RacinosNew York Gaming
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Racino hopeful asks racing board chairman to recuse himself from license decision (2/13/2019)
(New Mexico) -- A company seeking state approval to build a horse-racing track in Clovis has asked the chairman of the New Mexico Racing Commission to recuse himself...
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Lewis: What’s next for Empire after closing racino? (1/27/2019)
(New York) -- Empire Resorts’ decision to pull the plug on gaming at its Monticello Casino Raceway was unfortunate. But it was also inevitable. Practical. Logical...
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Monticello Raceway casino closing; harness track remains open (1/22/2019)
(New York) -- The casino operation at the Monticello Casino and Raceway will soon close, but the harness racing track will stay open for now. Empire Resorts, the...
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Another roll of the dice: Schenectady's Rivers, Saratoga's racino get new Mass. neighbor (8/5/2018)
(New York) -- The crowded Northeast gambling industry will gain a new player in less than three weeks, as one of two large casinos under construction in Massachusetts...
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Ohio Gaming
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Analysis: Racino, multifamily deals loom large on commercial sales list (2/10/2019)
(Ohio) -- First, let's address the racehorse in the room. The enormous deal at the top of our list ranking the largest commercial property sales of 2018 isn't...
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VLT Play Cools Off at Racino in January (2/9/2019)
(Ohio) -- Last week’s polar vortex likely put a chill on visitors to Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course and wagers on video lottery terminals there....
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VLT Play Dips Month-Over-Month at Racino (12/15/2018)
(Ohio) -- November wagers on video lottery terminals at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course totaled $91.6 million, down more than $4.6 million from the month...
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Ohio racino revenue up in October; casino revenue flat (11/9/2018)
(Ohio) -- Ohio casino and racino gambling revenue totaled $150 million in October, up 3.6 percent over October a year ago, according to reports released this week by the...
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Austintown racino reveals outside patio expansion (9/1/2018)
(Ohio) -- Gamblers will be able to enjoy the new outdoor expansion at Hollywood Gaming in Austintown this holiday weekend. The racino revealed the expansion Friday that...
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Ohio gambling revenue figures show continued growth among the state's racinos (8/11/2018)
(Ohio) -- New gambling revenue figures released this week showed Ohio's seven slots-only racinos continue to outpace the state's four full-fledged casinos. The...
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Catskills Casino
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Upstate gaming woes? Catskills racino shuts slots, keeps track open (1/23/2019)
(New York) -- In what may be the latest sign of trouble in the Upstate New York casino industry, the Monticello Casino and Raceway in the Catskills is closing down its...
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New Mexico Gaming
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Racino Owners Gave To Governor's Campaign, Teachers Union Leader Sues Over Statehouse Tumble (1/6/2019)
(New Mexico) -- New Mexico's five horse racetracks and casinos and their owners contributed at least $60,000 in political donations to the campaign of Gov. Michelle...
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As racing commission delays racino license, Tucumcari contender remains confident in chances (1/5/2019)
(New Mexico) -- As the New Mexico Racing Commission continues to delay a decision on issuing the state's sixth and final racino, the cities in the running are...
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New Mexico governor gets donations linked to racino bids (1/3/2019)
(New Mexico) -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's campaign received more than $25,000 in donations from individuals and companies with ties to a group seeking New Mexico...
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New Mexico racinos, owners gave $60K to governor’s campaign (1/3/2019)
(New Mexico) -- The state’s five horse-racing tracks oppose another track in New Mexico, saying the increased competition for racehorses and wagering dollars would...
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Lujan Grisham’s campaign received thousands linked to racino bids (1/2/2019)
(New Mexico) -- Individuals and companies with ties to a group seeking state approval to build a horse-racing track and slot machine casino in Clovis donated more than $...
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Legal stalemate clouds fate of New Mexico racino license (12/29/2018)
(New Mexico) -- New Mexico horse racing regulators on Friday reluctantly decided for a third time to put off a vote on issuing the state's sixth and final license...
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Legal stalemate clouds fate of New Mexico racino license (12/28/2018)
(New Mexico) -- New Mexico horse racing regulators on Friday reluctantly decided for a third time to put off a vote on issuing the state’s sixth and final license...
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New Mexico Racing Commission to hold special meeting on Friday for racino (12/26/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Racing Commission will hold another special meeting on December 28 to consider granting a license that would allow a new facility for...
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Legal wrangling delays decision on New Mexico racino license (12/24/2018)
(New Mexico) -- New Mexico regulators marked another special meeting Friday without making a final decision on the state's sixth and final license for a horse...
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New Mexico racino decision delayed again (12/23/2018)
(New Mexico) -- New Mexico regulators are once again putting off a decision about the state's sixth and final license for a new horse racetrack and casino. The...
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Clovis and Tucumcari horse racetrack and casino still on hold (12/21/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Racing Commission has still not voted on awarding the state’s sixth license to Clovis or Tucumcari for a horse racetrack and casino.
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Legal wrangling delays decision on New Mexico racino license (12/21/2018)
(New Mexico) -- New Mexico regulators marked another special meeting Friday without making a final decision on the state's sixth and final license for a horse...
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Bidders for Final New Mexico Racino License Left in Limbo as Racing Commission Postpones Decision (12/8/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Racing Commission (NMRC) will keep bidders for the state’s sixth and final racino license on tenterhooks, after an eleventh-hour...
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Legal challenge delays decision on new horse-racing track (12/6/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Racing Commission on Thursday postponed a decision on issuing a license for a new horse-racing track, raising the possibility that the...
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New Mexico regulators delay decision on racino license (12/6/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Bidders vying for a license to build New Mexico’s sixth and final horse racetrack and casino will have to wait longer for a final decision after...
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State puts off decision on sixth racino (12/6/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Racing Commission announced Thursday it will not make a decision on the state’s sixth and final racetrack-casino until it responds...
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Racinos object to sixth license (12/5/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The state’s five racetrack-casinos have asked the New Mexico Racing Commission not to issue a sixth racing license this year, saying that doing so...
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Mescalero tribe supports Tucumcari racino (12/4/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The Mescalero Apache tribe told the New Mexico Racing Commission a horse-racing track and casino in Clovis would create a multimillion-dollar effect on...
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EDITORIAL: State needs its blinders off to consider a sixth racino (11/26/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Gov. Susana Martinez has just five weeks left in office, but her administration isn’t calling it a day just yet. Among items still on the to-do list is...
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State releases racino feasibility report (11/18/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Racing Commission has released a feasibility study exploring the viability of a sixth racetrack-casino in the state, as well as an...
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New Mexico: Five Bidders Hoping To Snag One Remaining Racino License (11/12/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Racetracks across the country have closed in recent years but in New Mexico, five companies have submitted proposals to build a new one. They're all...
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The race for the racino (11/11/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Racinos, like the horses that run there, are ambitious entities. These combination racetrack-casinos promise jobs and economic investment to the cities...
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New Mexico panel to decide on horse-racing track in December (11/1/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Racing Commission is scheduled to decide by early December whether to issue a license for a new horse-racing track. The Santa Fe New...
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Quay could use racino boost (10/12/2018)
(New Mexico) -- At the risk of alienating real or potential readers in various parts of the state, I am using my space this week to advocate for my home town Tucumcari...
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Throng turns out for racino presentation (10/12/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Show up, they did. More than 1,100 people crammed into the Tucumcari Convention Center's main ballroom Thursday afternoon to hear Coronado Partners...
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The racino ‘race’ continues: New Mexico Racing Commission hears Clovis bids (10/5/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Eastern New Mexico is one step closer to becoming the potential home of New Mexico’s sixth and final racino. The race is on across the state of New...
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New Mexico to consider applications for final racino license [reg req] (9/23/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Racing Commission will conduct three public hearings concerning applications for the state’s sixth and final available license for a...
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Meetings Planned for Groups Applying for Racino License (9/8/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The groups applying for the racino license are one step closer to achieving their goal. There are three meetings planned for the five different groups...
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The race for the last racino: Companies look to Clovis, Tucumcari for New Mexico's sixth and final racino (8/24/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The race is on for the last "racino" in New Mexico and there's an 80-percent chance it could land in Eastern New Mexico, just miles from...
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Five racino applicants line up at the starting gate (8/23/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Five applicants are at the starting gate as the race begins to award the state’s sixth racino, a combination horse race track and gambling casino....
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Racetrack with ‘moving grandstand’ proposed in New Mexico (8/23/2018)
(New Mexico) -- A Las Vegas casino executive is proposing a new racetrack and casino in eastern New Mexico with a “moving grandstand” that will allow an...
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Applicants for next New Mexico racetrack casino down to 5 (8/21/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The number of companies seeking to build New Mexico’s sixth horse-racing track and slot machine casino has shrunk to five. Eight groups told the...
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Clovis racino draws another player (8/20/2018)
(New Mexico) -- The race is on for the state’s sixth and last racino license, and the Clovis area is looming large as the place to do business. Full House Resorts...
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Full House Resorts New Mexico racetrack to have moving grandstand (8/20/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Las Vegas casino executive Dan Lee is hoping to make horse racing exciting again while catapulting his company into the gaming industry’s bigger...
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Kentucky Gaming
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Judge rules instant racing machines don't violate Kentucky state constitution (10/25/2018)
(Kentucky) -- A Kentucky circuit court judge has ruled that gambling devices in operation at four facilities in the state comply with the state’s definition of...
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Kentucky Court Designates Historical Racing Machines as Legal Pari-Mutuel Betting, Not Slots (10/25/2018)
(Kentucky) -- In a case that has kicked around in the judicial system for nearly eight years, a Kentucky Circuit Court ruled this week that historical horse racing...
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MGM Resorts
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Yonkers: End of an era as sale to MGM nearing completion (10/12/2018)
(New York) -- Saturday’s $1,000,000 Yonkers International Trot will be a celebration of everything that is great about Yonkers Raceway while at the same time...
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Ontario Gaming
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Province says slots-at-racetrack program back; no word on Fort Erie (10/11/2018)
(Ontario) -- In a news release touting his accomplishments from his first 100 days in office, the office of Ontario Premier Doug Ford wrote that the slots-at-racetrack...
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Pennsylvania Gaming
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Placing a winning bet on horse racing (8/26/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- Horse racing has always had an allure, a glamorous dash of the stylish and the seedy that’s made it the subject of far-flung fiction (e.g....
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Other News
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Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino celebrates 60 years of live racing (12/21/2018)
(Texas) -- Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino is celebrating 60 years of live racing. The entertainment venue invited the media to its annual trackside brunch on Friday.
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Dover Downs casino to be open on Christmas (12/20/2018)
(Delaware) -- For the first time since Delaware approved slot machines in 1994 you can legally gamble on Christmas. Included in the casino relief bill approved at the...
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September VLT Play Down at Austintown Racino (10/12/2018)
(Ohio) -- After two months at $102 million, wagering on video lottery terminals at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course dipped below the $100 million mark in...
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Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino Selects Aristocrat System, Games for Its Remodel (5/22/2018)
(New Mexico) -- Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino in Ruidoso, N.M. has leveraged its existing partnership with Aristocrat to upgrade its Oasis 360 casino management...
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Kentucky Derby a reminder of horse racing's 'casino connection' (5/3/2018)
(Kentucky) -- Saturday’s running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs serves as a reminder of how close the very different worlds of casino entertainment and...
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Vernon Downs to open 2018 racing season with no talk of financial woes (4/18/2018)
(New York) -- The 2018 harness racing season begins Friday, April 20, at Vernon Downs in Oneida County. This year, unlike 2017, there are no delays to the season opener...
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Vernon Downs prepares for upcoming racing season (4/18/2018)
(New York) -- Vernon Downs paints an optimistic picture, with some minor challenges, as it gets ready for a new racing season. Vernon Downs was on the verge of closing...
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Hialeah track and casino owner Brunetti gets a big send-off (3/17/2018)
(Florida) -- Business leaders come and go, but very few had the influence of John Brunetti. Long-time Hialeah Park track announcer Tom Durkin likely phrased it best:...
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Creative Gambling with Small Bankroll at the Races (2/17/2018)
(Philadelphia) -- Recently a friend and I were at the racetrack and had each gone flat broke fairly early in the day’s card. Neither of us wanted to go home just yet,...
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Tioga Downs celebrates first year since casino expansion (2/17/2018)
(New York) -- Tioga Downs Casino is celebrating a year of tremendous growth and progress. December marked a year since the casino resort completed its gaming floor...
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Janney On ‘Disgraceful And Sad’ Pennsylvania Events: ‘It Gives All Of Racing A Black Eye’ (8/14/2017)
(Pennsylvania) -- My sense is that we are at a crossroads. There are many signs of hope, progress and accomplishment. We are taking steps to make our horses safer as...
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Town Hall to focus on racino spending (8/13/2017)
(Indiana) -- How to spend the city’s racino funds will be the topic of the latest Town Hall public forum hosted by Shelbyville City Councilman Brad Ridgeway.
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State again accepting track-casino applications (8/3/2017)
(Pennsylvania) -- A harness racing license, held for almost 10 years by entities with ties to Lawrence County, is again on the block. The state Harness Racing Commission...
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Hialeah Park Racing & Casino (7/24/2017)
(Florida) -- In 1922, Missouri cattleman James Bright and aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss got together and founded the Miami Kennel Club as the first pari-mutuel...
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Editorial: Racino bill needs more vetting (7/22/2017)
(New York) -- Before Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs any legislation to allow the Saratoga racino and other medium-sized racinos to keep more of their net winnings, he should...
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State Bailout Saves N.Y. Racino From Closure (7/13/2017)
(New York) -- There are 300 very happy people at New York’s Vernon Downs this week. The Syracuse-area racetrack and racino will not close, as was announced last...
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Racino sees large increase in wagering (7/7/2017)
(Ohio) -- Wagering on Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course’s video lottery terminals jumped nearly $119 million over the past year. The Austintown...
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Jeff Gural Plans to Close Vernon Downs Unless Tax Break Issued for Struggling Racino (6/24/2017)
(New York) -- New York real estate developer Jeff Gural says he can no longer justify keeping Vernon Downs open for business unless the state gives him a substantial tax...
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Canterbury Park transforms from racetrack to entertainment destination (6/18/2017)
(Minnesota) -- On a track built for horses, sometimes lap dogs make it to the winner’s circle. With interest in traditional derby racing on the wane, racetracks...
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Austintown racino has new general manager (6/8/2017)
(Ohio) -- Anthony “Tony” M. Frabbiele has been named general manager of Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course, effective June 14.
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