BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An arbitration panel has sided with New York state in its bid to continue collecting more than $100 million a year from the Seneca Indian Nation’s three casinos. The western New York tribe stopped sharing casino ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. — A proposed Las Vegas-style casino in the Southern Tier is moving closer to a final decision. The board that recommended a full casino license for Tioga Downs last fall is scheduled to formally adopt their findings Tuesday ...

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ALBANY — Opponents of a casino planned for New York’s Finger Lakes have gathered at the state Capitol to urge gambling regulators to reject the project. Speakers at Tuesday’s protest of the Lago Resort and Casino called on the state’s ...

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TYRE  — Construction of a new casino in the Finger Lakes is entering a new phase even as opponents continue their effort to block the Las Vegas-style gambling venue. The developers of Lago Resort and Casino say Monday that crews ...

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NEW YORK — An appeals court has upheld a lower-court’s rejection of a lawsuit challenging the Seneca Indian Nation’s right to operate a casino in Buffalo. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Manhattan ruled Tuesday. It rejected ...

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ALBANY (AP) — Groups interested in bidding for a single available casino license in New York’s Southern Tier are up against a deadline. Monday is the last day developers can submit their ideas to state gambling regulators. So far only ...

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The Seneca Nation of Indians says it won’t try to get approval for a casino on a 32-acre site it recently purchased in Henrietta. Local media report that Seneca President Barry Snyder Jr. wrote a letter last week to Monroe ...

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Monroe County Democratic legislators have submitted a resolution opposing a proposed casino in Henrietta. Legislators would have until May 16 to decide on supporting the resolution, which was submitted by Legislator Justin Wilcox, D-Brighton. Over the past few weeks, it ...

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ALBANY — The Oneida Indians have made their first payment of $11 million under a deal with the state that guarantees the tribe exclusive territory for their central New York casino. A federal judge last week approved the deal reached ...

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Although nothing concrete about a rumored casino in Monroe County has materialized as of yet, a group opposing a possible Seneca Nation gambling operation is taking no chances. The No More Casinos Coalition, a group of residents, and religious and ...

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TYRE — An upstate New York developer says he wants to build a $350 million casino in the Finger Lakes. Wilmorite Chairman Thomas Wilmot says Thursday the proposed casino complex in the town to Tyre in Seneca County would include ...

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The Seneca Nation of Indians and Seneca Gaming Corp. Tuesday unveiled a re-designed $130 million Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino on the Nation’s 9.5 acre territory in Buffalo. The project, due to finish in mid-2013, is expected to provide approximately 600 ...

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