Wanna Bet: Hudson Yards, home to the Vessel, is one of the Manhattan locations being proposed by billionaire developer Stephen Ross. Steven Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund founder and the owner of the New York Mets, has been discussing the possibility to develop a casino with Hard Rock near CitiField in Queens, according to the New York Times. Hard Rock, which is owned by the Seminole Tribe in Hollywood, Florida, is also pursuing the Big Apple. Bill Hornbuckle, the CEO and president of MGM Resorts International said during the company’s second quarter earnings call that he is “eager” to expand “our existing property in Empire City,” which is about 15 miles from Manhattan, into a full casino with tables games.

MGM-which owns the Empire City racino in Yonkers and several properties in Las Vegas, including Bellagio, Aria and, yes, New York New York-will also bid for a license. “Everybody is talking about a casino in Times Square. “We're one of many in the hunt there…we have a plan in place we're executing.” “The access in New York makes it very appealing and lack of capacity still remains a premier market in my mind,” Goldstein said.

Robert Goldstein, who replaced Adelson as CEO of Las Vegas Sands in 2021, said during the company’s second quarter earnings call that they “remain a believer” in the New York market. With no properties in the U.S.-the gaming giant currently has casinos in Macau and Singapore-winning a license in Manhattan would be big homecoming. Las Vegas Sands, which is sitting on $6.25 billion from the recent sale of its Las Vegas properties, has been eyeing New York for years.

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Resorts World New York, which is accessible from the subway and owned by billionaire Lim Kok Thay’s Resorts World Genting, generated $628 million in revenue last year, making it one of the best-performing casinos in the country. A casino in the city is expected to generate more than a billion dollars in annual revenue.

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