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Tioga Downs Casino and Resort in Nichols is poised to take advantage should sports betting be allowed in the Empire State.

The New York State Gaming Facility Location Board has given the green light for a casino license for Tioga Downs. The decision by the board October 14 allows Tioga Downs owner Jeff Gural to apply to the state Gaming Commission for a full casino license...

Tioga Downs owner Jeffrey Gural continues to hope he'll submit the only application for a Southern Tier casino license. Despite ongoing speculation that an Albany-area man may put forth a competing bid, Gural on Friday said he is "optimistic" that a second application won't materialize...

With just over a month remaining before the application deadline for a Southern Tier casino, Binghamton Mayor Richard David said he believes there will a bid submitted for a site other than Tioga Downs. Jeff Gural, the owner of the town of Nichols racino, is the only person to have publicly announced he'll seek a casino license in the region...

Efforts to obtain state approval for a casino in the Southern Tier may move forward after the Gaming Facility Location Board gave its approval to a plan to request new applications. The panel's action follows a December selection of a plan to establish a casino in the town of Tyre...

New York State's Gaming Facility Location Board has decided to accept more bids for a possible casino license in the Southern Tier. The board in a New York City meeting voted to request applications for a fourth casino license. The move followed last month's announcement that three sites had been chosen for casino projects...

A group hoping to open a casino in the town of Union has announced an operating agreement with a company established by the Seneca Nation of Indians. The owners of Traditions at the Glen say they've come to terms on a partnership with Seneca Gaming Corporation...

Governor Andrew Cuomo says voter approval of expanded casino gambling in New York State is "really great news." A constitutional amendment to allow the creation of as many as seven full-scale casino operations passed on Tuesday. Cuomo visited Binghamton Wednesday afternoon to express his satisfaction that the plan was approved...

A Broome County resident this week has been holding a quiet one-man demonstration against a plan to allow up to seven new casinos in New York state. 30-year-old Steven Sillick was spotted with four anti-casino signs on Binghamton's Court Street bridge Thursday afternoon...

Tioga Downs owner Jeffrey Gural isn't pleased that a public vote on approving upstate gambling casinos may not happen this year. Governor Cuomo and other state officials now expect a referendum on establishing three casinos probably will have to wait until 2014...