N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 1321-a: License authorization; restrictions

§ 1321-a. License authorization; restrictions. 1. The commission is

authorized to award up to three additional gaming facility licenses. The

duration of such initial license and the term of renewal shall be

determined by the commission; provided however, that such initial

license term shall be no less than ten years but no more than thirty

years based on the proposed total investment of the applicant's project.

2. If any of the three additional gaming facility licenses are awarded

to an entity that was licensed for video lottery gaming pursuant to

section sixteen hundred seventeen-a of the tax law as of January first

two thousand twenty-two, a hold harmless provision shall apply. For the

purposes of this section, video lottery gaming operations of an entity

shall include any hosted video lottery devices.

3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no casino gaming facility shall be

authorized:

(a) in the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson,

Lewis, Saint Lawrence and Warren;

(b) within the following area: (1) to the east, State Route 14 from

Sodus Point to the Pennsylvania border with New York; (2) to the north,

the border between New York and Canada; (3) to the south, the

Pennsylvania border with New York; and (4) to the west, the border

between New York and Canada and the border between Pennsylvania and New

York; and

(c) in the counties of Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Lewis,

Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Otsego.