-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PTPVVtxuAlyWyw6+jtkPEGsZUOlz7vsPe8vDuYiHcyvE+yXe2k01XBc8D50fnh8W UUU37RLeR1KFwD2meEoePA== 0000921895-10-001327.txt : 20100826 0000921895-10-001327.hdr.sgml : 20100826 20100826161251 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000921895-10-001327 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100825 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20100826 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100826 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMPIRE RESORTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906780 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810] IRS NUMBER: 133714474 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12522 FILM NUMBER: 101040869 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RT 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 BUSINESS PHONE: (845) 807-0001 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: RT 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALPHA HOSPITALITY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930614 8-K 1 form8k05558_08252010.htm form8k05558_08252010.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 25, 2010

 
EMPIRE RESORTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
001-12522
13-3714474
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
c/o Monticello Casino and Raceway, Route 17B,
 P.O. Box 5013, Monticello, NY
12701
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (845) 807-0001

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 8.01.
Other Events.
 
On August 25, 2010, Empire Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Nanette L. Horner to serve as the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer.  Ms. Horner has served as the Company’s Corporate Vice President of Legal Affairs since July 1, 2010.
 
Prior to her employment by the Company, Ms. Horner worked in the Office of Chief Counsel assigned to the Bureau of Licensing of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Board”) since July 2005. In September 2006, Ms. Horner was named the Board’s first Director of the Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling. She is a member of the Standards, Policies and Regulations Interest Group for the National Council on Problem Gambling, and American Mensa. Ms. Horner is on the advisory board to the National Center for Responsible Gaming’s Annual Conference on Gambling and Addiction, was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Masters of Gaming Law (“IMGL”) in 2008 as the representative of the Regulators Affiliate Member classification and is a member of the IMGL’s Responsible Gaming Commit tee. She has been involved in the gaming industry, as an attorney, since 1996 and is an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers University School of Law-Camden where she teaches Casino Law.
 
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Horner and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as Corporate Vice President of Legal Affairs. The Company is not aware of any transaction in which Ms. Horner has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
 
 
 

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
EMPIRE RESORTS, INC.
   
   
Dated: August 26, 2010
By:
/s/ Joseph A. D’Amato
   
Name: Joseph A. D’Amato
   
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 
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