Gaming facility license fees
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
Later Register activity found — review the notice before relying on the compiled text.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Later rule activity found; update pending
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- Later Register activity found — review the notice before relying on the compiled text.
- Latest notice
- GFB-31-24-00017-A · Adopted rule · Jul 2, 2025
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)The license fee for a gaming facility license issued by the Gaming Commission pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 1315 of the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law shall be as follows, unless a gaming facility licensee has agreed to pay an amount in excess of the fees listed below:
(1)in Zone Two, Region One (Counties of Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster), as such zone and region are defined in section 1310 of the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law, the following fees will apply to counties as designated below:
(i)$70,000,000 for a gaming facility in Dutchess or Orange Counties;
(ii)$50,000,000 for a gaming facility in Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Sullivan or Ulster Counties, if no license is awarded for a gaming facility located in Dutchess or Orange Counties; and
(iii)$35,000,000 for a gaming facility in Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Sullivan or Ulster Counties, if a license is awarded for a gaming facility located in Dutchess or Orange Counties.
(2)$50,000,000 in Zone Two, Region Two (Counties of Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie and Washington), as such zone and region are defined in section 1310 of the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law;
(3)in Zone Two, Region Five (Counties of Broome, Chemung [east of State Route 14], Schuyler [east of State Route 14], Seneca, Tioga, Tompkins, and Wayne [east of State Route 14]), as such zone and region are defined in section 1310 of the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law, the following fees will apply to counties as designated below:
(i)$35,000,000 for a gaming facility in Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga or Tompkins Counties;
(ii)$50,000,000 for a gaming facility in Wayne or Seneca Counties; and
(iii)$20,000,000 for a gaming facility in Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga or Tompkins Counties, if a license is awarded for a gaming facility located in Wayne or Seneca Counties.
(b)A gaming facility licensee shall pay the required license fee by electronic fund transfer according to directions issued by the Gaming Commission.