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Old 07-08-2010, 09:25 PM
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Let's see if I have this right Freddy . We're down to a one horse race . And you are betting against the only horse in the race ?

“As long as Genting’s moving ahead, it’s not a setback at all,” said Bennett Liebman, head of Albany Law School’s Racing and Wagering Law Program and a NYRA board member."
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/nat...ming-race.aspx

Looks like a slam dunk to me . However, history has proven you right time and again Freddy ... 10 years and counting...
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Old 07-09-2010, 09:21 AM
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Let's see if I have this right Freddy . We're down to a one horse race . And you are betting against the only horse in the race ?

“As long as Genting’s moving ahead, it’s not a setback at all,” said Bennett Liebman, head of Albany Law School’s Racing and Wagering Law Program and a NYRA board member."
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/nat...ming-race.aspx

Looks like a slam dunk to me . However, history has proven you right time and again Freddy ... 10 years and counting...
It maybe a 1 horse ace and the horse is fit and ready to run but the track will be closed for maintainence.

Something will happen to delay the process, either it will be Genting realizing the they dont have to accept these terms because there isnt competition or the State(most likely) rcognizing that the process only yielded one suiter and hence th eprocess was flawed.

I like you hope for NYRA (NY Racings) success.
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Old 09-13-2010, 07:54 PM
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Operator for Aqueduct casino gets state comptroller's approval
By Matt Hegarty

New York’s state’s comptroller on Monday approved a contract giving a Malaysian company a 30-year right to operate a casino at Aqueduct racetrack, paving the way for construction to begin on the casino sometime this fall.

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s approval was the last required to put the contract into force, after prior approvals from state legislative leaders and the state attorney general. The Malaysian company, Genting New York, now has 10 days to forward the state a $380 million upfront payment. After the payment is made, and after a review of the environmental impact of the project – a process that is expected to take approximately 30 days – the company can break ground.

DiNapoli’s approval followed nine years of torturous maneuverings to name an operator for the casino following the legislative approval of slot machines at racetracks late in 2001. The state lottery had conducted three bidding rounds for the contract, with the first two winners eventually disqualified for financial or political reasons. In the final round, Genting was the only operator who met the lottery’s requirements.

“After nearly a decade of false starts and broken promises, the [slot-machine] contract is done,” DiNapoli said, in a statement. “This is one of the most important vendor contracts New York has ever signed.”

Stefan Friedman, a spokesperson for Genting, said that the $380 million upfront fee will be forwarded to the state within 10 business days. The company remains confident that 1,600 machines will be up and running at Aqueduct by April, and that the full project will be completed by the end of 2011, aside from some aesthetic touches.
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Old 09-27-2010, 01:59 PM
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$380,000,000 check today
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/today...ract-year.html
http://saratogian.com/articles/2010/...0344974894.txt
http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany...27/daily5.html
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Old 09-27-2010, 02:32 PM
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Freddy was wrong? How is this possible? He was SO due to be right.
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Genting group chairman Lim Kok Thay (seated C) plays bacarat to begin the soft opening of Singapore's first casino at Resorts World Sentosa complex in Singapore on February 14, 2010.


Congrats, New York.
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Old 09-27-2010, 03:59 PM
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And to think, the brainiac politicians in Maryland received $28mm for a 4800 machines slot license ........ are they smart or what???

And, the taxpayers in MD are buying the freaking machines, not the license holder.
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