Requests for applications shall be handled in the same manner as provided for in section thirteen hundred twelve of this article for gaming licenses authorized but not awarded, provided however that any requests for applications for gaming facility licenses authorized but not awarded may be for gaming facility licenses in any region in zone one or in regions one, two and five in zone two.
N.Y. Rac. Pari-Mut. Wag. and Breed. Law § 1321-B