Resorts World NYC Books $799 Million GGR in 27 Weeks as Daily Slot Win Per Unit Halves

Resorts World NYC, the Queens casino formally called Resorts World New York City, booked $799.04 million in gross gaming revenue (GGR) over its first 27 weeks as a commercial casino, according to New York State Gaming Commission data through the week ending 1 November 2026.

Weekly GGR has averaged about $29.6 million, an annualized pace near $1.54 billion. Revenue has plateaued even as the slot floor grew by roughly 65%, and the tax rate applied to that revenue is tied to a dispute over horse racing payments.

Six-month results at a glance

The property stopped operating as a video lottery terminal (VLT) facility on 27 April 2026 and opened as a commercial casino on 28 April. The Gaming Commission's weekly report has 27 rows, running from the week ending 3 May to the week ending 1 November. Six months of operation passed on 28 October.

Slots and ETGs account for about 69% of the total and tables for about 31%. Weekly slot/ETG GGR has stayed between $18.46 million and $22.27 million.

The trend is flat rather than rising. The first 13 weeks averaged $29.1 million, against $30.1 million for the last 14.

Slot win per unit has halved as capacity grew

The casino opened with 2,465 slots/ETGs and 242 tables. The slot count reached 3,716 in the week ending 26 July and 3,917 by early August. In the week ending 1 November it stood at 4,068 slots/ETGs and 345 tables.

Win per slot unit per day has moved the other way. It was $1,505 in the first week and $706 in the latest, and it has held between $660 and $790 since August.

Promotional credits on slots have climbed over the same period. They ran at roughly $630,000 to $760,000 a week through June, then reached $1.89 million, $1.76 million and $1.88 million in the three most recent weeks.

Table results over the last three weeks show a different pattern. Gamingo's per-table figures divide weekly table GGR by the reported table count.

The floor is also smaller than the one Resorts World pitched. Its application text referred to 6,000 slots and 780 tables, and a later passage gives a goal of 6,000 slots and 800 tables. The configuration illustration showed 4,635 slots and 534 tables, and the Gaming Facility Location Board (GFLB) recommended licensing that lower number. Current counts remain under both figures.

Tax rates and the racing payments dispute

Resorts World bid the highest tax rates of the three New York City licensees, according to the GFLB's Report and Findings.

Resorts World's supplement to the Board describes the 56% slot rate as "inclusive of racing support". The state reads it differently. According to New York Focus, the Gaming Commission says the racing payments must be made separately, and Resorts World says that would lift its effective slot rate to 72%. The outlet puts well over $500 million at stake and reports that Meeks and nine other Queens lawmakers backed Resorts World.

A stop-gap bill passed by the legislature avoided deciding the question, New York Focus reported in June. A 2023 state projection, cited by the same outlet, put racing payments from downstate casinos at about $151.7 million a year in total.

Gamingo's arithmetic shows the scale. Applying 56% to $553.39 million of slot/ETG GGR and 30% to $245.65 million of table GGR gives roughly $384 million over 27 weeks, with racing support inside that figure on Resorts World's reading. If the 16-point gap to 72% applied to the same slot/ETG GGR, it would equal about $88.5 million.

Projections, investment and the competition

The Board said Resorts World's revenue projection "significantly exceeded the consultants' estimate", mainly because of assumptions about tourism and high-end play. It said Bally's forecast sat well below the consultants' figure, while Hard Rock's was closely aligned.

Resorts World's October 2025 supplement projected 2031 GGR of $2.7 billion to $3.0 billion in its low case, which assumes three casinos. Its average case was $3.3 billion to $3.7 billion with two casinos, and its high case $4.0 billion with one. The current $1.54 billion pace is not directly comparable, since those are 2031 scenarios.

Investment figures differ by source. The supplement cites $5.5 billion to deliver the integrated resort, within a $7.5 billion investment and community benefits package. The Board put Resorts World's capital investment at an estimated $3.3 billion, excluding land and infrastructure.

The Board also flagged financing risk. It said the plan "relies heavily on future operating cash flow and future debt financing". Resorts World had $925 million of committed debt financing, contingent on the licence being issued.

The two rival projects are years out. The Board projected Hard Rock Metropolitan Park to open in June 2030 and Bally's Bronx by mid-2030, and said those timelines may be optimistic. Background on how the licensing race took shape is in Gamingo's coverage of the debate over the proposed casino projects and the 2024 Senate bill to speed up NYC casino licenses.

What to watch

Three figures will show whether the plateau breaks: weekly GGR against the $30 million mark, slot win per unit against its $660 to $790 band since August, and promotional credits, now near $1.9 million a week. For a read on listed US operators over the same period, see Wynn Resorts' third-quarter results. Racing economics are also under the microscope elsewhere, as in the World Pool revenue figures for UK and Irish racecourses.

Status reviewed on 10 November 2026. Figures come from the New York State Gaming Commission's weekly report for Resorts World New York City through the week ending 1 November 2026, and from the Gaming Facility Location Board's findings and Resorts World's supplement. More finance news and North America coverage.