After the gaming compact between New York State and the Seneca Nation expired in December 2023, quarterly revenue payments have not been made to the state by the Senecas.
According to the terms of the recently expired compact, New York State state receives 25% of the “net drop” for slot machines. Since the expiration of the compact, the Seneca Nation has deposited those revenues into an escrow account.
Since June of 2023, the negotiations between the Seneca Nation and the state have gone back and forth, and no deal has been reached. At the end of 2023, the state and Seneca Nation agreed to extend the conditions of the existing compact while a new deal is negotiated.
As such, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Salamanca — three cities that host a Seneca casino — have not received their revenues.
