{"id":109465,"date":"2019-07-17T11:35:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=109465"},"modified":"2019-07-17T12:18:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T19:18:03","slug":"rivers-casino-schenectadyopens-first-new-york-sports-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rivers-casino-schenectadyopens-first-new-york-sports-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Casino Opens First New York Sports Book, State Rep. Gary Pretlow Promises Mobile Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sports betting came to New York State on Tuesday \u2013 or at least one tiny corner of it. First-into-the-market kudos goes to Rivers Casino near Schenectady, which opened its sports book six years after New York voters approved sports betting via public referendum, and more than a year after the US Supreme Court quashed the federal ban.<\/p>\n