However, the New York State Gaming Commission, during a meeting held in Saratoga Springs, approved Tioga’s application for a commercial gaming license that allows it to have live dealers for games such as poker, blackjack, roulette and baccarat.
Tioga Downs is already home to a harness track casino that has electronic gaming machines only, similar to Saratoga Casino. The facility joins three others that are already under construction including the Rivers Casino at Mohawk Harbor, in Schenectady, which is scheduled to open next year. SARATOGA SPRINGS > The license for a fourth upstate New York full-scale casino has been approved for Tioga Downs in Tioga County, west of Binghamton.