MGM's purchase of Yonkers Raceway and Empire City Casino, to be finalized in early 2019, will have ripple effects through the region. Why MGM Resorts is buying Empire City and Yonkers Raceway MGM's purchase of Yonkers Raceway and Empire City Casino, to be finalized in early 2019, will have ripple effects through the region.
The policy of requiring lottery winners to be identified before getting their checks is due to two major factors: transparency, so the public knows who's taking home millions of public dollars, and as a valuable public-relations tool, experts said. "If someone hits for a half-billion dollars, it's a great way to make the public aware these opportunities are out there," said John Cirillo, publicist for Empire City Casino in Yonkers.
With the glitter of the Empire City Casino in Yonkers in the background, three Westchester County residents picked up $13 million in prize winnings from the New York Lottery's Yolanda Vega and Kylie McDonald. Forty-three-year-old Misty Morano of Cortlandt Manor never dreamed that she would hit the lottery.
Four Westchester residents will need a large wallet to carry their giant checks when they are presented with their combined winnings of $13 million from recent Lottery games by Yolanda Vega. The four, who won on three separate tickets, will receive their checks at Empire City Casino in Yonkers at 1 p.m. Thursday, the New York Lottery said.
... chance of winning Mega Millions. The odds of getting struck by lightning are 1 in 700,000. That happened at the Yonkers Grocery and Convenience Store after it had a $106 million Mega Millions winner in 2015 - the largest of 41 $1 million-plus ...
... s (three of five) were also issued with a prize of $26. Winners can claim their tickets at the Empire City Casino in Yonkers. According to a manager at A&R Mini Mart, no one has contacted them about the winning ticket as of Monday afternoon.
