Nichols, N.Y. – November 30, 2016 – After a gaming license pursuit that has spanned more than three years, Tioga Downs has announced it will officially open the new casino to the public on Friday December 2 at 3 pm.

The new gaming floor features 33 long-awaited table games, including Blackjack, Craps and Roulette, as well as popular casino games like Pai Gow Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold ‘Em, Let It Ride, 3-Card and 4-Card Poker and the Big 6 Wheel.

Guests who have previously spent time in the Winner’s Circle Lounge, won’t recognize it today.  The room was gutted down to the studs and rebuilt to house the casino’s new Poker Room.  With 12 tables, seating up to 10 players at each table, the room can accommodate up to 120 players and plans are already being made to host multiple tournament events in 2017.

New tables aren’t the only new games players will find in the casino.  The facility also needed to replace all of the 798 video lottery terminals with new slot machines.  When the casino is complete, guests will find 944 games, including recently released titles like Game of Thrones, new 3D models like Plants vs Zombies, as well as plenty of bells, bars and cherries.  Many of the new machines have a sleeker design and more modern profiles than the older VLTs.