New York State Gaming Commission figures showed that the state’s four full-scale commercial casinos generated $62m in March revenue, up 1.8% year on year. Slots produced $46.4m, while table games generated $14.4m; retail sports betting contributed $387,533.
The figures give New York casino operators a breakdown of monthly revenue across gaming categories.
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York State Fair organisers plan to offer skill-game machines for cash prizes when the event opens on 24 July 2026, reportedly. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in June that the games constitute illegal gambling under state law, but allowed a temporary stay through 27 October 2026.
The CFTC filed a lawsuit in New York and an amicus brief in Massachusetts to defend its asserted authority over prediction markets. It seeks a ruling that federal law gives it exclusive jurisdiction over event contracts and an injunction blocking New York from applying state gambling laws to CFTC registrants; the Massachusetts filing supports Kalshi in its case there.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order prohibiting state officers and employees, and governor-appointed members of public authorities, from using non-public information gained through official duties to profit or avoid losses on prediction markets. The restriction also bars them from helping others do so.
New York sports teams have entered prediction-market partnerships while state officials treat sports-event contracts as unlicensed wagering, according to the report. Polymarket partnered with the Yankees on 6 August, Novig became the Mets’ exclusive prediction partner on 30 July, and Kalshi has a multiyear partnership with Madison Square Garden announced in May. The report says officials have not stated whether these partnerships breach the advertising prohibition.
iGamingToday reported that New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Kalshi in Manhattan state court. The complaint alleged the company offered event contracts without the gambling licence required by state law.