This Week in New York Gambling News

By Bennett Liebman

No Sure Bets for Downstate Casinos

New York non-tribal casinos ‘no sure bet,’ DiNapoli says - syracuse.com

Casino Promises Don’t Match Reality, On Politics: New York's casino promises rarely match reality | Crain's New York Business (crainsnewyork.com)

Casinos Miss Revenue Targets

N.Y. Casinos Miss Tax Revenue Targets Ahead of City Expansion (bloomberglaw.com)

Will There Be Manhattan Casinos?

Will We See Casinos in Manhattan, New York? (thesportsgeek.com)

Renderings of the Silverstein Casinos, Silverstein Properties Release Renderings For The Avenir NY Casino (playny.com)

The Odds on the Downstate Casinos

Setting The Odds For All 11 Proposals For Downstate New York Casinos (playny.com)

Gov’s Husband Leaves Delaware North

Governor’s husband, Bill Hochul, leaving Delaware North | News 4 Buffalo (wivb.com)

Governor’s Casino Recusals May Lapse

Hochul's husband leaves Delaware North, recusals may lapse (timesunion.com)pr Hochul’s Casino Recusals May Lapse,

The Wake of Maple Leaf Mel Death

Calls for improved safety measures following Maple Leaf Mel death | WRGB (cbs6albany.com)

Maple Leaf Mel's breakdown at Saratoga leads to soul-searching; NYRA "aspires to" zero deaths | WRVO Public Media

Seventh Horse Dies at Saratoga,per LA Times

Seventh horse dies at Saratoga Race Course in less than a month | The Spokesman-Review,

NYRA Dropped the Ball

O'Rourke to horseplayers: NYRA dropped the ball (drf.com)

NYRA Apologizes

O'Rourke Apologizes for Sunday's Pick 5 Fiasco; Says "We Dropped the Ball" (thoroughbreddailynews.com)

Reflections on the Lost Weekend

FROM OFF THE PACE: Reflecting on Saratoga weekend – Saratogian

NYRA to Seed Pick 5

NYRA to Seed Saturday's Late Pick 5 with Additional $100K (thoroughbreddailynews.com)

ESPN Joins with Penn

ESPN launching sports betting venture with PENN Entertainment (nydailynews.com)

ESPN Joins Sports Gambling Ranks

ESPN Enters Sports Gambling in $2 Billion Deal With Casino Company - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Penn Wants In on New York

ESPN Bet Partner Wants In On NY Sports Betting, Long After Barstool Denial - Legal Sports Report

Sports Betting Earning Calls

Business By The Books: 6 Sports Betting Earnings Calls This Week - Legal Sports Report

NY Sports Betting Numbers, New York Issues Latest Mobile Sports Betting Numbers - Casino Reports - Canada Casino News

Fanatics in NY

Decision On Fanatics' New York Entry Set For September (sportshandle.com)

Joe Faraldo v.Jeff Gural

More thoughts from Joe Faraldo and Jeff Gural - Harness Racing Update

Fantasy Sports and the Gaming Commisssion

New York regulator takes a dig at fantasy sports (timesofcasino.com)

Rush Street and Online NY Casinos

Rush Street CEO Remains Optimistic For Legalization Of NY Online Casinos (playny.com)

Moving the Preakness Date, Report: 1/ST considers moving Preakness date by 2 weeks (horseracingnation.com)

Fantasy Sports as Sports Betting

NY Regulators: Some Daily Fantasy Sports Sites 'Essentially Sports Betting' (playny.com)

Looking Closer at Fantasy Sports

Daily fantasy sports vs. sports betting: Fantasy operators like PrizePicks, Underdog under fire for parlay-style offerings (inquirer.com)

DraftKings on Path to Profitability

DraftKings Stock Is Rising. New Bull Sees Clearer Path to Profitability. | Barron's (barrons.com)

FanDuel Turns Profitable

Flutter’s US Unit FanDuel Turns Profit Before NYC Listing - Bloomberg