MGM Resorts ends bid to bring full-scale casino gambling to Yonkers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : State guidelines set a minimum tax rate of 25% on slot gross gaming revenue and 10% on other forms of revenue.
52% : "Assuming the applicants have not yet proposed tax rates to the state, it certainly changes the calculus as to how much they need to give the state in order to be awarded a license," Stavisky said.
50% : "There appears to be more to this story -- potentially influence or pressure from the Trump Administration, or even the President himself, that forced MGM's hand to default to Bally's -- a move that could result in a profit of roughly $115 million for Trump," said Jenkins, a Democrat.
41% : O'Dwyer said each of the projects began "on the same starting line," and that state officials were not obligated to award all the available licenses.

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