Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Sanko Jamie M.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EMPIRE RESORTS INC [ NYNY ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) Chief Accounting Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O MONTICELLO CASINO AND RACEWAY, ROUTE 17B, P.O. BOX 5013	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 11/15/2019
(Street) MONTICELLO, NY 12701 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	11/15/2019		D		25000	D	$9.74 (1)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(2)	11/15/2019		D			15000	(2)	(2)	Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	15000	(2)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and between Empire Resorts, Inc. (the "Company"), Hercules Topco LLC, and Hercules Merger Subsidiary Inc. (the "Merger Agreement"), on the effective date of the merger.
(2)	On January 20, 2019, Mr. Sanko was granted 30,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Empire Resorts, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, 15,000 of which RSUs vested immediately on the date of grant and 15,000 of which was to vest on March 20, 2020. Each RSU represented the right to receive one share of the Company's common stock. On the effective date of the merger, all outstanding RSUs, whether or not then vested, were canceled, extinguished and converted into the right to receive the merger consideration issuable to holders of common stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sanko Jamie M. C/O MONTICELLO CASINO AND RACEWAY ROUTE 17B, P.O. BOX 5013 MONTICELLO, NY 12701			Chief Accounting Officer

Signatures
/s/ Jamie M. Sanko		11/15/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date