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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...
Tioga Downs to match donations to the 4th Annual Turkey Drive to help feed neighbors in need
Owegopennysaver The Food Bank of the Southern Tier announces that from now through Dec. 31, Tioga Downs Casino Racing and Entertainment will sponsor the 4th Annual Turkey Drive to ensure that Southern Tier families in need can enjoy a plentiful holiday meal. Tioga...
Art show coming to Aqueduct Race Track
Queens Chronicle The grandstand walls at Aqueduct Racetrack will serve as canvasses for 11 contemporary urban artists who will transform the first floor of New York City’s only racetrack into a horse racing-themed street art show for "Aqueduct Murals," opening to the...
Tioga Downs Breaks Ground On New Garage
WENY News Tioga Downs is already expanding just days after New York voters approved Proposition 1 to allow table games in in the state. Monday morning, Tioga Downs officially broke ground for a new indoor parking garage. President and CEO Jeff Gural began designing...
Tioga Downs will match donations to 4th annual Turkey Drive
WBNG Binghamton The Food Bank of the Southern Tier has announced that from now through December 31st, Tioga Downs Casino Racing & Entertainment will sponsor the 4th Annual Turkey Drive to ensure that Southern Tier families in need can enjoy a plentiful holiday...
Resorts World Casino And Elected Officials Team Up To Honor Heroes Wth Veteran's Day Ceremony
Queens Gazette On Veterans Day, November 11, 2013 Resorts World Casino New York City hosted a Veterans Day ceremony, with special guests Lt. Col. Clayton F. Lawrence and Audley Coulthurst of the Tuskegee Airmen. In attendance were veterans from across the borough, as...
Tioga Downs plans to break ground following passage of casino gaming law
The Daily Review On Tuesday, New York State voters had an opportunity to vote on Proposition One, an amendment that will allow casino gaming in New York State. According to New York State's Governor Andrew Cuomo, who visited the Southern Tier on Wednesday and...
Vote validates Saratoga Casino's $30M bet
Albany Business Review Jim Featherstonhaugh will tell you nothing really changed in his life last night, when a majority of New York voters agreed to allow full-blown casinos to be built. At the least, though, the vote vindicated the calculated bets that...
Gaming insiders welcome New York’s approval of Las Vegas-style casinos
Las Vegas Review-Journal The gaming industry’s batting order may have landed a new clean-up hitter. The overwhelming approval by New York voters of a referendum on Tuesday that will add seven Las Vegas-style casinos to the Empire State was welcomed by gaming insiders...