This Week in New York Gambling News

By Bennett Liebman

Questions and Answers on Downstate Casinos, 08.30.23.round1questionsanswers.pdf (ny.gov)

The Q and A

Bidders Questions Are Answered

Downstate casino process advances as state finally answers bidders’ questions | Crain's New York Business (crainsnewyork.com)

First Set of Casinos Answers

First Set Of Downstate NY Casino Questions Finally Have Answers (playny.com)

Regulators Issue Answers, New York Regulators Issue Answers To New York Casino Hopefuls (usbets.com)

Support for Coney Island Casino

Coney Island Casino Project Gaining Local Support (playny.com)

Strategy for Local Support in NY

Casino Operators and Children: The Strategy for Local Support - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Governor Hochul No Longer Recused on Casinos

Governor Hochul No Longer Recused From Seneca Nation Gaming Negotiations | NewsRadio WHAM 1180 (iheart.com)

How Will NY Handle Online Casinos

How Advertising, Marketing Will Look Once NY Online Casinos Launch (playny.com)

Fixing Toxic Work Environment at the Gaming Commission

Editorial: Gaming Commission’s 'toxic' work environment must be fixed (timesunion.com)

Gaming Commission Denies Toxic Workplace

Gaming Commission head denies claims of 'toxic' workplace (timesunion.com)

Tonko Bill Not Making Progress

NY Congressman's Sports Betting Ad Ban Not Making Progress (playny.com)

Sports Betting Steady-y in NY,

Sports Betting Figures in New York Remain Steady Week-Over-Week (covers.com)

What’s Next for Wynn in NY

After Contraction In Other States, What's Next For WynnBet NY? (nysportsday.com)

Ontario Bans Use of Pro Athletes in Sport Betting Ads

Ontario bans use of pro athletes to advertise, market online sports betting | CBC News

The MJ of Sports Betting

BOZICH | The Michael Jordan of sports betting learned to wager (and survive) in Louisville | Sports | wdrb.com

Understanding Free Bets

State Policymakers Should Understand the Odds Before Subsidizing 'Free Bets' | Tax Policy Center

Gambling Scandal and a Rejected Bet

The Rejected Bet That Launched a Gambling Scandal in College Sports - WSJ

Hiding Saratoga Horse Deaths

Churchill: Hiding Saratoga horse deaths conceals truth about sport (timesunion.com)

NYRA Should Have Cancelled

» MacAdam: NYRA should’ve canceled Sunday’s card at Saratoga (dailygazette.com)

No Evidence of Track Problems

'No Evidence' of Issues with Tracks, According to NYRA's O'Rourke (thoroughbreddailynews.com)

HISA Looking at Saratoga

Federal authority investigating Saratoga Race Course horse deaths (timesunion.com)

NYRA Defends Track Surface

‘No issues to competitors’ – NYRA defends track surfaces as racing resumes at Saratoga | Topics: NYRA, Saratoga, Saratoga Race Course | Thoroughbred Racing Commentary

HBPA Attacks HISA

HBPA: 'Best Of Both Worlds' For HISA Is 'Worst Of All Worlds' For Horsemen (thoroughbreddailynews.com)

Batavia Downs and Historic Racing

Batavia Downs considers historical horse racing | News | lockportjournal.com

Mark Casse on Racing’s Future, `We're Not Going to Have to Worry About Tradition. We're Going to Be History.' Q and A With Mark Casse (thoroughbreddailynews.com)

Steven Crist Argues for Dirt Racing

An Argument for Dirt: Letter to the Editor, by Steven Crist (thoroughbreddailynews.com)

Groups Helped End Golden Gates Horse Racing

Opinion: Groups helped end horse racing at Golden Gate Fields (berkeleyside.org)

Looking for Answers at Saratoga

» Saratoga Race Course: In looking for answers following latest horse deaths, the numbers won’t help — TAG at the Track (dailygazette.com)

Addabbo Hosting Problem Gambling Meetings

Addabbo Hosting NY Problem Gambling Zoom Meeting For 'Public Good' (playny.com)

Synthetics and the Future of Racing, Op/Ed: Synthetics, Fans, and the Future of Racing (thoroughbreddailynews.com)