'Slots' Of Change At Empire City Casino While You Were Away
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YONKERS, NY — If you haven't been to the Empire City Casino in a while, you might be surprised how much has changed while you were gone.
Empire City has announced they added 1,000 new games. The casino's gaming floor is the sixth largest casino floor in the country and the largest of MGM Resorts properties.
The upgrade promises to deliver a new experience for guests offering the most recently released titles in gaming. Nearly twenty percent of the 5,000 slots and electronic table games have been upgraded. The additions include some of the most popular gaming titles that should be familiar to gaming aficionados, including Light & Wonder’s 88 Fortunes Money Coins, and Dancing Drums Explosion, Konami Gaming’s Ba Fang Jin Bao and Aristocrat’s Mighty CashDouble Up.
A gaming floor overhaul of this magnitude in such a short period of time is unusual in the casino industry, but Empire City wanted to improve the experience for its nine million annual guests by replacing outdated and underperforming games with the newer titles as soon as possible. Recent changes by the New York State Gaming Association permitted Empire City to source games from a larger number of vendors than had been previously allowed.
Responsible for the transformation of Empire City’s gaming floor is Executive Director of Slot Operations Ryan Munroe, who has developed his career with Empire City for more than a decade. Casinos, it seems, are in Munroe's blood.
He credits the start of his successful career to his grandmother who worked as a casino cashier and introduced him to the industry. Munroe has made it a priority to elevate the gaming experience at Empire City with new games in a variety of denominations ranging from penny slots to games at $200 max bet per play.
"If you think the casino floor looks different, you are right," Munroe said. "In my 15 years working at Empire City, I can’t remember a time where we’ve had so many new games hit the gaming floor over a relatively short time period. MGM Resorts continues to make the necessary investments to ensure a top-tier experience for our guests. Empire City also has some of the highest payouts in the industry, which means that more of the money played at Empire City is returned as payouts to our guests."
Munroe explained that there is no shortage of opportunities to win at Empire City Casino, with multiple six-figure progressive jackpots that are unique to Empire City, rather than typical progressive jackpots that are shared across multiple casinos.
Currently, the three highest jackpots available only for Empire City guests include Bally’s Celestial King, which is approaching $600,000, Bally’s Monopoly Millionaire, now over $500,000, and IGT Wheel of Fortune "Triple Stars" at nearly $500,000.
In his current role, Munroe has been actively engaged in MGM Resorts’ preparations to compete for one of the three commercial casino licenses currently available in New York. A commercial casino license will allow Empire City to transition from a limited lottery facility offering video lottery terminals (“VLTs”) and electronic table games, to offering live-dealer table games, retail sports betting, Vegas-style slots, new and elevated amenities, and world-class entertainment options for the tri-state area and beyond.
