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LakeSide Entertainment Overview
- LakeSide Entertainment 271 Cayuga Street, Union Springs, New York Stats Table games: – Gaming machines: 86 Poker tables: – 24/7: No Parking: Yes Valet: No Casino sq/ft: – Convention sq/ft: – Amenities Poker Room: – Hotels: Union Springs Hotels Rates: – Spas: – Venues: – Attractions: – Golf: – Restaurants – Review Lakeside Entertainment I.
- UNION SPRINGS, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The Cayuga County Health Department on Saturday announced a potential COVID-19 exposure at the Lakeside Entertainment Casino. According to the health department, if.
The Cayuga County Health Department is reporting a potential exposure to COVID-19 at Lakeside Entertainment Casino in Union Springs. A patron who was at the casino on Wednesday, October 7, between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm tested positive for COVID-19. When this little casino opened up, The payouts were on average, Now with all the heightened security,eg. Paying guards to watch the building, They have stopped paying anything, I stopped going for a couple of months,as i was losing big every time, Stopped in after a wine tour last week, Nothing has changed, If you bet 40 cents,you may win 15 bucks, Go to 3-4-5 bucks a spin.
LakeSide Entertainment is a small Native American Casino in Union Springs, New York. Lakeside isowned and operated by the Cayuga Nation.
The building itself is a former NAPA Auto Parts store purchased by the Cayuga Nation in 2003. It opened as a bingo hall in 2004 offering bingo and pull-tabs. The property was closed a year later after jurisdictional disputes with the local government.
The bingo hall opened up twice in 2013 amidst an ongoing legal dispute.
New York State negotiated new gaming compacts with the The Seneca Nation of Indians, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, and the Oneida Indian Nation to share casino revenues in 2013. However, the Oneida Indian Nation was granted exclusive rights to operate casinos in the area where the LakeSide Entertainment operation stood.
The Cayuga Nation challenged the agreement. In March 2014, a settlement was reached between the Oneida Indian Nation and New York State including a guarantee for the Cayuga Nation to build and operate a casino in Cayuga County.
The Cayuga Nation immediately reopened the LakeSide Entertainment gaming facility.
LakeSide Entertainment is now a Class II Gaming facility located on Route 90 in Union Springs, NY. Union Springs sits on Cayuga Lake within one hour of Syracuse, NY.
Small gaming facility
LakeSide Entertainment offers more than 80 Video Lottery Terminal games. The facility consists of a single building and parking lot. It promises big casino gambling in a much smaller, friendlier gaming environment.
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The game machines accept cash and issue vouchers, with bets ranging from $0.30 to $9.
The VLTs resemble Vegas-Style slot machines, including:
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Goldie Locks & 3 Bears
- Jackpot Inferno
- Smoking Hot Diamonds
- Triple 777’s Jackpot
- White Hot Progressive
- Wild Pixies
- Wild Wild Sevens
- Zombie Outbreak
Lakeside online casino gaming possibilities
After years of legal challenges, LakeSide Entertainment and the Cayuga Nation remain fairly new to the Native American casino industry. New York lawmakers were not considering online casino gaming in early 2018.
However, should legal and regulated online casino gaming eventually come to New York State, LakeSide Entertainment and the Cayuga Nation may be interested in the additional revenue stream it would provide.
Lakeside online poker readiness
New York Legislators were considering legal and regulated online poker in early 2018. LakeSide Entertainment and the Cayuga Nation do not own and operate a poker room and have very little experience with the online poker industry.
However, should the online poker market open up in New York, LakeSide Entertainment and the Cayuga Nation could see it as an opportunity to expand its gaming offerings.
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Limited amenities
LakeSide Entertainment is a small property offering only limited amenities. The property is only open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
The facility offers free coffee and water. There is no restaurant on site, although a variety of snacks and drinks are available at a snack bar.
Recommendations for local restaurants include:
- Aurora Inn Dining Room
- Dorie’s Bakery
- Fargo Bar & Grill
- Gus’s
- Hua Mei
- Jason’s New York Pizzeria
The slots are back in action at the Lakeside Entertainment casino in Union Springs, the first gaming operation in New York to reopen since non-essential businesses were shut down in mid-March.
The slot machine-only facility on Route 90 is operated by the Cayuga Nation, which says it is exempt from the state restrictions imposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
While some parts of the state, including Central New York and the Finger Lakes, have begun a limited reopening this weekend, that does not apply to entertainment venues such as casinos. They would be allowed to reopen in the fourth and final phase of the state’s plan to restart business, which is still months away.
No other New York gaming facilties, including those run by the Seneca, Oneida and Akwesasne Mohawk nations, have reopened.
The Cayugas say they are implementing some restrictions of their own due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That includes reducing the number of open machines (and players) to 31. The facility has 84 machines.
The Cayugas also put in place these measures, following guidelines from the National Indian Gaming Commission:
> All patrons and staff members will have their temperatures taken upon entering the facility. Any customer of staff member with a reading higher than 100.4 1/4 u00ba will be denied entry.
> Masks or facial coverings must be worn at all times by patrons and staff.
> Six-foot social distancing will be mandatory, and staff will assure the practice is being followed.
> Machines will be sanitized between users and surfaces will be sanitized hourly.
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> Hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout the facility.
Lakeside Entertainment, 271 Cayuga St. (Route 90) is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.
Lakeside initially remained open for a brief time after Cuomo’s March 16 order shutting non-essential business. A federal judge ruled in March that the village of Union Springs could not regulate the facility, the Auburn Citizen reported. The Cayugas decided to close it later in March.
Clint Halftown, the Cayugas’ federally recognized representative, said the partial reopening of some Central New York businesses led to the nation’s decision for a limited reopening at Lakeside.
“As other businesses in the Central New York and Fingerlakes regions are beginning to reopen on May 15, our Gaming Commission viewed this as an appropriate time to resume operations, with new health and safety guidelines issued by the National Indian Gaming Commission in place and with consideration of federal guidelines,” Halftown said in a news release.
'We voluntarily closed Lakeside in March, but now is the time to carefully renew operations,” Halftown said. “We look forward to resuming full operations as soon as we think it is advisable to do so.”
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