NYC racino operator sets sights on upstate

By Frank Eltman

Published October 20, 2014 2:46pm ET

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NYC racino operator sets sights on upstate — In this Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 photo, a visitor to the Resorts World Casino at the Aqueduct racetrack plays an electronic slot machine, in the Queens borough of New York. Just three years after opening, the casino has become the most successful racetrack casino in the world, and now the operators of Resorts World are hoping state regulators recognize that success as they decide among 16 applications seeking to operate as many as four upstate casinos. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) | Julie Jacobson

NEW YORK (AP) — Tucked in an isolated corner of Queens, next to the thoroughbreds of Aqueduct and under the seemingly constant roar of jets from nearby Kennedy Airport, sits what has quietly become the most successful racetrack casino in the world.

Resorts World Casino, built three years ago, took in nearly $800 million in revenue last year from 12 million gamblers who streamed in by car, shuttle bus and a subway stop on the A train.

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