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Welcome to our new and improved comments , which are for subscribers only. Resorts World is the second of four upstate casinos to be sold this year. If you see comments in violation of our community guidelines , please report them. With Genting's backing, though, the casino's management hopes to find cost savings with its other properties, particularly with the Queens casino. Downstate casinos, including Empire City and Resorts World, want to be allowed to add full-scale gambling that includes table games and privately owned slot machines. It's OK to disagree with someone's ideas, but personal attacks, insults, threats, hate speech, advocating violence and other violations can result in a ban. You do not need a Facebook profile to participate. This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you. It's unclear when that development might happen, but it could move forward more quickly with the official sale of Empire Resorts. Please be polite. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Typed comments will be lost if you are not logged in. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Post to Facebook. More: Rochester developer Wilmorite selling its stake in del Lago casino. Cancel Send. Comments Welcome to our new and improved comments , which are for subscribers only. Resorts World Catskills faced potential bankruptcy without the sale to deep-pocketed Genting. But the casino hasn't attracted as many New York City customers as it had hoped, in part because of other gambling options closer to the city — including Genting's Resorts World casino at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens and Empire City Casino in Yonkers. Andrew Cuomo speaks to reporters in the state Capitol on Tuesday, March 19, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. More: Why this quiet decision on the future of New York casinos may have a big impact. Share This Story! More: Resorts World Catskills officially sold: What it means for workers and customers. Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal. The sale, which was announced in August , is aimed at helping the Thompson, Sullivan County, casino find stronger financial footing after opening in February and failing to meet revenue projections.

Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. And while the four upstate casinos now have sports betting, they want to be able to add mobile betting — which is currently barred under state law.

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The resort employs more than 1, people, and it was hoped to be an economic driver for the Catskills that once had hundreds of hotels filled with New York City-area tourists who were looking to escape the city in the summers.