A new non-Indian gaming facility in New York City generated nearly $630 million in slot machine revenues in the last 12 months, more than the two tribal casinos in neighboring Connecticut.
The Resorts World Casino New York City offers 4,525 electronic slot machines and 475 electronic table games.
It's drawing customers away from people who would otherwise patronize casinos owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal
Nation and the Mohegan
Tribe in Connecticut.
“I used to go to Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods on the fast ferry,” Ralph Barbaro, 77, told The New York Times. “This is very convenient. It takes me 20, 25 minutes to get here from my home on Long Island.”
The facility's success feeds into the push to expand non-Indian gaming in the state.
That would probably affect Connecticut tribes even more as well as tribal gaming facilities in New York.
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