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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-06-30</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2008-07-03</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000906780</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EMPIRE RESORTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NYNY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001432054</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CAPPELLI LOUIS</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CAPPELLI ENTERPRISES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>115 STEVENS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VALHALLA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10595</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnote (1)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001437954</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LRC Acquisition LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CAPPELLI ENTERPRISES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>115 STEVENS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VALHALLA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10595</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnote (1)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $1.00</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3607602</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By LRC Acquisition LLC</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Louis R. Cappelli (&quot;Cappelli&quot;) serves as the managing member and majority owner of LRC Acquisition LLC (&quot;LRC&quot;), and indirectly owned the shares of Empire Resorts, Inc. (&quot;Empire&quot;) common stock reported on the original Form 3.  The original Form 3 mistakenly reported that LRC directly owned 2,433,090 of the shares reported on the original Form 3, and that Cappelli Resorts, LLC (&quot;Resorts&quot;) directly owned 1,174,512 of the shares reported on the original Form 3.  This amendment to the original Form 3 is being filed to report that LRC directly owned all of the shares reported on the original Form 3, and that Resorts owned none of the shares reported on the original Form 3.  The six Form 4's filed by the reporting persons subsequent to the filing original Form 3 also mistakenly reported that Resorts, instead of LRC, directly owned 1,174,512 shares of common stock of Empire.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Neither LRC nor Cappelli beneficially owns ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of Empire. Each of LRC and Cappelli disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported on the original Form 3 other than the shares directly by such person.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ LOUIS R. CAPPELLI</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>LRC ACQUISITION LLC                                          /s/ LOUIS R. CAPPELLI, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
