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Bonacic Says Catskills Come First in Planned Casino Bill

Times Herald-Record State Sen. John Bonacic says he plans to introduce casino legislation possibly by next week that would make Sullivan County and the Catskills first in line to get a casino. "I can tell you Sullivan is first," said Bonacic, R-C-Mount Hope, on...

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New York Wins Big With Yonkers' Empire City Casino

Yonkers Daily Voice Casino is among the successful racetracks and casino’s in the country, producing nearly a half billion dollars in economic activity in 2012, according to a new report. The Yonkers Avenue racino attracted over 8 million visitors last year and...

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Empire City at Yonkers Generates Big Numbers

Harness Racing Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway produced nearly a half billion dollars in economic activity and $374 million in revenue for state and local governments in 2012 while supporting nearly 4,000 jobs locally and across the state, according to a new...

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Good Year For Racinos

Daily Gazette The state's nine racinos had a $1.7 billion impact on the state's economy and contributed $823 million for education funding in 2012, according to a report released this morning by the organization that represents the racinos. The New York Gaming...

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New York Racetrack Casinos Took in $1.8 Billion in 2012

Post Standard New York's nine racetrack casinos -- or "racinos" -- took in $1.8 billion last year, according to the first-ever New York Gaming Association's annual report. The report says that $823 million of that money went to schools and that the casinos had a total...

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Study: New York Racino Revenues Up 5 Percent

City & State New York’s racetrack casinos posted record growth in slot machine revenue in the first quarter of this year, according to figures compiled by the New York Gaming Association, an industry group. The state’s nine racetrack casinos saw gross revenues...

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Tioga Downs Posts Record Revenues

WBNG A local racino is lauding record profits in it's annual report to the state and with that, more money for schools. In it's annual report, the racino said it generated $61 million from gaming revenues, which is an increase of two percent over the previous fiscal...

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Vernon Downs Casino Announces Record-Breaking Year

Observer-Dispatch Vernon Downs Casino recently announced record revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31. In 2012-13, the casino’s video lottery terminals generated $43.6 million, an increase of 1 percent from the previous year, according to a news release. "Thanks...

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New York State Cashing in on Racinos

Buffalo Business The New York Gaming Association said Monday that the state’s nine racetrack casinos generated gross gaming revenues of $1.83 billion — up 22 percent over the previous fiscal year. More than $1.2 billion of total revenue was generated for the New York,...

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