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Yonkers Casino Opens But No Table Games
Yonkers Raceway reopens this Thursday October 12th at 10 a.m. after a 15-month hiatus. Empire City Gaming at Yonkers Raceway, the largest of its kind in the state, is the closest casino gambling to New York City. It became a reality five years after the state Legislature approved eight video lottery casinos at horse tracks around the state, desperate to generate new revenue after the financial shock of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Sad to say, there are no table games like blackjack or craps, the majority of the games are electronic versions of slots that instead of using money, players pay a cashier for a card, which will be inserted into the machines, that is subsequently credited or debited, depending on their luck.
Under the 2001 state law that authorizes eight horse tracks to operate video lottery casinos, Yonkers Raceway is permitted to operate as many as 7,500 machines. The additional machines would be included in a second phase.
Track officials plan to limit the initial opening to only the first floor of the renovated clubhouse, featuring the first 1,870 video gaming machines.
Upper floors of the clubhouse and a new, adjacent building that will hold a majority of the 5,500 machines expected in the project's first phase are still under construction.
Thursday, November 23 , 2006
Gerald Kernighan