WKTV With racing season finally underway at Vernon Downs, the facility has begun working on some major improvements to enhance the race day experience. Owner Jeff Gural was on hand, Monday, for a ground-breaking ceremony for a new parking garage that will ease the...

Times Herald-Record "Developers competing to build casino hotels in the Hudson Valley and Catskills promise thousands of jobs to boost the region's economy, a key factor the state will weigh when it selects which projects win gaming licenses. The state is looking for...

The Daily Review Watkins Glen International announced Tioga Downs Casino as the premier sponsor of the VIP Experience at Finger Lakes Wine Festival presented by Yancey's Fancy New York's Artisan Cheese, July 11-13. The VIP Experience presented by Tioga Downs is an...

Harnesslink When Yonkers Raceway returns from hiatus, it does so with an across-the-board purse increase. Beginning Friday, June 13, the Raceway offers an increase of approximately 15 percent on all overnight races. The new purse structure shall range from $10,000...

Times Union After months of contentious debate, the owners of the Saratoga Casino and Raceway have abandoned plans for a full-blown casino at Saratoga Springs' 10-year-old racino in favor of a new site off Interstate 90 in East Greenbush. The move fundamentally resets...

Wall Street Journal Empire Resorts, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "Empire") (NASDAQ-GM:NYNY) today submitted the $1 million application fee to the New York State Gaming Commission for a destination gaming resort license ("Gaming Facility License") in the...

Brighton-Pittsford Post Excited fans swarmed trackside as jockeys and horses pounded across the finish line on opening day of Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack’s 52nd live thoroughbred racing season. "Its great to have racing back as it brings added energy to the...

Owego Penny Saver Tioga Downs Casino is proud to announce their Summer Concert Series lineup. The 2014 Series kicks off on May 30 with legendary rock group "Tommy James and the Shondells", 70s hit-makers "Kansas" follow on June 20, and "Yes" inaugurates Independence...

The Wall Street Journal After the publication of the New York Gaming Facility Siting Board's Request for Applications which calls for a development plan that includes workforce training programs, Empire Resorts, Inc. ("Empire") (NASDAQ-GM:NYNY) announced it has begun...

Democrat & Chronicle Fine dining — under a moniker most synonymous with culinary prestige — meets high-end gaming at the new delectable addition to the Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack "racino." Wolfgang Puck Express, a new restaurant in the recently expanded...