This Week in New York Gambling News
By Bennett Liebman
Downstate Casinos
New York's big bet: The race to build a New York City casino (ny1.com)
Campaign Cash and Casinos
Campaign cash flows in casino fight (ny1.com) Local Opposition to Casinos
Casino companies face serious community opposition (ny1.com)
Three Casinos Up for Grabs
Three Downstate Casino Licenses are Up for Grabs: Everything You Need To Know (gothamgazette.com)
Senecas Seek Compact
ARMSTRONG: Seneca Nation seeks fair gaming compact | Opinion | niagara-gazette.com
Hochul Recuses from Seneca Deal
Gov. Hochul recuses herself from Seneca casino compact talks (buffalonews.com)
iGaming in New York
Legal New York iGaming a matter of when, not if (qns.com)
Billionaires Want NY Casinos
Billionaires Vie for New York’s Coveted Casino License (curbed.com)
Steve Cohen and the Parking Lots
Mets Owner Playing Hardball with Parking Lots for Future Soccer Stadium - THE CITY
Sands in Court
$4 Billion Las Vegas Sands NY Casino Project Heads To Court (playny.com)
Sands’ Nassau Coliseum Lease
New Nassau County Coliseum lease - Newsday
Garden City Against Sands
Garden City Mayor Thinks Nassau Casino Deal 'Worse Than Bad Idea' | Garden City, NY Patch
Lottery Moves Down the block
Jay-Z Wants Times Square, Jay-Z begs New York to choose him for Times Square casino (nypost.com)
Stuart Rabinowitz Alleged Conflict
Stuart Rabinowitz's role in selecting new casinos a 'conflict' (nypost.com)
Jay-Z’s Open Letter
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Publishes Open Letter in Casino Bid – Rolling Stone
Vernon Downs Wants Tax Relief
Vernon Downs owner says track/racino will close without tax break (timesunion.com)
Saving Vernon Downs
NY Times and Betting Backlash
First came the sports betting boom. Now comes the backlash (startribune.com)
Looking Back at PASPA
Looking Back At The Improbable Repeal Of PASPA (gambling.com)
Pletcher and the Forte Delays
Pletcher attorney requested Forte hearing be delayed until after Triple Crown (drf.com)
Bob Baffert Kvetches
Fanatics and PointsBet
Fanatics to Buy PointsBet’s U.S. Arm, Accelerating Betting Push – Sportico.com
Casino Buffet Workers v. Resorts World
Casino's buffet workers win revival of lawsuit over abrupt layoffs | Reuters
Jockey Club on HISA
Jockey Club boss addresses "mistruths" over new horse racing act - Horsetalk.co.nz
USTA on the Jockey Club
An open letter to The Jockey Club from the USTA – U.S. Trotting News (ustrottingnews.com)
Fun With Fraud and Sports Betting
Man bragged 'fraud is fun' before allegedly hacking website (nypost.com)The latest on Saffie Joseph in New York - Past The Wire
Former Sergeant Found Guilty of Tipping
Fixed Odds and Horseracing
Launch of fixed-odds app for horseracing marks a first for the US | Racing Post
The Gold Rush in Sports Betting
Post-PASPA: An Oral History Of The U.S. Sports Betting Gold Rush (sportshandle.com)