"Overall, the market in New England is continuing to grow," Clyde Barrow, a gaming expert, said in an interview. One of them, Resorts World Casino at the Aqueduct track in Queens, has been talking about expansion.Īnd then there's the prospect of a casino or two in northern New Jersey, if that state's voters approve gaming outside Atlantic City in another election day referendum. To the south, slots-only racetrack casinos in and near New York City already cut into the Connecticut casinos' share of the slots market. West of New England, two upstate New York casinos are scheduled to open next year in Schenectady and Thompson. If everything that's been proposed materialises - and that's a sizeable 'if' - New England's four gaming states could be home to 10 casinos and a slots parlour by, say, 2020. Plainridge additionally offers harness racing.įour more casinos have been licensed or proposed in the region, while Newport Grand could be shuttered in favour of a full-fledged casino in Tiverton, Rhode Island, depending on the outcome of an election day referendum in November. Two of the facilities - Newport Grand in Newport, Rhode Island, and Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Massachusetts - offer only slots and electronic versions of table games. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.
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