This Week in New York Gambling

By Bennett Liebman

Community Promises from  the Times Square Casino

$15M Saved For Hell's Kitchen Programs If Caesars NY Casino Gets License (playny.com)

Jay-Z Promises $250 Million to Locals

Jay-Z Promises $250 Million to Hell's Kitchen If He Wins Casino Bid (robbreport.com)

Tenant Leader Offered Contract from Jay-Z Company

Tenant Leader Who Once Ripped ‘Predatory’ Roc Nation Casino Bid Was Offered $20,000 Monthly Contract from Jay-Z Owned Company | THE CITY — NYC News

Hudson Yards Casino Faces Local Opposition

Hudson Yards Casino Proposal Met by Fierce Local Opposition (covers.com)

Lavish Plans for the Cohen Casino

Proposed lavish Citi Field casino and park revealed in fresh detailed images (nypost.com)

Cohen  Plans to Begin City Review

Cohen's casino plan to begin city review while questions about state approval remain — Queens Daily Eagle (queenseagle.com)

What’s Next for the NY Casinos?

Complete guide to who's game for NYC area's next casinos (nypost.com)

Opposition Mad about LV Sands

Opposition Group Mad About LVS Outsourcing Nassau Coliseum Obligations (casino.org)

Will the Eric Adams Indictment Impact Casinos?

Will Eric Adams’ Indictment Impact New York’s Casino Review?

Wynn and Resorts Under Scrutiny

Wynn, Resorts World Under Scrutiny in Lead-Up to NY License Bid (bonus.com)

Expansion at Jake’s 58

Jake's 58 Casino Breaks Ground on New Building, Parking Garage

 Byron Brown’s Contract at Western OTB

Mayor Byron Brown offered $295,000 OTB contract | wgrz.com

Brown Set to be  Top Paid OTB Executive

Buffalo Mayor Brown set to be New York's top-paid OTB executive : Investigative Post

ESPN Bet Live in New York

ESPN BET Now Accepting Bets in New York Through Soft Launch (sportsbettingdime.com)

Can ESPN Impact New York Betting?

Can ESPN BET Impact the New York Sports Betting Scene? (actionnetwork.com)

NY Regulator Rips DraftKings

NY Regulator: DraftKings’ Gaming Surcharge Plan was ‘Misleading’ (covers.com)

Sports Gambling Was a Mistake

Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake - The Atlantic

SAFE Act as Threat

The SAFE Bet Act Is A Viable Threat To The Gaming Industry (casinoreports.com)

Text of the Safe Betting Act

BILLS-118hr9590ih.pdf (congress.gov)

Massive Growth in US Betting

FanDuel Forecasting Massive Growth in U.S. Sports Betting and iGaming (covers.com)

What Will Gaming Look Like in 2030?

What Will the U.S. iGaming Landscape Look Like in 2030? (actionnetwork.com)

Closure of Freehold Raceway

Horse racing community says closure of Freehold Raceway will have negative financial impacts (news12.com)

How Lab Director Faked Results

How UK learned former equine lab director faked test results | Lexington Herald Leader (kentucky.com)

Provisional Suspension Lifted for Trainer Duarte

Duarte has provisional suspension lifted (drf.com)

HISA Decision Put on Hold by Sup.Ct.

Supreme Court Puts HISA Decision on Hold, For Now - BloodHorse

Supreme Court Stays HISA Unconstitutionality Decision

Supreme Court keeps federal horse racing law on books, for now | Courthouse News Service

Hamelback on HISA

Hamelback: Letter to the industry - Past The Wire

Sweepstakes Casinos and  the Future of Online Gambling

How Sweepstakes Casinos Might Drive The Future of Online Gambling (vegasinsider.com)

Pathways  for Election Gambling

District Court Charts Pathway for Election Gambling | BakerHostetler - JDSupra