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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Eric Berger

New York City braces for new casinos as gambling surge in US worries experts

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A rendering showing the Resorts World casino, owned by Malaysian casino giant Genting, a $5.5bn investment to its gaming facility at the Aqueduct Racetrack in the Queens borough of New York. Photograph: AP

New York City will probably soon see three new casinos, whose owners could rake in profits because of a recent surge in gambling in the United States that has some campaigners worried.

The New York gaming facility location board last week approved three proposed casinos in the US’s largest city – two in Queens and one in the Bronx – after determining the businesses would create new jobs and generate billions in tax revenue, according to the group’s report.

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