Rich and poor, red or blue, New Yorkers broadly agree on what the next mayor should emphasize and are generally willing to pay more taxes to support those programs, the…
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Whether on the lottery or at the racino, unlucky gamblers often can’t stop losing. Bodegas and horse-racing, meanwhile, see mixed returns from their work with the gaming system.
Bill de Blasio won the Democratic primary. Sal Albanese did not. But thanks to poor coverage of the race, the former councilman argues, New York’s voters are the real losers.
Since 1967, New York has embraced gambling to fund schools. But while the state has earned handsomely from gaming, not all of it has made it to classrooms.
Everything from the structure of the contest to the color of a card is tooled to keep players scratching for dollars, according to a company behind New York’s instant lottery…
From the War of Independence to the establishment of a bingo hall called Foxwoods to the looming casino vote, gaming has a long and cyclical history in the United States.
Ahead of a referendum on casino gambling, a look at who has gained from the Empire State’s 46-year-old experiment with state-sanctioned gaming like the lottery and racinos.
Organizations say contracting reforms by the Bloomberg administration have made it harder for them to compete for funds. But management problems have also hampered their efforts.
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