Casino proposals

New Jersey to Extend Online Gambling For Five Years

After the move to drastically cut online casino gambling in the state, New Jersey legislators has recently proposed that internet gambling take place for at least five more years. As Associated Press reports, t...

Silverstein Properties And Greenwood Gaming Entertainment Launch Bid For Avenir; Major Competition For New York Licenses

Silverstein Properties, a full-service real-estate development, investment and management company based in New York, has made a bid, together with its gaming partner Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, owner of...

Hastings Racino Operator to Move Racing License to Western Nebraska

Hastings Exposition and Racing, the group which operates horse races in Hastings, has cancelled the plans to open a horse racing casino in this Nebraska city. According to KSNB, the group operated by Brian Beck...

Richmond City Council Votes To Bring To Life Proposed Casino Project; Second Referendum Likely This Fall

During a meeting Monday night, June 12, the Richmond City Council voted 8 to 1 in favor of the bill that would put ONE Casino+Resort back on the November ballot, which will likely move to a second referendum vo...

Seneca Nation Reportedly Negotiating With Hochul Administration For Rochester Casino

Yesterday, on June 12, officials familiar with the ongoing negotiations revealed that the Seneca Nation of Indians and the Hochul administration, aka the New York State governor's administration, are quietly di...

Sen. Jessica Ramos Blocks Mets’ Owner’s Redevelopment Plans Around the Citi Field

Following the recent casino license bid from the Mets' owner Steve Cohen that held the soccer stadium development in the vicinity of the Mets' Citi Field stadium in Queens,  Sen. Jessica Ramos has temporarily b...

Mets’ Owner’s Casino License Bid Holds the Soccer Stadium Development Project

As Front Office Sports reports, Steve Cohen, the owner of Major League Baseball's New York Mets, will not allow the neighboring New York City FC (NYCFC) of Major League Soccer to use the Mets parking lot free o...
nassau

New Casino Lawsuit: Hofstra University V. Nassau County Planning Board

A planning board of Nassau County experiences legal issues over a casino and entertainment resort that was planned to be built in Uniondale. The lawsuit is related to the land-based deal with the Las Vegas Sand...

Tribal Casino Bill Pending Consideration Before Maine Legislature

Portland Press Herald reports that Rep. Ben Collings introduced the bill intended to keep the tribal gambling proposal on the agenda after the state lawmakers decide on the tribal sovereignty bill expected to b...
pennsylvania

PGCB Approves the Nittany Mall Casino Despite the Efforts of Opponents

The casino in the Nittany Mall will be built despite the aggressive campaign against it.  The strong opposition: Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) approved the casino in January, but the anti-casin...