Press release
Record Number of Jackpots and Payouts Were Also Won
BATAVIA – Officials from Batavia Downs Gaming announced the week ending on Sunday, February 16th was the busiest week in its history. With over $18.5 Million in Credits Played for the week, Batavia Downs paid out over $17.3 Million in Credits Won including 740+ Jackpots. Four jackpots in excess of $20,000 were won, including amounts of $28,543, $24,340, $21,131 and $20,106. Saturday was the busiest day in the history of Batavia Downs Gaming with Credits Played topping $4.18 Million Credits, paying back $3.85 Million Credits to guests.
“We are excited to achieve these new benchmarks,” said Henry Wojtaszek, President and CEO of Batavia Downs Gaming. “While the Valentine’s holiday, ticket giveaways, cash and tech gadget drawings certainly attributed to our record numbers, the most prominent reason was the Legends and Stars Autograph and Sports Memorabilia Show. Our guests do love their sports as we’ve seen through the popularity of our suitestakes ticket giveaways. Given the chance to meet their heroes in person, Western New Yorkers showed up in droves.”
The Autograph and Memorabilia show ran Saturday and Sunday and had record number of attendees due to the appearance of high profile former and current athletes including Michael Irvin, Ricky Williams and Josh Allen.
The record week at Batavia Downs meant more monies would go back to State Education through the New York State Lottery, which Batavia Downs pays into daily.
“During our record week, the facility generated over $616,000 for New York State education though our New York State Lottery contribution,” said Jacquelyne Leach, Chief Financial Officer for Batavia Downs. “Through Sunday, Batavia Downs has contributed over $3.9 Million to New York State Education in 2020 alone.”