Of that amount, $1.676 billion, or nearly 92 percent, was paid out in winnings. The other eight racinos in New York give back on average 91 or 92 percent to gamblers, records show.įor example, $1.827 billion in bets were recorded over the same period at Yonkers Raceway’s Empire City Casino. Nearly 60 percent of that is returned to the state to aid education and the racing industry. It collected the remaining $178 million, about 6 percent. The Aqueduct racino provides the biggest bang for bettors’ bucks - by paying out more in winnings than any other racino in the state, The Post has learned.Īqueduct Resorts World also is the taxpayers’ biggest friend - it’s the state’s biggest tax-revenue producer of its nine racinos, despite its higher payout rate to players.įinancial reports filed with the state Lottery Division reveal that Aqueduct Resorts World returns about 94 percent of its gambling machine revenues to its bettors.įrom April through mid-June of this year, bettors put just over $3.178 billion into the machines - and the racino returned $3 billion to winners.
