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New gambling parlors on Long Island
could include not only video slot machines but electronic poker and
blackjack, under a provision tucked into Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed
2015-16 budget. Photo Credit: Jason Andrew, 2011
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Cuomo, a Democrat, has proposed expanding the games that video-slots casinos may offer to include gambling "games of skill." There are eight video-slots facilities around the state, operating at race tracks, and two more authorized to come online: one in Nassau County, one in Suffolk.
The governor's Budget Division said that "skill" games could include "certain types of electronic blackjack, three-card poker and other video lottery games where an element of skill and player interaction may be incorporated into games of chance."
Cuomo projected that the state could haul in $20 million more in gambling revenue in the 2015-16 fiscal year, if legislators adopt the change.
Nassau Off-Track Betting Corp. and Suffolk Off-Track Betting Corp. each were authorized in 2013 to run facilities with up to 1,000 video slots, or video lottery terminals as state law refers to the machines.
Nassau OTB has proposed a gambling casino at the vacant Fortunoff property in Westbury, but has run into vocal local opposition.
Suffolk OTB plans to build a 98,735-square-foot parlor with 1,000 video lottery terminals at a former movie theater in Medford.
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