ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a law Tuesday to greatly expand casino gambling in New York -- including creating new video slot machine parlors in Nassau and Suffolk counties. The plan authorizes four upstate casinos, which must also win approval in a statewide referendum this fall. No matter the fate of the casino vote, the law allows Nassau and Suffolk counties to open one video-slot facility apiece. Each would have a maximum of 1,000 machines, which are known as video lottery terminals. Both counties had strongly backed a gambling bill as a way to boost...
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