Obrigado‎‎ has Mark MacDonald in the sulky, and drew post six as the 5-1 third choice. The four-year-old is a $32,000 bargain purchase who has won 23 of 37 career races. The only mare in the field, ‎Hannelore Hanover, drew the advantageous inside rail post for driver Yannick Gingras and trainer Ron Burke, and is the 4-1 second choice on the morning line. Ake Svanstedt is the trainer-driver of the five-year-old stallion. Resolve‎, a winner of 14 lifetime starts, will start from post position two, and was tabbed the 3-1 favorite. The U.S.A.'s potent threesome, all with career earnings of more than $1 million, will race as separate betting interests. This will be the 38th edition of the global classic. The formidable American trio of Resolve (3-1), Hannelore Hanover (4-1) and Obrigado (5-1) will be challenged by world-class trotters from Canada, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark in the Yonkers International Trot.

On February 18, a player identified as “Pavel” had the hot hand, scoring for $105,778 on the Bally 777 Wild Jackpot Quick Hit slot machine. “Salvatore,” a Long Island player, hit the year's second largest jackpot – a $144,324 score – on May 2 on the Bally/Hot Shot Progressive machine at Empire City Casino. That jaw-dropping score was won on the popular IGT Wheel of Fortune® Triple Stars® slot machine, located just a few hundred feet from the casino’s valet entrance. That was the largest jackpot since the all-time Empire City record of $1,473,503 was brought home by Suffolk County resident Howard G.

Tracie B’s $388,311.84 score on February 5 was the biggest hit of the year, registered on the Blazing 7’s slot machine. “Lucy” from the Bronx hit the jackpot for $129,107 on June 8 on the Bally/Hot Shot Progressive machine.Įmpire City is one of the largest entertainment destinations in the northeast located less than two miles north of New York City. Vinny made a $5 wager on the $1 denomination machine. It was the second six-figure jackpot in three days at Empire City, and the sixth in 2016.Ī Connecticut player identified as “Vincent” hit a jackpot worth $100,020 on June 28 in the Gotham Palace on the Bally/Double Jackpot Wild slot.

She made a $2 wager on the penny-denomination machine. The woman identified as “Nancy” made the six-figure score at 4:31 pm in the afternoon on the Bally Fireball slot in Empire City’s Victorian Room. July started off with a bang at Empire City Casino when a slot-player from Mamaroneck hit a$139,808 jackpot on Friday (July 1).

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