New York

Light & Wonder Extends Global Licensing Partnership With WBDGTE To Offer Premium Games To Players Online

Yesterday, July 12, Light & Wonder Inc., formerly Scientific Games Corp, a flagship developer of land-based and digital games based in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with its affiliates, revealed an extended mult...

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...

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...

Seneca Nation Unveils New 20-Year Gaming Compact With New York State

After several months of discussions, on June 7, the Seneca Nation of Indians revealed that it had struck an agreement in principle with New York State on the newest 20-year casino gaming compact to continue man...

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...
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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...

VICI Properties Inc. Signs Definitive Agreements To Purchase Four Properties From Century Casinos Inc.

On May 17, VICI Properties Inc., a New York-based real estate investment trust, disclosed that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the real estate properties of Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton,...

WARN Notice Submitted By Vernon Downs; Casino Prepares To Close

New York's Vernon Downs Hotel Casino has filed a WARN notice with the New York State Department of Labor outlining plans to officially close by the end of this year and discharge all 249 of its workers. Plan...

Nassau County Enters Into Lease Agreement With Las Vegas Sands To Bring Casino To Area

Yesterday, Nassau County, New York, signed a lease agreement with Las Vegas Sands, an American casino and resort company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, offering the company control of the Nassau Coliseum site for ...

Hofstra Lawsuit Claims Nassau Planning Commission Breached Open Meetings Law

Yesterday, Hofstra University, a private university in Hempstead, filed a lawsuit against the Nassau County Planning Commission for supposedly breaching state open meetings law when it called a hearing on a $4 ...

New York Sports Betting Hit Record $163.6 Million Revenue in March

New York sports betting operators had a record monthly performance in March. According to the source, the New York State Gaming Commission reported that the sports betting operators in the Empire State generate...

Las Vegas Planning Commission Next Week Considers 60-Story “Harlem Nights” Resort Development

Shlomo Meiri, a self-described “crazy developer” based in Beverly Hills, California, has proposed the development of a 60-story resort for the Las Vegas Historic West Side. The gigantic development of the prope...