The state’s commercial casino experiment hasn’t lived up to expectations, falling a collective $230 million shy of gaming revenue projections. The del Lago casino (l.) in the Finger Lakes district, fell far below predictions. Experts don’t expect the challenges will fade wither, citing an ongoing proliferation of gaming across the Northeast.
It was a disappointing first year for New York’s fledgling commercial casino industry.
Rivers Casino in Schenectady, del Lago Casino in Finger Lakes and Tioga Downs Casino in the Southern Tier collectively missed their first-year revenue forecasts by approximately $230 million
