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New York: Governor Hochul excludes online casino from 2025 budget, dealing major blow to legalization prospects

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's executive budget for 2025 has dealt a substantial blow to the prospects of legalizing online casino sites in the state,especially for Senator Joseph Addabbo's Senate Bill S8185. Similar to last year, Hochul did not include potential tax revenue from online casino expansion in her budget, significantly impacting the…

Finance ・ 17 January 2024

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NY Online Casino Hopes Dim Without Hochul's Budget Inclusion

It was a rough start for Sen. Joseph Addabbo's 2024 push to legalize online casino sites in New York. As she did last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul did not include potential tax revenue from online casino expansion in her budget. The news is a blow to the prospects of S8185, Addabbo's recently filed attempt to legalize online casinos in the state.…

Law ・ 17 January 2024

The Buffalo News

New York, Seneca Nation temporarily extend casino compact

The gaming compact between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York State, which was set to expire at the end of next week, has been extended through March, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul's Office. The clock is ticking for New York and the Seneca Nation to strike an agreement allowing casino gaming to continue at three Seneca-owned facilities in…

Law ・ 02 December 2023

The Buffalo News

Clock in ticking for new Seneca casino agreement

ALBANY - The clock is ticking for New York and the Seneca Nation to strike an agreement allowing casino gaming to continue at three Seneca-owned facilities in Western New York. Top Hochul officials did not deny that a Rochester casino was part of a deal with the Seneca Nation, and on Saturday, the Assembly refused to pass the bill authorizing…

Law ・ 06 November 2023

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Rochester Casino No Longer Part of Senecas Gaming Compact

There have been some new developments in the discussions on a new gaming compact between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York State's administration. When negotiations started in June 2023, it was reported that the new compact would include the launch of a casino in Rochester. However, it is now stated that such a plan has been abandoned. The…

Law ・ 16 August 2023

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Local leaders riled by apparent deal with Seneca Nation for Rochester casino

Local political leaders say they are dismayed that the New York State Senate and Gov. Kathy Hochul's office apparently have agreed to a new gaming compact with the Seneca Nation that includes a full casino in the city of Rochester. Seneca Nation leaders on their own announced last week that a "conceptual agreement" on a new 20-year compact had been…

Law ・ 13 June 2023

The Buffalo News

Exclusive details in deal to put Seneca casino in Rochester

ALBANY - On Friday evening in Albany, an explosive rumor began circulating about a secretive gaming compact struck between the Seneca Nation and Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration. Two days earlier, the Nation and Hochul's office had struck a deal on the broad outlines of a new, 20-year agreement. The details of the deal were kept secret. Yet the…

Law ・ 13 June 2023

The Buffalo News

Gov. Hochul recuses herself from Seneca casino compact talks

ALBANY - Gov. Kathy Hochul has recused herself from negotiating a new gaming compact with the Seneca Nation, instead tapping two senior aides to hash out the agreement. Hochul is recusing herself from negotiating a renewal of the Seneca Nation compact because her husband, William Hochul, is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at…

Law ・ 20 May 2023

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Seneca Nation president: Casino compact talks progressing

So what's the latest on negotiations over a new gaming compact between the state of New York and the Seneca Nation of Indians? During a recent interview with the Niagara Gazette, Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong Sr. said, from his point of view, talks are progressing. Armstrong said representatives from the Nation continue to meet regularly…

Lottery ・ 03 January 2023

Niagara Gazette

Two decades after opening, Falls casino impact still up for debate

When it opened in 2002, some hailed Seneca Niagara Casino as the catalyst Niagara Falls needed to drive the growth of new hotels, attractions and other businesses in the downtown area. At the time, others weren't quite as convinced of the casino's potential impact, suggesting instead that would be more of a "piece of the puzzle" in re-establishing…

Land-based ・ 31 December 2022

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Niagara Falls Casino Opens Full Plate Eatery

Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York, has expanded its dining amenities as it has now launched its new Full Plate Eatery. Seneca Gaming Corporation, which operates the casino, informed that the new eatery is located next to the gaming floor, and it occupies the space which was previously home to the Thunder Falls Buffet. The…

Land-based ・ 24 September 2022

The Buffalo News

The Editorial Board: As the casino compact nears expiration, both sides should commit to a fair deal

After 20 years of operation, many of them fraught with conflict, New York State and the Seneca Nation of Indians will soon take up the work of negotiating a casino agreement to succeed the one that will expire in late 2023. It's likely to be difficult, but that doesn't mean it has to be ugly and, in that regard, the Senecas are making a pragmatic…

Finance ・ 20 July 2022

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Cattaraugus County, Salamanca and school district to split $31.5M casino windfall

Cattaraugus County and the City of Salamanca have an agreement that should pave the way for the county, city and Salamanca school district to receive $31.5 million in delayed casino payments soon. New York state and the Seneca Nation had a disagreement over whether the Nation continued to owe the state a percentage of slot machine money in the…

Law ・ 27 May 2022

The Buffalo News

The Editorial Board: Senecas should drop the hyperbole about its casino debt and focus on a better future

It's welcome news that the Seneca Nation of Indians is pushing for a "fair" casino compact with New York as the existing one nears its sunset. But as it prepares to negotiate, its leaders should tone down the rhetoric. Nobody who is paying attention can believe it has been misused. The Senecas - some of them, anyway - are angry because New York…

Jobs ・ 18 April 2022

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New York Tribe Ads Criticize Plans for Use of Casino Funds

New York-based tribe the Seneca Nation has launched an ad campaign to criticize the state government's use of casino funds. The body is spending tens of thousands of dollars on the radio and television ad campaign, which takes aim at Governor Kathy Hochul for her plan to use Seneca casino revenue to help build a new stadium for the NFL's Buffalo…

Finance ・ 07 April 2022

Niagara Gazette

Satisfactory ending to casino cash standoff

You can never be too sure when it comes to news of the Seneca Nation and the payment of shared slot revenues to New York state but it appears the check has finally cleared. During an emergency meeting on Monday, the Seneca Nation Council voted to direct transfer $564842625.20 to cover the amount of shared slot revenues due to New York for the…

NFL ・ 02 April 2022

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With Seneca payment, casino cash will again flow to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Salamanca

The Buffalo Bills won't be the only beneficiaries of the $564.8 million in long-owed casino revenues that Gov. Kathy Hochul extracted from the Seneca Nation this week. While Hochul proposed targeting the vast majority of that money to the new Bills stadium, the cities of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Salamanca will benefit as well. The state will send…

Covid ・ 01 April 2022

Spectrum News

Senecas criticize use of casino funds for new Bills stadium

BUFFALO, N.Y. - After New York State froze bank accounts of the Seneca Nation, including its gaming operations, the Seneca Council released more than $564 million in disputed casino revenue sharing it was holding. Seneca President Matt Pagels noted shortly after New York received the money Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she plans to use $418…

Finance ・ 31 March 2022

Salamanca Press

Officials react to Senecas paying casino funds

The Seneca Nation announced March 29 that its Council has taken action to resolve the ongoing gaming compact dispute with New York state and begin talks for a new compact. With the Nation agreeing to transfer $565 million from a restricted escrow account to the state to resolve the outstanding dispute, local officials have yet to know what funding…

Finance ・ 31 March 2022

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Hochul: Seneca casino money can help offset state’s cost of new Buffalo Bills stadium

This week, Gov. Kathy Hochul won a long-running battle with the Seneca Nation of Indians over more than $500 million in back casino revenue payments. Now she wants to use most of that money to help offset the state's share of a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills. Hochul is proposing to put the state's share of the casino payments - $418 million -…

Politics ・ 30 March 2022

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Niagara Gazette

Senecas change course on casino cash payments

In the face of crippling sanctions on its bank accounts and those of its gaming corporation, the Seneca Nation Council voted, in an emergency meeting Monday night, to "direct the transfer of funds to resolve the Nation's outstanding gaming compact dispute with New York state as soon as practicable." The council's resolution calls for transferring…

Gaming Authorities ・ 30 March 2022

The Buffalo News

After banking freeze, Senecas pay state nearly $565 million in casino revenues

Facing a state-led freeze on its bank accounts, the Seneca Nation of Indians said Tuesday that it had agreed to send New York State $564.8 million in casino revenues that the tribe had long claimed it did not have to pay. The payment, approved by the Seneca Nation Council a day earlier, appears to resolve for now a five-year dispute over whether…

Finance ・ 29 March 2022

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Casino compact battle ramps up

The Seneca Nation of Indians says all its bank accounts at KeyBank, for both the Nation and Seneca Gaming Corporation, are frozen because of what it calls, the "aggressive overreach" by New York State. It is an ongoing battle as the state waits for the Nation to make casino revenue payments for the three Western New York casinos in Buffalo, Niagara…

Jobs ・ 28 March 2022

Olean Times Herald

SNI pays $68M in casino revenues to state

SALAMANCA - The Seneca Nation of Indians gave New York Stateofficials a revenue sharing check in the amount of $68 million,Friday - with over $5 million to be received locally. At a ceremony held at the Seneca Allegany Casino,representatives of New York State and Cattaraugus Counties acceptedthe check from Seneca Nation president Barry E. Snyder,…

Finance ・ 16 February 2022

The Buffalo News

Senecas still withholding casino revenue from New York pending federal inquiry

The Seneca Nation, dealing with internal strife over whether to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in casino revenue to New York State, will await the results of a federal inquiry into whether the revenue-sharing arrangement is legal before forwarding the funds. Seneca President Matthew Pagels and Gov. Kathy Hochul publicly confirmed that they had…

Finance ・ 15 February 2022

Newsday

Hochul seeking to speed casino licensing with eye on downstate

ALBANY - Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to speed the process that could open three casinos in New York City, on Long Island or in Westchester or Rockland counties in a proposal that already has strong support in the State Legislature. The gaming industry has long clamored for full-fledged casinos in the huge metropolitan market. For years, the state…

Law ・ 23 January 2022

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Seneca Nation Settles Major Casino Dispute in New York

Seneca Nation, the owner of Niagara Resort and Casino (pictured above) among other gambling venues, has come to a settlement agreement in New York regarding casino revenue share payments. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The Seneca Nation of Indians has come to a settlement agreement in New York over a long-running battle regarding its casino revenue…

Law ・ 14 January 2022

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Mayor puts tab owed to Buffalo at end of casino dispute at $40M

The mayor expects the funds to be sent from Albany as soon as Senecas pay the state. Windfall for other local communities will be nowhere near as large. BUFFALO, N.Y. - With a multi-year legal dispute between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York State over casino revenue sharing now over, local communities impacted by the conflict are busy…

Law ・ 13 January 2022

Upstate New York

Seneca Nation settles multi-million dollar casino dispute, seeks new gaming pact with NY

The Seneca Nation of Indians has agreed to settle a long-running dispute over payments it makes to the state from its Western New York casino revenues, but is seeking a new gaming compact with the state in return. Under the agreement, the Senecas will pay the state the nearly $500 million in revenue-sharing money it has withheld since the dispute…

Law ・ 13 January 2022

The Buffalo News

The Editorial Board: Third court ruling means Senecas must make overdue casino payments

Does three strikes in federal court mean the Seneca Nation has struck out in its dispute over casino revenue sharing? There's no such thing as a sure bet in the gambling world, but we think the smart money is on "yes." The Nation is running out of ways to circumvent its obligation to pay the money it owes to New York State. U.S. District Judge…

Payment Methods ・ 04 January 2022

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New York sees third favorable federal court ruling in dispute with Senecas over casino payments

A new federal court ruling has again backed New York State in its years-long dispute with the Seneca Nation of Indians over millions of dollars in casino revenue payments. Issued by U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, it is the third ruling supporting the state in the conflict. In his ruling, Skretny said the tribe must abide by an arbitration…

Payment Methods ・ 04 January 2022

The Buffalo News

Federal court ruling again backs state in casino revenue dispute with Senecas

The compact, which runs through 2023, included an automatic renewal at the end of 2016 that took effect for the remainder of the compact term when neither side objected to it. When the Senecas stopped paying in 2017, they maintained that the renewal of the original agreement didn't specifically call for further payments to the state. The dispute…

Finance ・ 31 December 2021

The Center Square

New York fires back at Seneca Nation claims in $470 million casino dispute

Law ・ 07 October 2021

Upstate New York

Biden Administration steps into Seneca Nation’s casino payment dispute with the state

The Biden administration is launching a review of a four-year-old legal dispute that has led a Western New York Indian nation to stop making hundred of millions of dollars in casino revenue sharing payments to the state. The Seneca Nation of Indians, which operates large Las Vegas-style casinos in Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Salamanca, stopped…

Payment Methods ・ 04 October 2021

The Buffalo News

Federal review calls into question legality of Seneca casino payments to NY

ALBANY - The Biden administration has opened an inquiry into whether a casino revenue sharing deal between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York State is legal, a potentially significant step for the tribe that has been ordered by an arbitration panel and federal judges to pay $500 million in missed casino payments to Albany. The Senecas filed…

Payment Methods ・ 24 September 2021

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Blackjack ・ 06 September 2021

The Buffalo News

Billboard near Buffalo casino is a sign of times for Seneca Nation

A new addition to the Buffalo skyline, visible to southbound drivers on the Interstate-190, went live last week with little fanfare. It is a digital billboard, a structure that typically wouldn't merit much notice, but its location is noteworthy: The new facility at 180 Perry St., which will celebrate its grand opening Friday morning, is located…

Sports ・ 15 June 2021

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GAN will provide New York's Seneca Gaming with social casino solution

Over the past few months, we've all had more time on our hands than usual, and research shows that plenty of us have spent that time playing games. Gaming, it seems, is the leisure pursuit of the 2020s, and the US gaming industry is now worth more than the sport and movie businesses combined. Gaming is about more than Fortnite or League of Legends,…

Industry ・ 07 May 2021

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GAN Partners with New York Casino Operator Seneca Gaming Corporation

GAN announced that soon it will be providing its social casino and simulated gaming products to Seneca Gaming Corporation as part of the new partnership with the New York casino operator. Seneca Gaming is a leading provider in New York and runs three of state's leading casino establishments on behalf of Seneca Nation of Indians. GAN is set to…

Industry ・ 04 February 2021

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GAN to power Seneca Gaming social casino

GAN is to replace the existing simulated gaming solution with a bespoke product for the operator, which runs three of New York's leading casino establishments on behalf of the Seneca Nation of Indians. The B2B software supplier will rebrand SGC's social play-for-fun offering for both desktop and mobile via its core Simulated Gaming software, and…

Industry ・ 03 February 2021

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GAN adds Seneca Gaming to client list

he unique solution is powered by GAN's core Simulated Gaming software and provides meaningful marketing, brand building and revenue opportunities for both operators and GAN. Seneca Gaming Corporation operates three casinos in New York on behalf of the Seneca Nation of Indians: Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, Seneca Buffalo Creek…

Finance ・ 03 February 2021

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Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Welcomes Eager Patrons

Seneca Nation of Indians gave its nod to the official launch of in-person casino gaming and tribal gaming enthusiasts were eager to see everything up for grabs after three months of hiatus. June 18 saw the official start of operation at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, paving the way for a riveting weekend of gaming and diverse entertainment…

Travel ・ 19 January 2021

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NYS Commercial Casinos Face 5,000 Staff Members Layoff

Rivers Casino and Resort is facing major layoffs in the upcoming weeks if the current lockdown situation is not lifted. About 1000 individuals were furlough back in March and they will have to be laid off if nothing changes, as the casino operator faces significant gaming revenue loss. Other Upstate New York commercial casinos have also made that…

Travel ・ 19 January 2021