Following a contentious debate, the Elmont Library board of trustees passed a resolution last Thursday, with a vote of 4-2, with one abstention, opposing Nassau OTB’s plan to house video lottery …
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By Steve Smirti
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3/2/16
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Over the past ten weeks, the Powerball jackpot has taken over the pop culture conversation. With each passing draw without a winner, the normally $400 million pot ballooned to 1.6 billion, the …
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By Steve Smirti
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1/19/16
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More than 2,500 people lined up outside Cori’s Lucky Lotto on Wantagh Avenue on Jan. 13 to take part in the Powerball jackpot. With only a few hours left until the reveal of the winning numbers, Wantagh residents scrambled to buy tickets before 11 p.m. and enter to win a record-shattering $1.5 billion with a $930 million cash value.
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By Rebecca Anderson
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1/19/16
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Lottery players on Long Island won millions of dollars on the record-breaking Jan. 9 Powerball with 10 winning tickets ranging from $50,000 to $1 million, including one $50,000 sold at King Oceanside …
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1/12/16
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The Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation has decided, “after exhaustive study,” that Belmont Park is the best place to install 1,000 video lottery terminals. Since that announcement . . .
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1/8/16
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Closed since 2011, a former Nassau County Department of Public Works facility on Alemeda Street, off Bayview Avenue in Inwood, could be the site of a temporary video lottery terminal casino.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/30/15
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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that his office will be conducting a statewide lottery for one ticket to the Joint Meeting of Congress with His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Sept. 24, …
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8/20/15
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U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that his office will be conducting a statewide lottery for one ticket to the Joint Meeting of Congress with His Holiness Pope Francis of the Holy See on …
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8/19/15
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Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, Councilman Gary Hudes and Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad are inviting residents to enter the town’s annual “planet-friendly” bike …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/9/15
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Nassau County will be holding a lottery drawing for empty slips at the Wantagh Park marina on Saturday, March 14 at 10 a.m. at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow.
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3/4/15
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