Rivers is part of Rush Street Gaming out of Chicago, which also runs SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia and Rivers Casino Pittsburgh. “We’re making changes to our floor before the 60-day waiting period is over to make sure everything we can to be ready to go is accomplished.” “We hope to be taking bets before the start of NFL season,” Rivers’ Acting General Manager Justin Moore told RotoGrinders. It sits just 20 minutes away from New York’s State Capital, Albany, with a population of just under 100,000 people. Rivers is one of the two newest casinos in New York (along with Resorts World Catskills), having opened in 2017. One property expecting to benefit the most once sports betting officially comes to New York is Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady. Get Bonus Rivers Casino preparing for new sportsbook (Van Slyck’s: The future site of Rivers Sportsbook) Once the rules are finalized, sports betting will also be authorized at the Native American-run casinos in the state. Barring any setbacks, New York is expected to see legal sports bets on premises at these commercial casinos by the Fall, or at least at one of them, just in time for football season. The state is now in a 60-day public comment period before the regulations may be implemented. Those four properties are del Lago in Seneca County, Tioga Downs in Tioga County, Resorts World Catskills in Sullivan County, and Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady County. In February, the New York State Gaming Commission voted to approve preliminary regulations for sports betting at four private, commercial casinos upstate.

If everything goes as planned, New York will be one of the next states to offer legal sports betting - with the potential rollout of on-site betting at four brick-and-mortar sportsbooks in upstate New York. (tcasale) Created 4 years ago, Last Updated 4 years ago (Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady, NY)

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