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N.Y. Racetracks: Gaming Spurs Job Creation
The Journal News By Joseph Spector ALBANY -- In a bid to build support for getting full-scale casinos, the state’s nine racetracks released a report Thursday touting the tracks’ economic benefits. The report from the New York Gaming Association, the tracks’ lobbying...
Racino $2B sure thing
New York Post Ka-ching! New York has hit the jackpot with the stream of cash rolling in from the state’s nine racinos, including the new gambling parlor at Aqueduct Racetrack, according to a report released yesterday. The network of racinos generated about $2 billion...
New York study shows $1.96B casino impact
Daily Racing Form By Matt Hegarty A group representing New York racetrack-casino operators on Thursday released a study it funded purporting to measure the economic impact of casinos as part of a public-relations campaign to get table games legalized at their...
Study: New York Gaming Association Members Creating Jobs
The Business Council - Capital Business Blog By Heather Jung New York Gaming Association (NYGA) members generated approximately $1.96 billion annually in economic output including wages and salaries and the purchase of goods and services, according to a new economic...
Gaming Association: New York made more than $1 billion from racetrack casinos
The Post-Standard By Charles McChesney Albany, NY -- Nine racetrack casinos generated nearly $2 billion in economic output, according to a study released Thursday by the New York Gaming Association. The economic impact analysis by New York firm Appleseed found the...
New York Gaming Association Predicts $3.3 Billion Boom From Legalized Gambling
YNN The New York Gaming Association has released a new report suggesting that legalizing full casino gambling in the state would "generate more than $3.3 billion in economic output, which includes wages, salaries and the purchase of goods and services." It goes on to...
Batavia Downs lining up support to offer table games in full-service casino
The Batavian Leaders of Western Regional Off-track Betting Corp. are lining up support to turn Batavia Downs into a full-service casino and they took their case to the Genesee County Legislature on Wednesday. In a meeting with the Ways and Means Committee, three...
Report Helps NY Racetrack Casinos Make Case
Blood Horse By Tom LaMarra A report done for the New York Gaming Association says the organization’s members—nine racetrack casinos in the state—generate almost $2 billion a year in "economic output," with support for horse racing and breeding accounting for $368...
New York's racetracks, lottery show revenue increase
Poughkeepsie Journal Despite a weakened economy and high unemployment, gambling in New York continues to soar as the state debates whether to legalize casinos, according to records from the state lottery. Sales of traditional lottery games — such as the multistate...
Push for Expanded Gambling Intensifies in NY
Blood Horse Legislation is popping up in New York to permit additional casinos across the state, with other versions of bills placing the expanded gambling offerings at existing racetrack casinos. And there is a new effort to permit sports betting in the state. The...