Resorts World NYC’s Live Table Game Surge Signals Early Dominance 

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Resorts World New York City’s move into live table games has quickly reshaped the state’s commercial casino revenue picture. 

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Key Takeaways:
  • Resorts World NYC outperforms upstate casinos in early live table game revenue
  • The property plans a $5.5 billion expansion, aiming for a transformative impact
  • A full redevelopment could generate billions in revenue and transit funding, reshaping the New York gambling landscape

According to the New York State Gaming Commission, the Queens property began reporting table-game revenue on April 28, and the first three weeks of data showed it pulling far ahead of the four upstate casinos. It averaged around $27 million over the three weeks with table games moving from $4.9 million to $7.4 million in the third week. 

In the final full week before the expansion, Del Lago Resort and Casino, Resorts World Catskills, Rivers Casino and Resort, and Tioga Downs together produced $13.4 million in gross gaming revenue.

Early Advantage

That early performance matters because Resorts World is still only partially built out. 

Robert DeSalvio, president of Genting Americas East, on the company’s planned $5.5 billion expansion back in 2024 said that “when we stood here more than a dozen years ago to break ground on Resorts World New York City, our vision extended well beyond that already-ambitious original plan .” 

Analysis cited by iGB suggests the downstate market could be far larger: CBRE has said the region’s three full casino licensees could generate as much as $5.6 billion a year in gaming revenue under an optimistic case post-2031.