The board recommended that the state’s gaming commission award licenses to Bally’s, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Resorts World New York City. The commission is expected to follow the recommendations. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Gambling”
Chauncey Billups, N.B.A. Coach in Gambling Case, Pleads Not Guilty
By Gotham Rex on November 24, 2025
A hearing in Brooklyn was packed as Mr. Billups and 30 other defendants answered charges in a sweeping federal indictment involving rigged poker games. Source: New York Times
Mafia Member Recruited Son’s Friends for Gambling Ring, Prosecutors Say
By Gotham Rex on November 13, 2025
Prosecutors say the New Jersey man farmed out his betting operations, and that some participants were college athletes. Gambling charges are on the rise throughout collegiate and professional sports in the United States. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Casino Bids Promise an Economic Boom. The Reality Might Differ.
By Gotham Rex on November 11, 2025
As the number of gambling houses has grown across the United States, they are no longer the tourism magnets that they used to be, experts say. Source: New York Times
M.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2025
Two Cleveland pitchers were accused of colluding with bettors. The league and its gambling company partners have put a $200 limit on wagers on individual pitches. Source: New York Times
Microbets, Parlays and Prop Bets: A Guide to the M.L.B. Gambling Scandal
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2025
Federal prosecutors say two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians tipped off bettors about what pitches they would throw, setting up rigged “microbets.” M.L.B. moved to limit such bets. Source: New York Times
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, Two MLB Pitchers, Charged in Gambling Investigation
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2025
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians, were charged with sharing inside information about their pitches with bettors. Mr. Ortiz was arrested Sunday. Source: New York Times
In N.B.A. Betting Scandal, Influencers Played an Old Game in a New Form
By Gotham Rex on November 7, 2025
A Supreme Court decision created a sports gambling industry now worth $14 billion. Many are angling for a cut. Source: New York Times
New York Is the Center of Basketball. And Basketball Betting Scandals.
By Gotham Rex on October 25, 2025
Point shaving. Gambling rings. Illegal poker games. Prosecutors in New York have seen it all. Source: New York Times
U.S. Charges N.B.A. Figures in Gambling Schemes That Tainted Games
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2025
Terry Rozier, a Miami Heat guard, and Chauncey Billups, coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, were among those arrested. Two indictments spanned the worlds of professional sports, Mafia families and online betting. Source: New York Times
Gambinos and Other NYC Mob Families Are Still in Business
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2025
Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. Source: New York Times
MGM Drops Bid for NY Casino License, Leaving 3 Competitors
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2025
New York State is poised to award as many as three new licenses by the end of the year. Source: New York Times
What to Know About the Battle for a Casino License in New York City
By Gotham Rex on October 12, 2025
The gambling industry has long dreamed of opening a casino in the largest metropolitan area in the United States. Four proposals are vying for approval from state authorities. Source: New York Times
Manhattan Will Not Get a Casino as Final Proposal Is Voted Down
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2025
The defeat of a plan to build a casino just south of the United Nations headquarters leaves five remaining proposals, all outside Manhattan. Source: New York Times
A Times Square Hotel Was Set To Become Affordable Housing. Then the Union Stepped In.
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2022
An influential hotel workers’ union is flexing its power at a key moment in the city’s recovery, affecting major projects from casinos to homeless shelters. Source: New York Times