Resorts World has estimated that it will send $2.5 billion to the MTA [Metropolitan Transit Authority] over the next four years if it is awarded one of the coveted downstate gaming licenses by the state in December.
Resorts World, which has operated a racino in South Ozone Park for the last 14 years, offering electronic gambling machines but no live table games, has long been considered one of the frontrunners to receive one of up to three downstate gaming licenses on offer from the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board.
The Resorts World bid is one of three bids remaining in the race to obtain one of the coveted licenses alongside fellow Queens project Metropolitan Park and a Bally’s project in the Bronx.
