Gaming compact turns 20

Three casinos.Thousands of jobs.More than $1 billion in economic impact. That's the legacy representatives from the Seneca Nation of Indians said on Wednesday that their casino operations have had on Western New York in the two decades since the signing of a gaming compact that cleared the way for Class II gaming in Niagara, Erie and Cattaraugus counties.During a press conference outside Seneca Niagara Casino — the flagship casino of the Nation's gaming operation — Seneca leaders and supporters marked the gaming compact's 20th anniversary with a 'great celebration' that emphasized the positive spinoff from the casino in the Falls and its sister operations, Buffalo Creek Casino in Buffalo and Seneca Allegany Casino in Salamanca.