Upstate New York’s commercial casinos close out 2023 with $56M December

Monday, January 8, 2024 8:55 PM
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  • Grant Lucas, PlayNY

Commercial casinos in New York will have to wait another year to set a revenue record.

Despite the industry enjoying its second-best December in its eight-year history, the four upstate casinos finished 2023 with $680.6 million in gross gaming revenue, falling less than $10 million off the record set the previous year.

Now — as state officials mull over downstate casino proposals and potentially hand out licenses later this year, and as lawmakers potentially legalize NY online casinos — upstate properties will likely enjoy their final year as the lone land-based casinos in the Empire State in 2024.

All told, the four commercial casinos upstate combined for $55.99 million in December, according to data from the New York State Gaming Commission.