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The STRAT Hotel, Casino, and SkyPod (formerly the Stratosphere) is a hotel, casino and tower located on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.The STRAT is owned and operated by Golden Entertainment, which acquired the resort and three other properties from American Casino & Entertainment Properties for $850 million in 2017.

Empire Resorts is a company that owns the Monticello Raceway in the Catskill Mountains 90 miles (140 km) from New York City.^[1][2] Headquartered in Monticello, New York, Empire Resorts is 88.7% owned by Kien Huat Realty Sdn Bhd^[3] of Genting Group.^[4][5]

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Empire Resorts is currently developing the five-star Resorts World Catskills, a US$1.5 billion 1700 acre resort currently under construction on the site of the former Concord Resort Hotel in New York State’s Catskill Mountains.^[6][7]

History[edit]

Empire Resorts was founded in 2003 through a consolidation of Alpha Hospitality and Catskill Development LLC, a company that had purchased the Monticello Raceway in 1996.^[8][9] The consolidation was carried out by Robert A. Berman, who in the previous year had been offered control as CEO of Alpha Hospitality by Stanley Tollman.^[10][11]

In 2003, Berman restructured Alpha Hospitality after principal shareholders of the Bryanston Group (Alpha Hopitality’s controlling shareholder) were indicted on tax-related charges.^[12][13] Berman restored financial stability by selling off non-essential gaming assets and merging the company with Catskill Development LLC, which led to the creation of Empire Resorts that same year. During this time Berman also arranged for Empire Resorts to sell common stock through Jefferies Group.^[14][15][16] This resulted in Empire Resorts receiving over $35 million in new funding.

In 2003 Empire Resorts became a NASDAQ Global Market company,^[17] trading under the ticker symbol 'NYNY.' In 2004 Empire Resorts entered into an agreement to purchase the Concord Resort Hotel from Louis R. Cappelli.^[18][19] The transaction was later modified by Kien Huat Realty, which gave way to the $1.5 billion resort project currently financed and under construction by Empire Resorts.^[20][21] The project is located on the site of Adelaar, a resort developed by Entertainment Properties Trust within the Concord Resort Hotel.^[22] The entertainment complex will include an 80,000 sq. ft. casino, multiple hotel properties, waterparks, and a retail village, dining and entertainment areas.^[23][24] The project is expected to be concluded by 2018.

In 2009, Kien Huat Realty invested a further $55 million in new equity capital, which represented just below 50% of the voting power of Empire Resorts.^[25][26] Kien Huat is an investment branch of the Genting Group, a large leisure and gamblingconglomerate founded by Malaysian entrepreneur Lim Goh Tong.^[27] Kien Huat, which had previously financed the startup of Foxwoods Resort Casino and the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in New York, was fronted by CEO Lim Kok Thay (Lim Goh Tong’s son).^[28][29]

In 2010 the Genting Group won a bid to build a racino similar to what it owned in Monticello at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York City.^[30] In December 2015, Empire Resorts received a full gaming license for Montreign Resort Casino in New York.^[31] On February 2016, Kien Huat Realty purchased $290 million worth of shares, giving the firm 88.7% ownership of Empire Resorts.^[32]

Empire Resorts currently owns and manages several subsidiaries in the hospitality and gaming industries. The company owns and operates Monticello Raceway and casino in New York through its subsidiary, Monticello Raceway Management, Inc. The 230-acre (93 ha) property is located approximately 90 miles northwest of New York City. The complex offers over 1,110 VGMs, with over 40 electronic table game positions, over 1,000 video lottery terminal slot machines, electronic table games, and one of the largest all-weather harness horse racing tracks in the nation.

On January 23, 2019, Empire announced that it would close Monticello Casino’s VGM operations “on or about April 23,” 2019. Empire CEO Ryan Eller said the closure was intended to “improve revenue performance at our nearby Resorts World Catskills property.” Monticello's racing operations will remain open.^[33]

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Hoyle Casino Empire is a business simulation developed and published by Sierra Entertainment on Windows computers, in which the player must run a casino and try to make profit, attract customers and get good ratings.

Gameplay[edit]

The goal of Hoyle Casino Empire is to create a thriving casino. There are two modes in the game; Empire Mode and Sandbox Mode. Empire Mode sends the player to one of eight casinos starting with a small one and working up to the biggest casino. In each casino the player will have specific objectives to meet in a limited time in order turn the casino into a successful place. Not meeting the objectives in time will end the game. Sandbox mode allows the player to build whatever casino desired without any objectives to follow or limited time. In this mode, the player is limited to one kind of casino, but can unlock more upon winning them from the Empire Mode.

The player starts in a specific kind of building with a limited amount of starting money, certain areas of space to build, and starting at a First Level Status. A Level Status determines what kind of casino games and services can be built in the casino. Increasing a Level Status requires a sum of cash, a number of customers in the casino and a number of good ratings. The Level Status can go as high as four. The number of customers can be increased by introducing more games and services and the good ratings can be increased by introducing variety, room decor, building extensions, cash donations, deluxe services and satisfying customers' general requirements.

General requirements for customers include cash desks (and ATMs) to withdraw money for gambling, bathrooms, eating establishments, drinking establishments and hotel accommodations. If those general requirements are not met, customers may decide to leave the casino and give bad reviews. Cash donations can only keep dissatisfied customers happy temporarily. Customers come in different classes, ranging from Tourists who carry little cash to VIPs who have lots of money. When building games and services in the casino, maintenance is needed to keep the casino running. Service men are needed to maintain the slot machines, custodians keep the casino and bathrooms clean, waitresses serve drinks and security guards keep unwanted offenders out.

Earning money legally is done by establishing sufficient services to the number of customers and accepting commercial stunt deals with agreements met. However money can be earned illegitimately by increasing the House Edge to Cheating Mode, accepting crooked deals such as money laundering. Such illegalities can lead to financial losses and degrading of ratings if found out by city authorities. While attempting to earn profit, the player must keep in mind the maintenance and employee wage expenses that present in the gameplay. If money goes below zero, then the player is in debt and cannot spend on anymore services or building until sufficient cash is earned.

Reception[edit]

'Hoyle Casino Empire' received a number of mixed reviews.

See also[edit]

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References[edit]

1. ^Michael L. House. 'Hoyle Casino Empire Review - Allgame'. Allgame. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
2. ^Andrew Park (October 4, 2002). 'Hoyle Casino Empire - GameSpot'. GameZone. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
3. ^Kevin Rice (October 30, 2002). 'Hoyle Casino Empire - GameSpy'. GameSpy. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
4. ^Michael Lafferty (September 30, 2002). 'Hoyle Casino Empire - GameZone'. GameZone. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
5. ^'Hoyle Casino Empire - IGN'. IGN. Retrieved June 23, 2017.

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