New York City's first full casino with live table games opens
New York City's first full casino with live table games, Resorts World in Queens, officially opened Tuesday, marking a major expansion with over 200 live dealer games and 2,500 slot machines. The venue, operating for over a decade as a slots parlor, plans further growth including a hotel, entertainment venue, and public green space. Two other casino projects in Queens and the Bronx have been approved but remain years from completion. The opening reflects New York's move to expand full-scale casino gambling into the city after years of limiting such facilities to upstate regions.
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NEW YORK — New York City’s first full casino with live table games opened to fanfare Tuesday. Resorts World, a slots parlor in Queens, officially cut the ribbon on an expanded gambling area featuring more than 200 games with live dealers, including blackjack, craps, baccarat and roulette, as well as more than 2,500 slot machines. The company says it will bring more tables and slot machines online later in the year. It has also promised to build a new hotel, restaurants, a 7,000-seat entertainment venue and more than 12 acres of new public green space on the 72-acre site.
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