Overview
- Resorts World New York City, which operated for years as a slots-only racino, opened Tuesday with more than 240 live-dealer tables and over 2,500 slot machines in South Ozone Park.
- Company leaders said the expansion has created more than 1,200 new jobs, including about 950 dealers trained through an in-house dealer school.
- For now the casino holds a local monopoly and says it is paying 63% tax on slot revenue and 30% on table games, with a clause to lower rates once rival properties open.
- The table-game launch is phase one of a planned $5–$5.5 billion project that adds a hotel, restaurants, a 7,000-seat venue, more gaming space and public green space through 2029.
- State regulators selected two other downstate projects in December and those Queens and Bronx casinos are not expected to open until around 2030, as community benefits are monitored and some residents raise traffic and environmental concerns.