Times Union A law firm that includes lobbyists for major gambling companies will be helping the New York Gaming Commission develop plans for licensing casinos in Upstate New York. The commission's Gaming Facility Location Board hired Taft, Stettinius &...

Wall Street Journal Empire Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ-GM:NYNY) ("Empire") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Monticello Raceway Management, Inc. ("MRMI") are participating in National Problem Gambling Awareness Month ("NPGAM"). The National Council on Problem Gambling...

New York Times Empire Resorts, the company that operates a small slot machine parlor at the Monticello racetrack in the Catskills, unveiled plans on Thursday for a $750 million casino resort nearby, the first of what may turn out to be a dozen competing proposals for...

Queens Chronicle Resorts World Casino New York City announced Feb. 26 a $100,000 donation to City Harvest to fight hunger across the city, during the casino’s first annual Mid-Winter Taste event to benefit City Harvest, featuring food, wine, and cocktails from New...

The Daily Review Jeff Gural, owner of Tioga Downs Casino in Nichols, N.Y. and chairman and CEO of American Racing and Entertainment, announced recently that he will be funding an Honor Flight trip, intended to transport, free of charge, WWII, Korean War, and...

Times Union The pro-casino group Destination Saratoga released a statement Wednesday in which they quote horsemen and others, saying casino gambling would be good for sustaining horse racing in the city. There’s some serious political name-dropping in this. I think...

Times Union At a time when anti-casino advocates here seem to grab much of the spotlight, longtime employees of the Saratoga Casino and Raceway gathered Tuesday to share their stories, saying gaming simply provides good jobs and stability for local families. Roughly a...

WBNG Binghamton The Tioga County legislature approves a unanimous resolution to back the bid for the Tioga Downs Hotel and Casino. Legislators including Martha Sauerbrey said Tioga Downs has been an excellent neighbor for the last seven years. She added the racino was...

Mid-Hudson News Following Governor Cuomo’s announcement that selection of companies to develop gaming casinos in New York will move ahead as early as March, the executive vice president of Empire Resorts, Charles Degliomini, said they now have a "clear path and timing...

Rochester Business Journal Hobart and William Smith Colleges President Mark Gearan will chair the state commission that will decide where four non-Indian casinos will be located in Upstate New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. Cuomo, during his annual State...