New York State Racinos [reports]

The State of New York appears to be going ahead with VLTs in horse racing facilities (racinos). The Maryland Tax Education Foundation report "New York State’s $2 Billion Trifecta: NYRA, VLTs & OTB Competitive Auctioning of Racing Assets Could Narrow NYS Budget Gap" (2006, February) is proposing auctioning off the VLT franchises to raise the maximum amount of revenue for the State.

Also of interest to this item are a couple of reports from the Friends of New York Racing:
1) Preliminary Report of Friends of New York Racing, Inc.: Initial Findings and Recommendations (2005, June), and;
2) The Way Forward: Report and Recommendations of Friends of New York Racing, Inc. (2005, December)