Stuber’s travelogue speaks volumes about the growth of gaming in the Northeast and the “challenging environment” Resorts World Catskills has invaded. “Atlantic City’s getting better,” he added. He’s been to Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun, too, he said, though not recently. Empire City casino in Yonkers, N.Y., is closer, he said, “But I don’t want to drive through the city to get there.” “I play the penny slots - no cards.”įor Stuber, 75, the Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania is about the same distance from home as Monticello, the Thompson village that hosts Resorts World Catskills. “A lot of nice, new machines,” he said one day last week, referring to the casino floor at Resorts World Catskills, the Northeast gaming landscape’s bright, shiny new object. Ernie Stuber was making his third visit in little more than a month, having driven the 80 miles or so from Hawthorne, N.J., a Passaic County borough that’s part of the New York metropolitan area. A table-games dealer, center, runs a game of baccarat on the Asian gaming floor of the Resorts World Catskills casino in Monticello, N.Y., Wednesday, March 28, 2018.
