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New Legislation Would Bring Casinos Upstate, Video Slot Centers To L.I.
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – The lucrative prize of a New York City casino remains off the table for now, but some gambling interests would still take a chance under new legislation that would allow...
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Woman Accused Of Leaving 4 Kids In Car While Gambling In Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Brooklyn woman was arrested this past weekend and charged with leaving her children – the youngest just 9 months old — and her middle school-age brother in the car while she...
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Court: Pro Poker Player Can Play In Legal Games While Awaiting Sentencing
NEW YORK (AP) — Poker players are on a winning streak in a New York illegal gambling case. A handful of professional card players have won permission to play in legal, high-stakes poker games while the...
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Lawyer: New York Casino Referendum Was Passed In Secret
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Was a referendum to expand casino gambling in New York passed illegally in secret? A court could answer that question Friday. The dispute centers on the timing of changes...
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Candidates For Nassau County Exec. Urging Voters To Approve Casino Gambling...
MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Political foes came together on Long Island Tuesday in a push to allow casino gambling in New York state. Meanwhile, opponents of casino gambling gathered outside the...
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N.Y. Casino Proponents, Foes Make Their Cases
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Building new casinos would only add to the state’s problems, opponents of the proposal argued Monday. Those who support the measure, however, said more gambling would...
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Activists On Both Sides Hold Events In NYC On Casino Issue
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Activists on both sides are making their cases about a proposed constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling in New York state. Two events were held Thursday in New...
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Expert Warns Coming N.J. Online Gambling Opens Doors To Addicts
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Internet gambling in New Jersey goes online this month, but some addiction experts say the idea makes them anxious. As WCBS 880’s Monica Miller reported, placing a...
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Online Gamblers Near N.J. Borders May Be Shut Out By Digital Fences
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – The technology designed to verify that people gambling online in New Jersey are truly within the state’s borders actually may shut some of them out of the action. A five-day,...
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6 New Jersey Casinos Start Taking Bets Online
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Six casinos in New Jersey have been given the green light to begin immediate statewide Internet gambling. However, state regulators said the Golden Nugget still...
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‘Ray Donovan’ Producer Sentenced To 2 Years’ Probation In Gambling Case
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A producer of the Showtime series “Ray Donovan” will avoid prison time for his role in an illegal sports betting business that New York prosecutors have linked to the Russian...
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More Applicants Emerge As New York State Prepares To Grant Casino Licenses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More potential competitors for upstate New York casino licenses are emerging despite an increasingly crowded Northeast market. New York officials will begin awarding casino licenses...
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N.J. Lawmakers To Mull Casino Gambling In Bergen County
HACKENSACK, N.J.(CBSNewYork) — Lawmakers in New Jersey will hold a meeting to discuss bringing casinos to Bergen County. The Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee will consider a bill to...
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Battle Brewing Over Casino Expansion In New Jersey
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — With competition in New York and Pennsylvania chewing into New Jersey’s gambling revenue, state lawmakers are considering bringing casinos to Bergen County. But...
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Connecticut Lawmakers Consider Expanding Video Gaming, Slots
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Connecticut might gamble on slots and video gaming in Bridgeport, New Haven and Windsor Locks. Members of a Connecticut legislative task force say they’re likely to...
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Officials Warn Super Bowl Is Tough Time For Those With Gambling Problems
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – With the Super Bowl fast approaching, experts warn gambling will again be an issue for thousands of New Jersey residents. “Anybody who’s been a sports better, this is...
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Rick Wolff: How I Was Hustled By Charlie Hustle
By Rick Wolff The year was 1989, and I was serving as the editor on Pete Rose’s forthcoming autobiography, which was being written by Pete with the help of the esteemed Roger Kahn of “The Boys of...
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Atlantic City’s Revel Casino To Close Its Doors After Just Two Years
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Atlantic City’s newest casino is shutting its doors just over two years after opening amid high hopes of turning around the crumbling seaside resort’s gambling...
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Gov. Christie Defends Decision To Not Take Control Of Ailing Atlantic City
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — More than 5,000 casino workers could be out of a job by next month between the closing of Showboat and Revel casinos alone. That’s what some union workers have asked...
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Meadowlands Proposal Includes Casinos, Hotels
CARLSTADT, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Casinos, hotels, a convention center and a monorail could be on the horizon at New Jersey’s Meadowlands. That’s the plan business leaders laid out Tuesday to transform...
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As Atlantic City Casinos Close, Gov. Christie Hopes To Revive Gambling...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Lady Luck isn’t exactly smiling on Atlantic City these days. Two casinos are expected to close by next week and lawmakers on both sides are working to save the...
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Expert: NJ Racetracks Likely To Add Sports Betting Before Casinos Do
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Horse racing tracks are likely to implement sports betting in New Jersey before casinos do, a gaming expert says. Joseph Weinert, executive vice president of New Jersey-based...
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New York Casino Panel Begins Deliberations On Sites
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A panel tasked with reviewing applications for casino licenses in upstate New York is beginning its deliberations following three days of public hearings on the 16...
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N.J. Lawmakers Advance Sports Betting Bill
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Legislation that would allow sports betting in casinos and racetracks has been advanced by a New Jersey Assembly panel. Proponents hope the measure will bolster...
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Monmouth Park Racetrack Forms Group To Handle Sports Betting
OCEANPORT, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A New Jersey racetrack has taken another step toward offering sports betting if it becomes legal in New Jersey. Monmouth Park Racetrack announced Thursday it has...
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Borgata, Pala Indian Tribe Approved For Online Gambling In NJ
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – New Jersey gambling regulators have approved a California Indian tribe’s request to offer Internet gambling in conjunction with Atlantic City’s top casino. The...
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Connecticut Pol: Gambling Addiction Study Needed Before Considering Casino...
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A state senator wants to know the depth of Connecticut’s gambling addiction problem before lawmakers consider casino expansion. A Mohegan Sun executive says the casino...
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Calls For Legalized Sports Betting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says it’s time for a new approach to betting on sports. In an op-ed article for the New York Times published online on Thursday, Silver said fans...
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Stories From Main Street: Diocese Of Brooklyn Takes On Youth Gambling
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – For Eric, who works with Gamblers Anonymous, it all started at a tender age with a $1 Super Bowl bet. “I actually should have been in GA from the time I was in kindergarten...
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Hundreds Brave The Cold To Protest Proposed Westbury Gambling Hall
WESTBURY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Anger trumped the cold as hundreds braved temperatures in the 20s Saturday to protest plans to put a casino in a North Hempstead shopping mall. “Everybody says no one can...
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Elmont Legislator Worries Nassau OTB Will Look To His Community To Open Casino
ELMONT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Now that the Nassau County Off-Track Betting has decided not to pursue opening a casino in Westbury, one Elmont, New York, legislator is worried it will look at his...
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LI Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Halt Gaming Facilities In Nassau, Suffolk Counties
WESTBURY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – After the Westbury community came together and fought the plan to bring a casino to their neighborhood, a lawmaker has proposed a bill that would halt gaming facilities in...
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Group Hopes To Open Sports, Gambling Resort At Site Of Old Catskills Hotel
NEW YORK (AP) — Developers who failed to land a casino license at the site of an old Borscht Belt hotel in the Catskills hope to build a smaller sports and gambling resort there. The group that wanted...
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Some Connecticut Lawmakers Want To Place Bets On Expanded Gambling
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) — Some Connecticut lawmakers are pitching an idea to expand gambling in the state to stem the tide of lost jobs and gambling revenue. Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff told...
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Fay Vincent On WFAN: Pete Rose ‘Will Never Get Elected To Hall Of Fame’
NEW YORK (WFAN) — Former commissioner Fay Vincent says MLB would be making a big mistake by reinstating Pete Rose. But if Rose is given a second chance under the league’s new administration, Vincent...
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Police: Parents Left Young Daughters Inside SUV While Gambling At Resorts...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Brooklyn mother and father are accused of gambling with the lives of their 6-year-old and 8-year-old daughters. As 1010 WINS’ Roger Stern reported, police said Maria Loha, 33,...
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Pete Rose Holding Out Hope That He’ll End Up In Cooperstown
LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) — Pete Rose insisted Tuesday he is a changed person even if he still likes to bet on an occasional baseball game. Baseball’s career hits leader said he was disappointed at not...
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Nassau OTB: Belmont Park Race Track Best Bet For Mini Casino
ELMONT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The Nassau Off-Track Betting Corporation now wants to place a mini casino at the Belmont Park race track. In January, residents in Westbury successfully went to court to...
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Protesters Rally Against Planned Video Gaming Parlor At Belmont Park
ELMONT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Protesters gathered Saturday to rally against a plan to build a new video gaming parlor at Belmont Park. Chanting “We say no casino,” demonstrators went on a mile-long march...
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Controversial Islandia Marriott Casino To Open In December
ISLANDIA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A controversial gambling casino is set to open in Suffolk County just in time for the holiday season — sparking concerns for some area residents. Homeowners in view of the...
View ArticleAtlantic City Casino Revenue Down 12.5 Percent In February
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Atlantic City‘s casinos took in 12.5 percent less from gamblers in February than they did a year ago. Figures released Monday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show...
View ArticleFantasy Leagues To Be Operated By NJ Casinos Under New Regulations
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Sports betting is finally set to get off the ground when rules for New Jersey casinos to run fantasy leagues go into effect Monday. Under the temporary regulations set to...
View ArticleExperts Worry Electronic Gambling Provision In Conn. Budget Could Lead To...
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A state budget that calls for big spending increases for science and technology at the University of Connecticut and expands gambling to bring in more revenue cleared...
View ArticlePoll: Republican Challenger Tom Foley Bests Conn. Gov. Dan Malloy
HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) – A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy with lackluster numbers. Republican Tom Foley, a former Ambassador to Ireland, who ran against Malloy...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Gives States Go-Ahead To Legalize Sports Betting
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Supreme Court has struck down a federal law that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states, giving states the go-ahead to legalize...
View ArticleDos & Don’ts Of Sports Betting Success
MONMOUTH PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Now that sports betting is legal in New Jersey, you can become part of the billion dollar industry. But what do you need to know before you bet your hard earned cash?...
View ArticleHard Rock, Ocean Resort Casino Open Early In Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Atlantic City’s newest casinos threw open their doors to gamblers Wednesday — a day earlier than scheduled. The previously shuttered Hard Rock and the Ocean Resort...
View ArticleRush On For Casinos To Start Sports Bets Before Football
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators are warning casinos to submit their plans for sports betting by Monday or risk not being approved in time for the start of football...
View ArticleNYPD Busts East Village Illegal Drug, Gambling House
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Police say they have arrested 32 people on Friday morning and busted an illegal gambling house that doubled as a heroin and cocaine distribution hub in the East Village. Police...
View ArticleNew Jersey Seeing More Gambling Moving From Casinos To Smart Phones, Tablets
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – More of New Jersey’s gambling action has moved out of the casino and onto smart phones and tablets. According to the Wall Street Journal, Atlantic City casinos and their...
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