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Attendees to the last public hearing on the placement of full-service casinos in New York State say the most visible factions at the session in Ithaca were those for or against the proposal by Wilmorite Corporation for Lago Resort and Casino in Tyre, New York in Seneca County.

Those groups sat in separate sections of the Hotel Ithaca sporting shirts saying that rural area needed jobs or ‘CasiNO’ with that group saying their peaceful, agricultural region would be severely disrupted by the locating a gaming house in the area.

The majority of the comments on the placing of a casino in the Southern Tier/Finger Lakes district concerning Broome and Tioga counties was in favor of the Southern Tier options of Tioga Downs in Nichols, that already has a harness track and video gaming terminals and Traditions at the Glen that is located closer to a population center in the Town of Union.

The gaming commission plans to have its decision on the placement of casinos in three possible districts in the next few weeks.

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