There would seem to be no one more diversely qualified to project the results of this winter’s selections as winning bidders for expensive — but potentially lucrative — New York City-area casino licenses than Jeff Gural.
After all, Gural is a prominent Big Apple real estate developer who grew up in Long Island; won an upstate New York casino bid in Tioga County in the previous round of casino licenses competition; owns the Meadowlands Racetrack, the most prestigious harness racing track in the world; and has bankrolled an unsuccessful referendum in New Jersey to try to bring a casino to the latter site.
