that were approved this time last year by the state Gaming Facility Location Board.…
By Terry Davis ·
The construction of the proposed Lago Resort & Casino, a $425-million venue to be located in New York’s Finger Lakes area, unleashed new waves of public discontent as Oneida and…
By Robert Johnson ·
Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, Chairman of the New York State Committee on Racing and Wagering, said in a Tuesday statement that the state Gaming Commission should not license the proposed Lago…
By Terry Davis ·
The New York Gaming Facility Location Board recommended on Wednesday real estate developer Jeff Gural’s proposal to turn Tioga Downs Casino & Racing in Nichols into a full-scale Las Vegas-style…
By Terry Davis ·
Residents of Nichols, New York as well as other members of the public will be given their chance to express their support or state their opposition to Tioga Downs Casino…
By Terry Davis ·
The winner of the second one-day event, part of the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge, became clear mere hours ago. His name is Xiaohu Chen and he topped a…
By Terry Davis ·
The one-day $200 buy-in No Limit Hold’em, which is the first one in the 2015 Western New York Poker Challenge, held at the Seneca Niagara Casino, has just been completed.…
By Robert Johnson ·
The New York Gaming Facility Location Board released an 800-page report on its decision to back only three of all sixteen bidders for casino licenses on the territory of the…
By 
Anthony Huber ·
Eric Schneiderman, the State Attorney General, announced that he and his team have already started inspecting the terms under which Governor Cuomo has awarded the casino licenses to the three…
By 
Susan Sutton ·
Soon New York will have its first official casino school. The Big Deal Casino Academy, which is situated on 28th Street and 5th Avenue, will become a licensed school where…
By Anthony Huber ·
The Oneida Indian Nation is about to open a spectacular casino in Chittenango. The project is supposed to be finished by the first quarter of 2015 and it is expected…
By Robert Johnson ·
After Lago Resort & Casino got the nod from New York regulators, Jimmy Wilmot, a key figure for the $425-million project, announced the operator will start hiring and training casino…