Sands official rips NY for slow-walking state gaming licenses with 3 casinos planned downstate
NY Post
Don’t bet on New York gaming regulators winning any races.
A top Sands Casino official ripped state gaming regulators for a “confusing” years-long review process that means licenses in the Big Apple region are still months away.
“We’re very disappointed by New York,” Patrick Dumont, president and chief operating officer of Sands, told investors on a first-quarter earnings call first reported on the gambling site playny.com.
Sands has pitched a $4 billion casino complex at the Nassau Coliseum site in Uniondale but the state gaming commission said it won’t decide as many as three new casino licenses in the New York City area until late 2025 — after nearly three years of preliminary discussions.
“We’ve been working there for a long time and we thought it would happen in 24 … Now they’re saying 25 or 26,” Dumont said.
“I don’t think we have any clarity to be honest with you. It’s confusing and disappointing … I just don’t know about New York. We wish they’d figure it out and let us know,” he said in rare public criticism leveled at a regulator ruling on applications.
