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Resorts World Casino Hosts NY Cares Coat Drive Through End Of January
Queens Gazette This winter, Resorts World Casino New York City will host a NY Cares Coat Drive at its facility, near the coat check area on the Times Square level, to help provide crucial layers of warmth for those in need. The drive starts on Monday, December 9th and...
Tioga Downs’ good candidate for gaming
The Daily Review Over the last couple of years, our area readership has been kept informed of the efforts by Jeff Gural, owner of Tioga Downs Casino in Nichols, N.Y. and CEO of American Racing and Entertainment, LLC, to bring gaming to his River Road casino. The...
Business owner helps casino donate toys to needy families
News 12 The Empire City casino in Yonkers is donating more than 500 toys and coats to needy kids and families for the holidays, with the help of a generous business owner. Business owner Josh Blake has been in charge of the toy drive for the past three years. After...
Pro-Casino Coalition Launches In Saratoga Springs
WAMC A new pro-casino coalition of community members and business owners is entering the discussion surrounding casino development in Saratoga Springs. The group Destination Saratoga announced at a press conference that it is seeking to convince area residents that...
Barbara Bedell: Raceway to host children's holiday party
Times Herald-Record The third annual children's holiday party at Monticello Casino & Raceway will begin at 12:30 p.m. Sunday when Bob Beauregard, one of Santa's helpers, arrives in the Winner's Circle in a horse-drawn jog cart. Children are invited to welcome...
Franklin Community Center Receives Funding From Saratoga Casino and Raceway Foundation
Saratoga Today Saratoga Casino and Raceway Foundation recently gave an award of $2000 to support Project Lift, Franklin Community Center’s after school prevention program. Project Lift strives to educate youth on the dangers of drugs, alcohol and gambling through...
Drivers donate to injured horseman
Post Star The drivers at Saratoga Casino and Raceway will donate 5 percent of their drivers fee on Wednesday to fellow horseman Anthony Coletta. Coletta, 31, from Jersey City, N.J., was critically injured in a four-horse accident at Harrah’s Philadelphia Racetrack on...
Job Readiness Day For Veterans In Westchester
Talk of the Sound Unemployment is particularly high among veterans - about 6.3 percent compared to 7.3 percent nationwide. For those returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, unemployment is even higher - at about 10 percent. County Executives Robert P. Astorino and Mary...
Gambling expansion looming, breeders, horsemen urge racing industry protections
The Saratogian Horses and the racing industry yield major economic benefits and jobs, representatives of breeders and horsemen told legislators Tuesday, urging that protective measures be taken as New York enters the new casino era. "Our (thoroughbred) industry was...
7th Annual Toy & Coat Drive Kicks Off to Help Families in Need
Yonkers Tribune For the seventh consecutive year, Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway and Catholic Charities will team up to make the holiday season a little warmer and a little brighter for families in need. Empire City will host the 17-day "Christmas Spirit Toy...