Could gambling end up at the Nassau Hub after all?
The ongoing state process to award three downstate casino licenses could lead to video lottery terminals, or VLTs, being located in Nassau County…
A decade ago, then-County Executive Edward Mangano was unable to site within the county borders the 1,000 VLTs the state had awarded to Nassau, unlike the successful Suffolk effort to establish Jake’s 58 Casino in Islandia. Nassau OTB then made a deal to put the machines at Resorts World in Queens, in exchange for a steady annual revenue payment.
If Resorts World — now one of the more plausible contenders for one of three available downstate full-service casino licenses — wins, Nassau OTB could reopen the contract to operate Nassau’s designated 1,000 VLTs.
